1995: The year when Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young won his first Super Bowl with the 49ers. The year O.J. Simpson captured the nation with his murder trial. The year when Michael Jordan returned to the Bulls after his baseball experiment. It also...

With the losses of linebacker Brian Atkinson and safety Lionel Hickenbottom to graduation, the lead returning tackler for the Huskie defense is senior strong safety Ray Smith. Following senior linebacker Javan Lee’s season-ending hernia surgery, the...

Editor’s note: The Northern Star sports section will feature former Huskie athletes in a weekly story entitled, "Where are they now?" Jeremy Busch was chasing fly balls in centerfield for NIU’s baseball team in June. Now he’s running them down for...

Tug Gillingham became the fourth player from last season’s NIU baseball team to sign with a professional contract by inking with the Windy City Thunderbolts. "I’m excited for Tug," NIU coach Ed Mathey said. "Playing pro baseball is something he always...

While students may have been far from DeKalb and NIU sports over the summer, by no means did Huskie athletics come to a stand-still. The following are the top sports stories of the summer: more than enough to catch you up on your Huskie-sports expert...

Welcome to NIU, the home of the Huskies. We’re excited you will be with us and hope to see you at one of the many athletics events throughout the year. To be sure, exciting things are happening in Huskie athletics. Our football team, the 2004 Silicon...

Jeremy Busch didn’t have to go far to find his new baseball home. The Huskie center fielder, who was named to the First-Team All-MAC squad at the conclusion of the 2005 season, signed with the Rockford Riverhawks of the Frontier League July 1. Busch...

Four individuals and one team were named inductees into the NIU Hall of Fame last week. Adam Dach (football 1987-91), Kevin Ekberg (men’s gymnastics 1982-84), Joe Plaskas (football 1956-59, baseball 1957-61) Niki Van Hoorweghe (softball 1992-96) and...

So much for third time’s the charm. After two years under NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey, the Huskies had two 30-plus win seasons and two trips to the MAC Tournament. So coming into his third season, Mathey felt there was no reason not to make it three...

Mike Santoro knew a year ago that he had a good chance of being drafted. Despite sitting out all but three games in the 2004 season due to a stress fracture in his right foot, Santoro was picked as a "draft and follow" by the San Francisco Giants. The...

Playing under the lights of Elfstrom Stadium in Geneva, the NIU baseball team scored eight runs in the first inning and held on to defeat Northwestern 10-5 Wednesday night. The eight runs were a season-high output for one inning for the Huskies (12-29-1),...

With summer a hop, skip and a jump away, students are anxiously awaiting its arrival. Only one task remains in front of them: finals. With this on their mind, it’s a good time to evaluate all the Huskies teams as one group. Although each sport presents...