American sport consists of the Big Three—football, basketball and baseball. However, NIU athletics seems to be lost in the shuffle. The Huskies pride themselves on being an up-and-coming program. Great strides are being made by NIU to become recognized...

Let's play three. The NIU softball team did—winning two and losing one—Sunday at the Iowa Invitational in Iowa City. The competition marked the end of the fall season during which the Huskies posted a 9-5 record. NIU started the day against the Nebraska...

The NIU softball team won its own Huskie Invitational tournament over the weekend. The Huskies destroyed a tough Western Illinois ballclub in dominating fashion, 9-1, in the championship game Sunday. The game will be televised on SportsVision at noon...

It has been a rather quiet semester, but I think something has happened recently that deserves attention. No, I am not here to cut down anyone in the athletic administration or any NIU athletic team. (Please, don't look so shocked.) I was one of the 14,000-plus...

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...

NIU softball coach Dee Abrahamson had a much shorter stay in Macomb over the weekend than she had planned. The Huskies plunged into the three-day double-eliminaton National Invitation Championship as pre-tourney favorites, but were weeded out Friday (first)...

NIU softball coach Dee Abrahamson went into this weekend's St. Francis Tournament looking more to gain some experience for her younger players than to win. Now that the weekend is over, she is happy to have come out with some of both. Her squad won three...

Heading into her fourth year as a member of the NIU field hockey team, 21-year-old Mary Fike looks to help the Huskies to a successful season. As a center-halfback, Fike's position is a demanding one, involving a lot of running and the responsibility...

After finishing seventh in the country last spring, the NIU women's softball team has a big task ahead of them this year. With 14 of last year's 18 players returning, the prospects look good. Their one-month fall season will definitely help fill in the...

NIU athletics took a big step out of the Dark Ages this year with the hiring of Huskie almnus Jim Zielinski as the school's first strength coach. Actually, "Zee's" status is that of an acting coach, but the 5-foot-11 (he claims 6-foot even), 242-pound...

Just when you thought the NIU softball team had gotten all the recognition it could get, more awards began piling up on the Huskies' doormat. Headlining the honorees is centerfielder Jill Justin, who received a nomination for the 1988 Honda-Broderick...