CEDAR FALLS, Iowa—When it comes time for the NIU men's basketball team to play AMCU-8 conference members lately, defense takes a back seat. Just like the earlier loss to Western Illinois, the Huskies defense took a night off. This time Northern Iowa...

The Athletic Board approved football games with the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 1989 and 1991 among other schedule additions at its monthly meeting Wednesday. The board granted permission to move this year's football game with Fullerton State from Sept. 5...

This season has been a struggle for the NIU wrestling team—a struggle for respect. The 2-7 Huskies dropped dual meets to nationally ranked Nebraska and Northwestern teams this weekend, but Coach Ed Vatch said his squad may have taken a couple more steps...

NIU men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed against Western Illinois University before a parents' day crowd Saturday at the Anderson Hall Pool. The women Huskies prevailed by beating WIU 123-88, while the men lost 120-90. The women's team...

Victor E. Huskie, NIU's canine mascot, has the mange!"His coat is motley. It's a disgrace," said Pat Hewitt, president of NIU's Operating Staff Council, which represents Northern's 1,700-member Civil Service staff. She brought the subject up at the Jan....

CHICAGO—When a team is looking to win on the road for the first time in close to a year, it helps to have the home court advantage. The NIU women's basketball team found out how strong its Chicago base is when it turned a 10-point halftime deficit into...

Unable to understand his team's defense, NIU Coach Jim Rosborough followed the defensive yellow brick road, picked up some new starters and traveled to the land of his 70-point goal. After nine straight games of giving up more than 70 points, the NIU...

NIU football coach Jerry Pettibone announced Wednesday the appointment of Gary Evans as defensive secondary coach. Evans joins Pettibone's staff after seven seasons—the last four as defensive coordinator—at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. With the...

When the NIU men's and women's basketball teams swept a double-header from their Toledo counterparts Wednesday night, the Huskies gained a little more than a pair of wins. The Huskie cagers also picked up the extra satisfaction that comes with beating...

When a basketball team shoots 21 percent in the second half, the other team can't help but win. The NIU women's basketball team used Toledo's poor shooting to its advantage by winning 71-56 in Wednesday night's opening game in Chick Evans Field House....

If you see more people wearing suits and ties than uniforms on the NIU bench, you will not be seeing things. With Huskie forward Jim Edmondson now ineligible, the NIU men's basketball team will have only 10 men available the rest of the season. NIU's...

An NIU student is a suspect in a DeKalb "burglary ring" thought to be responsible for up to 10 home burglaries and four attempted burglaries. Susan Wood, 19, was one of four subjects arrested Dec. 11 in connection with a home burglary at 1510 Kent Place....