Baseball has tabbed Mike Kunigonis (KOON-uh-GOHN-iss) as the Huskies’ fifth head coach since the program was reintroduced in 1991, according to a news release. This is Kunigonis’ first head coaching job at the Division I level.Kunigonis, 34, comes...

Ed Mathey is hanging up his cleats as baseball’s head coach, he announced today.Mathey had been with the Huskies for the past 12 seasons after coming to NIU from North Central College in Naperville in 2003. He also played at and graduated from North...

Baseball swings into action with the fall portion of its schedule beginning this weekend.The Huskies host the Ontario Blue Jays 2 p.m. Saturday at Ralph McKinzie Field.The Blue Jays are an amateur baseball league from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, that...

The Midsummer Classic is the biggest all-star game in the world, but it’s so hard to take seriously.For all the good things that come out of Major League Baseball’s All-Star game, the final result of the game ruins the whole affair. Only in baseball...

On the Fourth of July the Chicago Cubs and the Oakland Athletics pulled off the year’s biggest trade, shaming firework displays and front office blustering across the country.The Cubs sent pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the Athletics in...

As the United States gears up for its round of 16 matchup with Belgium, someone can safely say, “Soccer has never been this popular.”We’re looking at the perfect storm of soccer enthusiasm in this country. Not the George Clooney kind, but the kind...

Former Huskie baseball pitcher Alex Klonowski was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels with the 869th overall pick in the 29th round of the MLB 2014 First-Year Player Draft on June 7.Klonowski was a four-year player with the Huskies, serving as both a pitcher...

There are two approaches to recovering from disastrous baseball seasons: rebuilding and reloading. Both are on display in Chicago.The question most people should be asking is which scheme is better: rebuilding or reloading? While there isn’t a right...

Baseball stumbled this weekend as it lost two of three games in a conference series against Kent State at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio.The Huskies’ (15-32-1, 9-12 MAC) lone win of the weekend came in a thrilling 6-5 victory in game two on Saturday....

I’m going to get right to it and lay my cards on the table: I hate saying goodbye, and it’s not something I’m particularly good at.I’ve called the Northern Star my home for four years. It’s where I wrote more than 400 articles and columns, each...

Behind starting pitcher Jordan Ruckman’s first complete game shutout, baseball coasted to a 4-0 victory over Northwestern Wednesday at Standard Bank Stadium in Crestwood.Ruckman picked up his first win of the season while the Huskies (14-30-1) earned...

In a high-scoring affair, baseball found itself on the short end of the stick, falling to UIC 10-9 Tuesday night on the road.Both teams got the bats out as the Huskies recorded 12 hits while the Flames came away with 11 hits.The Huskies jumped out to...