Coach Ed Mathey’s team won’t have much time to celebrate its first MAC win. After topping Bowling Green 6-5 Sunday, the NIU baseball team had a day off Monday and will face off against Chicago State at 3 p.m. today at Ralph McKenzie Field. "We were...

NIU shortstop Greg Larsen’s throw seemed to hang but finally popped into first-baseman Mike Santoro’s glove. The catch was followed by the first-base umpire’s fist pump, signifying the last out of the ninth inning. It was as if the entire NIU bench...

After NIU’s Brian Toner struck out for the first out of the eighth inning of Sunday’s game, NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey took a stroll. With Mike Santoro standing 90-feet away from home plate at third base and the Huskies leading Bowling Green 4-3,...

After the passage of Title IX 33 years ago, 59 percent of NIU athletes are male and 41 percent are female, official records show. "We take [gender equity] very seriously, and we very much believe in gender equity," Athletics Director Jim Phillips said....

Ed Mathey sees the difference between this year’s NIU baseball team and last year’s. Last year, the team had veteran pitchers who often relied on strikeouts. This season, two of the top three starting pitchers are freshman who rely on ground balls....

NIU athletic department officials said they know of no NIU athletes using steroids, but are keeping an eye out for violations of their drug testing policy. NIU football coach Joe Novak said steroids are something the team would consider more seriously...

It has become an obsession for NIU’s Adam Holdenrid. Phantom Planet’s song "California" blaring behind scenes of surreal orange sunsets. The drama of being a teenager. Ryan, Marissa, Seth, and Summer. Holdenrid’s not ashamed to say it-he can’t...

Like Guns ’N Roses said, "It’s hard to hold a candle in the cold November rain." But as NIU baseball and tennis found out Tuesday, it’s even harder to play a game in April showers. Persistent afternoon rain forced the cancellation of the NIU baseball...

A typical student’s mentality can be defined very simply. After Summer Break, most students are enthralled for the fall semester to begin and can’t wait to catch up on old times with friends until Christmas break comes and everyone wants a little...

It couldn’t have happened. There was no way Mike Santoro’s eyes were actually seeing this. There, on the mound, lay his teammate in a large heap - body completely motionless, a welt quickly swelling over his left temple. Santoro would say later that...

After spending almost two weeks at his home in McHenry, NIU pitcher Mark Badgley returned to class Monday. The junior right-hander was struck in the head by a line drive March 30 in a game against Bradley, sustaining a skull fracture and concussion. "That’s...

After winning two games in a row, NIU baseball coach Ed Mathey thought his team had turned around its season. But a three-game series over the weekend at Western Michigan showed Mathey may have spoken too early. Through 27 innings, the Huskies held the...