Spring Break for the NIU baseball team served as a learning experience and an opportunity to work out the kinks. The Huskies (4-10) went 2-7 on the trip, which featured games against teams Texas State and No. 25 Oklahoma. NIU dropped the first four games...

Like some students, the NIU baseball team will spend Spring Break soaking in the sun. The only difference is, they will not be lounging on a beach. Instead, the Huskies will play 10 games in nine days over Spring Break in Texas. NIU (2-3) opens up a weekend...

With the NIU campus closed after the Feb. 14 shootings, NIU suspended all athletic competitions until Feb. 25. Twenty-seven contests in men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, wrestling, women's track and...

Alright sports fans, strap on your seat belts and get ready for the greatest month - March. The third month of the year is full of all the excitement a sports fan could hope for. No, there are no championship games in March, but the month marks the beginning...

Bobby Stevens set the tone for the whole weekend. Facing Southern Illinois' ace pitcher Cody Adams, Stevens hit a leadoff home run into left field in the first game of the three-game series. "Bobby's a tone-setter," NIU head coach Ed Mathey said. "It...

What a way to start the season. The NIU baseball team opened its 2008 campaign with a 9-6 loss to Portland in 16 innings. The game marks the longest game in school history, both in innings and in time, at four hours and 22 minutes. "We've got to get our...

Anybody who caught White Sox highlights from last night noticed something different. Instead of their traditional look, the White Sox wore NIU hats to honor the victims of the Feb. 14 shootings. "NIU is struggling, and our sympathies go out to them,"...

One only needs to see the cover of the NIU baseball media guide to know where the team's strength lies. Featured on the cover are pitchers Trevor Feeney, Matt Jernstad, Brandon Copp and Brian Smith. Clearly, pitching is in the forefront. "We feel that...

With Super Bowl Sunday in the rearview mirror, sports fans can hit cruise control for the next eight days. But on Feb. 13, everything starts back up again, as pitchers and catchers report for MLB spring training. And with spring training just around the...

The Northern Star caught up with gymnast Jennifer Naughton. The junior from Missouri stopped to talk about her decision to go into gymnastics and Kansas City BBQ. Northern Star: Why did you decide to leave Missouri for DeKalb? Jennifer Naughton: A lot...

It's not Ron Santo or Pat Hughes, but he's still a Chicago Cubs broadcaster who will be in town. Former Oakland Athletic, Cleveland Indian, Pittsburgh Pirate and Chicago Cub Dave Otto will be the keynote speaker at this year's NIU Baseball Leadoff Banquet....

If I had a dollar for every column that blasts the ineptitude of the Bowl Championship Series, you wouldn't be reading this column, because I'd be retired on a beach somewhere in the South Pacific. The preposterousness of the whole system rears its ugly...