The NIU men's basketball team will play one game next season at the Rockford MetroCentre, if approved by the athletic board, Athletic Director Robert Brigham said Wednesday. NIU will play Bradley on Dec. 12 in its lone MetroCentre game of the season,...

The NIU women's basketball team will be looking for a season split when it takes on Marquette at 7 p.m. in Chick Evans Field House. The first time the teams met Jan. 17 in Milwaukee, the Warriors came out on top with a 85-75 victory at their home court,...

NIU coaches had only positive comments Wednesday after the women's athletic program officially accepted an invititation to join the North Star Conference. The NIU women's basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis teams now will participate in conference...

TOLEDO, Ohio—Move over Western Michigan, a new scoring champion has been crowned against the NIU men's basketball team. The Toledo Rockets became the second NIU opponent to supersede the century mark this year in a 103-91 victory over the Huskies Wednesday...

Former NIU wrestling coach Don Flavin has been chosen as one of four honorary grand marshals for the Illinois High School Association's 50th Annual Wrestling Championships Feb. 19-21 at the University of Illinois' Assembly Hall. Flavin, who retired last...

As a journalism major and a reporter for The Northern Star I'm supposed to pride myself on being objective. The same words are drilled into my head every day—Don't be a cheerleader. Don't be opinionated. Report the news. Occasionally, these rules are...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—With two more road games against Mid-American Conference opponents, NIU might make its good-bye to the MAC permanent on the basketball court. After an earlier loss this season to NIU, Ball State Coach Al Brown said the Cardinals would...

Are we having fun yet? Probably not. Sportswise, February is the most boring month of the year. The calendar says Feb. 4, and the top sports story so far this month has been about the America's Cup race in Australia. Exciting, huh? The Pro Bowl, which...

At 6:30 a.m., most students are either in bed catching up on sleep or are just getting out of bed trying to get ready for class. Eric Hasman is an exception. Hasman is at the Anderson Hall Pool perfecting his performance on the 1-meter board and on the...

Baseball does not begin for another two months, but NIU will try to avoid striking out on the basketball court tonight. The Huskie men's basketball team plays Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich., at 6:45. It will be the third time the two teams have...

Blinded by frustration, the NIU wrestling team made several critical mistakes which cost them team points in the Second Annual Indiana University Hoosier Invitational. The Huskies finished the weekend seventh out of eight teams, but that was not the full...

Team effort was the key as the NIU women's gymnastics squad slipped past Iowa 177.60-176.05 Saturday in the Hawkeyes' home gym. The Huskies capitalized on a first through third sweep in all-around competition by freshmen Julie Wimmers (36.00), Amy Taylor...