Midweek games are an opportunity to fine-tune things in between conference series, and the NIU baseball team looks to do just that, bouncing back from a shutout on Saturday. The Huskies host Valparaiso today at 3 p.m. at Ralph McKinzie Field for the first...

Hits were not a plenty for the NIU baseball team this weekend but the Huskies were able to come away with a split with Bowling Green, with the third game of the series being postponed due to snow. NIU won game one 6-4 behind the pitching performance of...

With one out in the final inning of a doubleheader, Bradley was attempting to send the game into extra innings. Down by four runs, the Braves loaded the bases. The Huskies felt the game was still in their control, but NIU knew it didn't have any time...

I don't fancy myself a professional wrestling aficionado, but a few recent news tidbits have caught my attention and for all the wrong reasons. On Friday, March 13, former World Wrestling Entertainment talent Andrew Martin - known to fans as Test - was...

Behind the laughter of "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" was a message that hits so close to home. "If you ain't first, you're last." And while it surely brought upon laughs when Ricky Bobby's father rebuts by saying, "That doesn't make any...

Not all runs are created equal. Baseball is simple; whoever scores the most runs wins the game. But when a team scores, those runs can make all the difference. Going into the batter's box for the first time in NIU's second game against Buffalo, NIU designated...

Offense was the name of the game for the NIU baseball team this weekend. The Huskies (8-12 overall, 3-0 MAC) pulled out a three-game sweep over Buffalo (8-12, 0-3) to improve to 15-0 against the Bulls. Head coach Ed Mathey is 8-0 against Buffalo. The...

NIU head baseball coach Ed Mathey called this past weekend the toughest stretch of competition NIU has faced since he's been at the school. The Huskies traveled to Tempe, Ariz. this past weekend and faced three nationally-ranked teams at the DeMarini...

The MLB drug testing policy has been under scrutiny for years. And with the alleged steroid use of New York Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez, sports fans are tearing it apart even more. But what about the NCAA drug testing policy? The NCAA has two testing...

Coming into the season, one of the biggest questions for the NIU baseball team was how it would replace 70 percent of the team's innings pitched it lost after last season. The early answers aren't great. The Huskies gave up six, eight, 10 and nine runs...

Despite the frigid temperatures across DeKalb County, baseball season finally kicks off today for NIU. The Huskies open their season at the BankFirst Baseball Challenge at Mississippi State and must be ready to hit the ground running with a double-header...

Cold weather predictions have moved the start times for some of the NIU baseball team's opening games at the BankFirst Baseball Challenge. The Friday game against North Florida has been changed to a 1 p.m. CT start time due to the prediction of cold overnight...