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...

Baseball programs in the south and southwest part of the country refer to northern schools as snow birds. Our climate doesn't afford a team the opportunity to practice year-round outside. This year, however, the NIU baseball team has a distinct advantage...

When you offered my old baseball coach an opinion, you got a customary response. "Nokes," he would say. "You know what opinions are like? I'll give you a hint; we all got ‘em and they all stink." For those of you reading between the lines, you can...

Though it might sound redundant, the fact remains that the one thing that has killed the NIU men's soccer team this season is failure to execute. That point was never more apparent than in this weekend's MAC match against Buffalo. The Huskies outplayed...

The one thing I hate about postseason baseball is dumb commentators. During Wednesday night's Cubs-Diamondbacks game, we had the great pleasure of listening to Dick Stockton as play-by-play commentator. It's bad enough that the playoffs are broadcast...

Believe it, Cub nation. Your Cubbies are back in the playoffs. You can stop pinching yourselves. What might have seemed so distant in the early months of the season has become reality. The Cubs' quest for their first World Series in 99 years begins tonight...

After setting a school record with 34 wins, 16 of which in the MAC, the NIU baseball team keeps adding pieces to the puzzle. The Huskies named River Grove, Ill. native Tom Carcione as the new assistant baseball coach. Carcione brings to the program 10...

It happens every fall. I fall in love. As the flood waters retreat, and sweltering heat of summer and the tropical rainforest-like humidity that has invaded the Chicagoland area dissipate, kids will get back to school, leaves will start to turn, and in...

DeKALB | Football games and parties aren't the only thing happening on Homecoming weekend. In celebration of NIU's 101st Homecoming, NIU athletics will induct two teams and four athletes into its Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 12. The inductees...

DeKALB | 2007 was a record-setting year for the NIU baseball team. The Huskies matched the school record for victories with 34, won a school record 16 MAC games, participated in the longest game in MAC Tournament history and had the longest MAC Tournament...

DeKALB | The season is long over, but for NIU baseball, the post-season accolades continue to accumulate. Matt German and Mark Badgley will begin their respective professional careers with the Philadelphia Phillies and Florida Marlins. Reliable stalwarts...