Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and it proved so this weekend as the NIU men’s baseball team lost a pair of 3-2 games to Louisville Saturday. NIU (0-2) was unable to pick up its first win of the season on Sunday as inclement weather...

First-year NIU skipper Ed Mathey will begin his reign as Huskie baseball coach this weekend on the road versus Louisville, which set a school record with 39 wins a year ago. Friday and Saturday both will be doubleheaders, with the first game starting...

Today marks the second day the NIU baseball team will go to the White Sox Training Academy in Lisle in preparation for its first game of the season on Feb. 21 against Louisville. This marks the second of four times NIU will be at the west suburban complex....

The NIU baseball team’s junior pitcher, Zach Minor, was arrested by DeKalb police just after 1 a.m. Sunday for entering and remaining in a tavern as a minor, according to DeKalb police reports. Minor, 20, had a 6.44 ERA for the Huskies this past season,...

Baseball is a game. This is a fact that people sometimes find it hard to remember. Now that first year head coach Ed Mathey has restored life in the players, the NIU baseball team is remembering this. "Baseball is supposed to be a fun game," senior Dan...

It is a reunion of sorts, but this get together won’t be finished at the end of the night. Former NIU basketball assistant coach Ryan Marks has opened the doors at Southern Vermont College to former Huskie Sean Ezell. Ezell, who would be a rising senior...

Even though the collegiate baseball season ended four months ago for the NIU baseball team, it hasn't stopped playing. The fall season ended on Monday, concluding six weeks of intrasquad play. NIU coach Dave Schrage said a lot was discovered about the...

Jeff George was Illinois' first No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. But he didn't win the Heisman. Dick Butkus might be football's best-ever linebacker. But he finished third in Heisman voting in 1964. Neither had a promotional billboard in New York, like Oregon's...

The NIU football team is tired of looking at each other — coach Joe Novak cannot wait to get the season started. Novak, who has been coaching at NIU since 1996, sat down with the Northern Star to talk about the upcoming season. Northern Star: As the...

NIU football coach Joe Novak has been looking forward to this day since Nov. 19, 2000. In one day, the NIU football team will finally take the field against South Florida at Huskie Stadium. No more hitting pads against their teammates. No more what-ifs....

Brad Gavelek gave the NIU baseball team another pitching gem Sunday in the Huskies' 10-0 victory over Buffalo. The Huskies (27-24 overall, 9-14 Mid-American Conference) won all four games against the Bulls for their first conference sweep of the season....

NORMAL & Bilal Omar probably wishes he could have one play back. During the NIU baseball team's loss Tuesday, the shortstop was called for two errors and cost the Huskies two runs, giving Illinois State a 3-1 lead. If Omar didn't bobble and throw...