INDIANAPOLIS - NIU has six of the more than 400 sports teams at the nation’s Division I level that could lose scholarships next year under the NCAA’s new academic standards, according to a report released Monday. Most of the scholarship losses, which...

After winning its second consecutive game Sunday, the NIU men’s basketball team received more good news when forward Todd Peterson was named the MAC West Player of the Week on Monday. For the week, the junior averaged 15 points and 5.5 rebounds a game...

Maybe George Herman Ruth was an alcoholic off the field, but on the field "The Babe" had the natural ability to crush a baseball. Unfortunately, the word natural among professional athletes has become as unidentifiable as Barry Bonds’ rookie card. Performance-enhancing...

Every so often one comes around. NIU football coach Joe Novak knows there are not many but thinks there are a few on every campus in America. They are very rare, very exceptional athletes, but they are out there. NIU wide receivers Dan Sheldon and Shatone...

It didn’t take NIU hitters long to recover from a long winter off-season. But the bats weren’t enough to salvage a win in any of the three games the Huskies played at Texas Tech University over the weekend. The Red Raiders (4-0) handed the Huskies...

Lubbock, Texas, here comes the NIU baseball team-again. For the second season in a row, the Huskies start their season with a three-game series against Texas Tech University. In last year’s opener, NIU tied the game in the top of the ninth only to watch...

A special edition of the "Coaches Corner" radio show with football coach Joe Novak will be held (correction) Thursday at the Blackhawk Food Court at NIU’s Holmes Student Center. The show will air at 12:15 p.m. on WLBK 1360 AM and focus mainly on the...

The season has yet to begin, but NIU slugger Scott Simon is already accumulating awards. The junior first baseman, who hit .374 and finished with a team-high 71 RBIs last season, was named by Baseball America to the preseason All-MAC squad Wednesday....

Part 1 of a two-part series In 51 chances over the past three seasons, NIU intercollegiate sports teams have won only one Mid-American Conference team title. During those three years, 11 of NIU’s 17 athletic teams averaged below a .500 record despite...

After making a name in NCAA baseball, Brett Muhlhan now has his sights set on NIU intramurals. Formerly a collegiate ballplayer at Mississippi State and North Carolina-Asheville, the current NIU graduate assistant will compete for his third intramural...

While sitting on the bench because of an injury during 2004, NIU outfielder Mike Santoro realized what he missed the most about baseball were the little things. Things like putting his uniform on and going to practice. He also learned a little bit about...

The deciding Game 5 of the NIU Fall World Series was dominated by pitcher Nick Hall in a 2-1 NIU Cardinal victory over NIU Black in 10 innings Thursday afternoon. The win gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory in the five-game series. Hall pitched all 10 innings,...