Spring: The time when a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of ... baseball. Until recently, if you were a baseball fan at NIU you had to make do with televised Cubs and Sox games. But last year, the powers-that-be at NIU decided to drop the men's gymnastics...

Going winless in 16 tries would be enough to make anyone want to give up hope, but for NIU's baseball squad, giving up is the last thing in mind. Coming into this season, the players and fans alike knew it would be rough going. This was because the team...

NIU's baseball team had thought its Monday home-opening doubleheader against the Chicago State Cougars would feature its first victory in 1991. The victory-deprived Huskies had thought that because they played the Cougars so competitively in a March 21...

Even with the NIU baseball team's record at 0-14, the last thing the Huskies' head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland has to worry about is his players' confidence level heading into Monday's doubleheader home opener against Chicago State. "I know we can definitely...

The more things change, the more they ... well, you know the rest of that axiom, and by now, so must the NIU baseball team. As days become weeks, the Huskies' dubious, season-long winless streak continues to grow and rankle. Last weekend, the Huskies...

After going winless in its first nine games, the NIU baseball team has waited long enough to taste its first victory. NIU found out Tuesday it would have to wait at least one more day. After observing the poor-playing surface of their home field Monday...

The NIU baseball team originally had March 26 circled on its calendar; it was to be the day the Huskies would play the Aurora Spartans in their first home game of the year. The Huskies will still play the Spartans on Tuesday - but at Aurora's Snell Field....

Thursday appeared to be the day the NIU baseball team would win its first game of the season. For a while, that is. The Huskies dropped both ends of an afternoon doubleheader at Chicago State by the scores of 4-3 and 8-2. In the first game, NIU (0-9)...

The NIU baseball team has a magic number ... of sorts. After Thursday, it remains the same. NIU's magic number has been stuck on one since the beginning of the season. The number's diminishment to zero, which will occur only after the Huskies win a game,...

March madness in college basketball has a certain attribute, one of feverish excitement that attracts millions of fans each year. The 1991 NCAA Tournament has lived up to that excitement and now that the "Sweet Sixteen" teams in the nation have been determined,...

It may be hard to believe that amid the freezing temperatures and the ongoing excitement of NIU's basketball squads, baseball season starts Saturday for NIU. The Huskies' Saturday contest against St. Louis will mark the resurrection of the NIU baseball...