NIU's soccer squad must not have been asking themselves "Will we beat Bradley?" but rather, "By how much?" It quickly became obvious that the only mystery about the game would be the identity of the NIU team scoring leader when all the goals were counted....

The NIU football team will be taking a trip for the Nov. 7 Parents' Day game against Western Illinois. Coach Jerry Pettibone's troops will spend Friday night before the game in Rockford's Clock Tower Inn because the Western Illinois Leathernecks will...

with Dan Moran They say pratice makes perfect. But no one ever said how long it would take. Obviously it would take more than the four-day workout I had with the NIU women's basketall team as an undercover reporter, because I was far from Larry Bird material...

A young but mighty Eastern Michigan squad had no mercy for the NIU volleyball team as the Hurons defeated the Huskies 10-15, 15-10, 15-4, 15-8 during Parents Day at Chick Evans Field House Saturday night. "We've been having trouble keeping our concentration...

Winning isn't everything. Just ask the NIU soccer team, which lost two more road games this weekend in Wisconsin. Friday's match was a 2-1 loss at Madison to the Wisconsin Badgers. The Huskies completed the weekend with a 1-0 loss Sunday to Wisconsin-Green...

Although he received the search committee's recommendation Friday, NIU President John LaTourette has decided to evaluate the situation further and wait about a week to 10 days to pick a new athletic director. LaTourette spent Sunday afternoon and night...

assistant sports editor The NIU football team's special teams were not so special in the Huskies' 21-20 loss to Cal State-Fullerton Saturday at Huskie Stadium. An NIU holding penalty on a CSUF punt, a blocked Huskie punt and a missed 22-yard field goal...

Now comes the hard part. Now that Minnesota Assistant Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has finished making his case for NIU's permanent AD spot, the search committee has the burden to decide the university's athletic future in the next few days. Committee...

The NIU football team's 20-13 California Bowl win in 1983 over California State-Fullerton seems to be ancient history. Many things have changed at NIU since then with coach Bill Mallory leaving for Indiana, Lee Corso coming in and jumping ship after only...

After a day off from public forums, the athletic director scenario resumes today when Minnesota Assistant AD Gerald O'Dell has his chance to address NIU, but the interviews so far have not gone unnoticed. O'Dell's public forum is from 2-3:30 p.m. in Holmes...

Men's basketball coach Jim Rosborough would like to get his Huskies away from DeKalb next summer—far away. The NIU coach is working on plans to have his squad travel to Europe for exhibition games in Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. Rosborough sees such...

Attendance at home football games has been on the decline this year despite the team's winning record, and the 3-2-1 Huskies are concerned. Head coach Jerry Pettibone went as far as to call The Northern Star Tuesday and ask to address the students about...