Once again, the NIU baseball team will be playing in familiar territory today. For the 19th and 20th times in this young season, the Huskies will be away from McKinzie Field. NIU travels to Milwaukee for a 2 p.m. doubleheader with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell met with members of the field hockey program yesterday to inform them that he is recommending the program be dropped. "We will meet with the Executive Committee of the Athletic Board to make a recommendation to them...

On a day more suited for Charlie Sadler's NIU football team, NIU and the University of Northern Iowa still managed to get in two baseball games Tuesday. The Huskies and Panthers went at each other in pigskin fashion at McKinzie Field, aided by a fierce...

Having ended its seemingly endless journey around the Midwest, the NIU baseball team (5-13, 1-1) finally gets to play a game on its home turf when the University of Northern Iowa (9-14) comes to DeKalb at 1 p.m. today. Head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland...

After the NIU men's baseball team crushed Western Illinois University 8-1 in their opening game Saturday, the Leathernecks retaliated with a seven-run fifth inning en route to a 9-4 victory in the nightcap. The doubleheader marked the opening of Mid-Continent...

"On the road again" seems to be the general theme for NIU athletic teams this weekend. Things start out tonight at 7 p.m. when the NIU gymnastics team competes in the eight-team State of Illinois Classic at Champaign. Then, on Saturday, the 3-4 Huskies'...

A three-run first inning wasn't enough as the NIU baseball squad dropped a 4-3, 11-inning decision to Tennessee Tech Sunday at Cookville, Tenn. The Huskies were within three outs of downing TTU and evening their season mark. However, the Golden Eagles...

Winter training starts Wednesday for what should be the beginning of an exciting second season of NIU baseball. When the Huskies finally play in DeKalb on March 31 against the University of Northern Iowa, they will have spent their first 21 games on the...

Onetime NIU student Gene Lamont had a lot to be thankful for over this past Thanksgiving. Lamont, who attended NIU during the fall semesters of 1965 and 1966, was named the 34th manager of the Chicago White Sox at a Comiskey Park press conference last...

NIU soccer coach Willy Roy has had an effect on a lot of lives. While Roy was being inducted to the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame last Friday, a man climbed up to the podium and worshipped the fifth-year NIU soccer coach. "You're the greatest, Willy," the...

NIU students may be facing another new ticket policy for men's home basketball games in the very near future. The Long-Range Planning Committee of the Athletic Board is currently working on a plan that would allow students to acquire tickets for all men's...

The NIU men's tennis team received a tremendous boost this year with the addition of freshman Marty Engel. Engel is playing in the No. 1 flight against the best the other schools have to offer. And he is beating them. Engel is 5-0 with two tournament...