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...

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...

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...

The NIU women's field hockey team prepares for one of its toughest weeks this season as the Huskies face two nationally-ranked opponents. NIU begins the week Tuesday against the No. 2 team in the nation, North Carolina. The 1 p.m. match will be played...

The NIU Huskies won Saturday. They beat the Southwest Missouri State Bears 27-21 and moved their record to 3-2-1. Keep that in mind when reading about Monday's weekly Huskie Club luncheon because head coach Jerry Pettibone spent most of his time there...

Is it real or is it AstroTurf? It is AstroTurf, and it needs to be replaced. The artificial playing field laid in 1980 in Huskie Stadium has served its purpose, but it is wearing thin. "We're in the process of looking at costs to have the turf redone,"...

The NIU athletic department has been given a major opportunity to improve itself, an opportunity which it should not waste. The university is deep in the process of choosing a new athletic director to head both men's and women's athletics. The decision...