Coaches go out to sign up recruits, players put their name on the dotted line and both sides get ready to spend four to five years together. It's National Letter of Intent Day, football style. The first day high school football players can commit formally...

There is nothing wrong with aggressive defense as long as a team is in defensive position. NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright worked on her squad's defensive performance at Monday's practice, hoping to keep the fouls low in tonight's 7:30 game...

The NIU wrestling team lost to Purdue 32-12 at West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday and came back home Sunday night to lose a hard-fought match 24-20 at Chick Evans Field House. Huskie high points at Purdue had to be the play of Tino Gonzalez, Tim Cocco,...

The dreaded line. The NIU women's basketball team put Miami (Fla.) on the free-throw line 33 times Saturday, with the Hurricanes sinking seven of their 22 hits in the final two minutes of the game to seal an 88-80 decision. "It's a charity line in the...

While most NIU students' biggest concern over last summer was to improve their tan line or ask "Where's the next party going to be?," Toby Meeks worked daily brushing up on her shooting, dribbling and attitude. The NIU women's basketball point guard decided...

When NIU men's gymnastics coach Chuck Ehrlich said he wanted his team to improve in its consistency, he got even more than what he asked for. Although the Huskies (2-2) lost to Ohio State (4-0) 282.25-279.80 on Saturday, NIU set an all-time school record....

Women's gymnastics NIU women's gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek doesn't ask for much. She expects her Huskie gymnasts to put forth their best efforts whenever they compete. From that perspective, Cesarek was quite pleased with NIU's performance Saturday...

The NIU women's basketball team will take a leave of absence from the ice and slush of DeKalb and resort to a heated match against Miami (Fla.) Saturday at 5:15 p.m. Starting a momentum roll, initiated by a 93-73 win over Valparaiso on Tuesday, the Huskies...

Rodney Davis reached a milestone Thursday, but he would have traded the accomplishment in for just one win. The senior point guard scored his 1,000th career point against Florida International last night but the feat wasn't enough to stop NIU's losing...

The NIU wrestling team will travel to West Lafayette, Ind., Saturday to face the Purdue Boilermakers at 11:30 a.m. The Huskies will then face Northwestern Sunday at the Chick Evans Field House for a 7:30 p.m. match. In honor of World Hunger Day, a one-can...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP)—John Mackovic is an honest football coach who should be able to dazzle Illinois fans with his pro-style passing attack and charm them with his personality, observers say. "He is excellent with quarterbacks and he pretty well handled...

The NIU wrestling team lost 24-23 to seventh-ranked Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater Wednesday afternoon at the Chick Evans Field House. The score does not reflect the effort the Huskies exhibited in a match that NIU should have won. After a forfeit...