Although NIU men's basketball player John Culbertson's collegiate coaches said they are unaware of his active warrant, two former assistants said they had problems with him during their two years together. Culbertson is the subject of a warrant in connection...

The NIU men's basketball team and the Wisconsin Badgers are in the odd position of trying to rebound from opening victories. Both teams enter tonight's 7:05 p.m. contest at the Dane County Coliseum with 1-0 records after victories in which they felt they...

Notre Dame's volleyball squad defended its North Star Conference title Sunday, defeating NIU in the finals of the NSC Tournament 15-7, 10-15, 15-8, 15-6 at DePaul's Alumni Gym. The Huskies finished second in the tournament with their only weekend loss...

The NIU women's swimming and diving team could not come up with the correct answer Friday and Saturday when adding three-fourths and one-fourth in order to come up with a whole. ad that happened, the Huskies would have come home with a winning weekend...

University of Pittsburgh's Craig Heyward rushed for 259 yards Saturday, prompting sportscasters and newspapers across the nation to call him the nation's top ground-gainer for the season. But wait. There is one back who still has a game to play—Elbert...

With two home victories under its belt, the NIU women's swimming and diving squad looks to test its competitiveness on the road with a pair of duals away from home. The Huskies will travel to Green Bay, Wis., to face Wisconsin-Green Bay at 6 p.m. Friday,...

While the North Star Conference volleyball champions will be decided this weekend at the NSC tournament Saturday and Sunday at DePaul, it might be a vendetta for NIU. Notre Dame is the defending NSC winner. The Fighting Irish have won 14 matches in a...

NIU's matmen will face their toughest competition so far this season at this weekend's St. Louis open. NIU will face such power teams as Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois at the tourney. Coach Ed Vatch said the meet is "as good or better as the...

Challenging might be the way to best describe the 1987-88 NIU women's basketball schedule. The Huskies are not just playing mediocre teams to improve last season's 11-16 record. Second-ranked Tennessee, fourth-ranked California-Long Beach and 10th-ranked...

Second-year coach Jim Rosborough has a different team with a different look this season, but now all he wants is different results. The NIU men's basketball team struggled through last season with on- and off-court problems, finishing with a weak 9-19...

Jane Albright has worked blue-collar hours to put the pieces in place. On Nov. 28, she'll find out how her NIU women's basketball team fits in the 1987-88 season. She lost point guard Val Leitzen. Albright went to Minnesota and bagged Denise Dove. Forward...

NIU men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough enters his second year at the helm after compiling a 9-19 record in his rookie season. Osborough, 42, was hired April 24, 1986, to run the Huskies after being a Tulsa assistant. Before that, he served as a color...