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....

"Let's play two." Ernie Banks may have been talking about baseball but the same can be said of college basketball. The NIU men's and women's basketball teams have their own twinbill tonight against Toledo starting at 5:15 with the women's contest. This...

The NIU women's gymnastics team ventured to the land of the Big Ten Conference for a double-dual meet Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. ost Michigan won the meet with a score of 177.45, followed by Wisconsin at 176.40 and NIU with 171.90. The double loss gave...

Kenny Arnold dealt with a personal tragedy in the way he competed in Big Ten basketball. He battled his opponent and he won. Arnold, currently a graduate assistant on Jim Rosborough's men's basketball staff at NIU, discovered he had a brain tumor in 1984,...

NIU offensive guard Todd Peat and defensive lineman Doug Bartlett head for the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis this week. The 1986 Huskie co-captains were among about 300 players across the country to be invited to the National Football League BLESTOV Combine...

assistant sports editor Could it be that just winning is not enough for Jane Albright? "I wasn't pleased with our effort tonight," Albright said after her NIU women's basketball team beat Loyola 82-69 in front of 196 fans in Chick Evans Field House Thursday....

Recent recruiting cutbacks ordered by the NCAA could give NIU an advantage in the race to land top Chicago-area prep football stars, two members of the football staff said Thursday. ecruiting coordinator Russ Graham and offensive coordinator Pat Ruel...

New legislation has been passed by NCAA athletic directors and presidents regarding the regulation of basketball and football recruiting. The new rules reduce the length of the recruiting season and the number of scholarships available. In men's and women's...