The Northern Star proudly presents some mid-summer column stuffers for your reading pleasure. Enjoy. Former Huskie standout Ted "The Mad Stork" Hennings made the news recently while participating in the Chicago Bears training camp in Platteville, Wis....

The NIU softball team is picking up some pretty good habits. Last season's North Star Conference title was its third straight and the naming of junior catcher Julie Sexton to the 1990 GTE Academic All-America First-Team was the fifth consecutive All-America...

After capturing its third consecutive North Star Conference softball title over the weekend, NIU plans to use that team success in the year's final two doubleheaders. The 21-19-2 Huskies close the home schedule Wednesday hosting Big Ten Conference member...

You have not seen a face like this since Linda Blair suffered demonic cramps in The Exorcist. It's a cross between a silent scream and a massive cringe. Kevin Budinger, NIU water polo club goalie, looks like a man who has as much chance to stop a waterproof...

If history repeats itself, NIU's softball team can expect a prosperous weekend. The Huskies have won two consecutive North Star Conference Softball Championship trophies and are aiming for their third straight in this weekend's tournament at Valparaiso....

NIU goes for its third straight North Star Conference Softball Championship trophy at this weekend's league tournament hosted by Valparaiso University. Winners in their first two NSC seasons, the Huskies are seeded No. 1 and face new conference member...

NIU's softball team made the most out of one run in Tuesday's doubleheader against Illinois-Chicago. The Huskies beat the Flames 1-0 in the first game at Huskie Diamond, but managed only two hits in losing the nightcap 4-0. NIU coach Dee Abrahamson was...

NIU's softball team will cap off its eight-game homestand today with a game against perhaps its most challenging North Star Conference opponents. The 26-10 Illinois-Chicago Flames will arrive at Huskie diamond for a 4 p.m. doubleheader against the 16-17-2...

Although NIU's softball team finished with the best record in last weekend's Huskie Softball Invitational Tournament, it fell just short of capturing the first-place trophy. NIU finished the two-day, six-game tournament with a 3-1 record. Toledo finished...

Stopping the opposition's offense and speed will be the main factors that determine the success of NIU's softball team this Saturday and Sunday. NIU (13-16-2) will be busy hosting the three-team double round-robin Huskie Softball Tournament. The tournament...

Key hits at key times score key runs. Although it wasn't pretty, NIU's softball team was on key when it counted as the Huskies swept a doubleheader from its arch-rivals Illinois State Wednesday. Host NIU staved off a late-inning comeback by the Redbirds...

Rivalries—every sporting event from the professional level through the high schools has its classic rivalries. NIU's softball team will host one of its most prominent rivals today in a 3 p.m. doubleheader against Illinois State. "What makes it more...