Getting their NIU OneCards swiped, a hoard of scantily-dressed NIU girls in high heels entered the Student Recreation Center on Monday night. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out these individuals weren’t there to break a sweat on the treadmills...

If there were ever a team that proves that defense wins games, it’s today’s NIU road matchup with Miami of Ohio. Miami (12-11, 10-4 MAC) is last in the conference in points scored (59.7 a game) and rebounding (28.9 per game). However, the RedHawks...

Central Michigan’s all-American candidate Chris Kaman loved playing in NIU’s Convocation Center on Saturday. This comes as a surprise since he was held to a miniscule half-dozen points and fouled out midway through the second half. His performance...

This contest had much of the same aspects as NIU men’s basketball’s 87-75 loss to Central Michigan on Saturday: fans yelling at coaches, coaches yelling at refs and players yelling at each other talking trash. The only difference is that everyone...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Brian Kontak apparently wants to show Annika Sorenstam, Martha Burk and Suzy Whaley who wears the culottes in golf. Kontak, who once won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit and now has conditional status on the Nationwide Tour, has said...

The NIU men’s basketball team sprinted off the court at halftime to a standing ovation as they enjoyed a 38-35 lead, but in the second half, everything changed. After halftime, NIU (14-10, 10-4 MAC) was outscored 52-37 as the Chippewas (18-5, 11-3 MAC)...

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and it proved so this weekend as the NIU men’s baseball team lost a pair of 3-2 games to Louisville Saturday. NIU (0-2) was unable to pick up its first win of the season on Sunday as inclement weather...

MIAMI - Get it clear, fast. I am not outraged or offended. Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue is too quaintly benign to conjure either emotion. In an age when hard-core porn is as accessible on the Internet as corn flakes in a supermarket, young...

On Friday, NIU Athletics Director Cary Groth told the men’s soccer team that its interim coach will be assistant strength and conditioning coach Ryan Zeman. While Zeman will take on the physical portion of coaching, the team’s captains will coach...

With two weeks off before the MAC Championships, the NIU wrestling squad will have some time to enjoy being the co-champs of the MAC. Central Michigan pounded Kent State with a final of 26-9 on Saturday night. Then, the Huskies beat Buffalo and Eastern...

Getting a piece of the title. In NIU’s two meets this Saturday hosted at Eastern Michigan, the NIU wrestling team can obtain a three-way tie for the MAC title. In order for the Huskies (13-6, 2-1 MAC) to grab a share of the title, they need to hope...

One team dons orange and blue, the other red and black. However, you don’t have to dig deep to realize that the University of Illinois and NIU hoops share common ground. NIU forward Marcus Smallwood and Illinois guard Sean Harrington, one year Smallwood’s...