The NIU softball team will finish its early-season road swing this weekend as it travels to Michigan State to play seven games against four teams. The Huskies, who played their first 19 games on the road, will take on Michigan State in a doubleheader...

assistant sports editor There are times when the old image of a coach standing in front of a chalkboard covered with X's and O's bites the dust. Take NIU football assistants Bob Jackson and Pat Ruel. They spend as much time with chalk in hand as anybody,...

The Illinois State and NIU softball teams are proof that big-time rivalries are not restricted to big-time sports. The long series of competition between the two schools will continue today as 8-9 NIU travels to ISU, 17-7, to play an afternoon doubleheader....

Illinois State showed the NIU softball team two ways to defeat Wednesday as the nationally-ranked Redbirds swept a doubleheader from the Huskies. In the first game, the Huskies jumped out to a two-run, first-inning lead only to have ISU come back and...

NIU women athletes had their chance for recognition Sunday afternoon at the Ninth Annual Women's Athletic Awards Banquet, which was held at the Duke Ellington Ballroom. During the ceremonies, the 1987 inductees of the Women's Athletic Hall of Fame were...

For Jill Justin, the biggest problem this season might be deciding what she can do for an encore. The sophomore center fielder for the NIU softball team set numerous school records last year as a freshman on her way to earning first-team honors on the...

This weekend's Redbird Tournament at Illinois State left NIU softball coach Dee Abrahamson with several questions about her team's performance. "The people out there playing (against DePaul) in the Huskie uniforms weren't us," Abrahamson said after her...

The NIU softball team has not been a very good guest so far this season. In fact, the Huskies have been somewhat offensive to their hosts. During a long early-season road swing NIU has established a 7-5 record and hit for a team batting average of .315....

In weather better suited for water polo, the NIU football team began spring practice Tuesday by diving right into its regular routine. Although it has been over four months since the Huskies ended their 1986 season with a 34-26 loss to Ohio, they wasted...

A combination of timely hitting and improved pitching carried the NIU softball team to a third-place finish this weekend in the Southern Illinois Saluki Invitational. The Huskies beat Ball State and Illinois State on Friday before losing to Evansville...

The NIU women's basketball team might have ended its season against Illinois-Chicago Saturday but that game can also be looked upon as a new beginning. Jane Albright's cage squad is one of four NIU women's teams who will compete in the North Star Conference...

NIU coaches had only positive comments Wednesday after the women's athletic program officially accepted an invititation to join the North Star Conference. The NIU women's basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis teams now will participate in conference...