Jerry Williams has been accustomed to applause for his basketball exploits, but now he will have to adjust to the sounds of silence. The 6-foot-1-inch senior guard from Alliance, Ohio, had an abrupt, non-athletic end to his basketball career when he became...

Just when it looked like the NIU football team was going to lose only one valuable person associated with its offensive line, someone else left. Offensive line coach Lawrence Cooley has accepted the offensive coordinator job at Ball State. He also will...

Exposing Niu to the Chicago audience is one of the athletic department's biggest goals, but NIU's first opportunity will have to wait a little longer. The NIU football team's scheduled game with Miami (Fla.) Sept 12 in Soldier Field has been cancelled....

Soap operas are generally restricted to television, but the NIU men's basketball team has provided its own version on and off the court this season. Off the court, junior forward Jim Edmondson was arrested Wednesday for punching teammate Tom Sellers'...

NIU's record falls to 1-5-0 on the season while Purdue starts the dual meet season at 1-0-0. Vatch said the reason for his team's slow start is a combination between its youth and the expertise of its opponents. "Inexperience is a big part of it (the...