Soccer is a failure in the U.S. and there needs to be a change. The popularity of soccer in the U.S. comes down to these things: our country's youth involvement, our country's perception of soccer and the success of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the men's...

Tim Brewster didn't really have much to be proud of in his first season as the head coach at Minnesota. The Gophers went 1-11 (0-8 Big Ten), and even lost to Football Championship Subdivision North Dakota State. The team's only victory of the season came...

I've heard of a lot of strange things happening in baseball, but never anything like this. Last Friday, Twins shortstop Adam Everett was part of an error that he had nothing to do with. The jersey that he was wearing was a typical Twins jersey with Minnesota...

NIU had two baseball players selected in the 2008 MLB amateur draft. Shortstop Bobby Stevens was selected in the 16th round by the Baltimore Orioles, and pitcher Trevor Feeney was taken in the 31st round by the Detroit Tigers. Both players signed with...

New NIU athletic director Jeff Compher began his duties at the university on June 2, after being named to the position on April 15. Compher came to DeKalb from Seattle, where he spent the last three years as executive associate athletic director at the...

Larry Satchwell was in his car when he received a phone call and heard the news. The call was from Mike Korcek, former NIU Sports Information Director and the chair of the NIU Hall of Fame Selection Committee, who told the former NIU track and field star...

Bobby Stevens' cell phone woke him up on the morning of Friday, June 6. However, this wasn't an ordinary Friday morning, and the phone call wasn't from one of his friends. The call was from a scout from the Baltimore Orioles, who told Stevens, who had...

NIU baseball had high expectations coming into the 2008 season, with most of the players that comprised the 2007 squad returning. The Huskies returned most of their pitching staff, which was expected to be one of the team's strengths, even with the loss...

The Golden Flashes of Kent State pulled ahead of Northern Illinois with a 10-6 victory in the second round of the MAC baseball tournament. A run in the fifth inning proved to be the game winner, as the Flashes added three more insurance runs. NIU will...

The Northern Illinois baseball team will advance to the second round of the MAC Tournament with a 13-7 victory over Ball State on Wednesday. The Huskies will face the winner of the Kent State vs. Central Michigan game, which is scheduled to begin at 7:30...

5. DEMETRIUS JONES SAGA For several weeks last fall, it appeared the luck of the Irish had smiled upon NIU's football team. The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, at least. Sophomore Demetrius Jones had opened the season as Notre Dame's starting quarterback...

It wasn't your normal sweep, but the NIU baseball team will take it. NIU took a doubleheader Saturday after Friday's game at Ball State was rained out, but the Huskies weren't able to sweep the series, as Sunday's game was also rained out. It was the...