NIU senior Brett Tucker never thought that he would wind up playing football for the Huskies. Fortunately for Tucker, and NIU, he was wrong. The Honorable Mention All_America defensive back from neighboring Sycamore, was not heavily recruited after his...

There's a new dog in town, there are new scoreboards in the fieldhouse and there's a new look for NIU athletics. The most recent step in the upgrading of the NIU athletic program was the installment of two new scoreboards and a new scorer's table at Chick...

Mark Banak knows his football and dreams of being a head coach in the NFL. Currently though, Banak is one of the student equipment managers for the NIU football team and he can be seen throwing passes, joking around with players and observing practice...

It looks as if NIU might soon be playing baseball again on Huskie Diamond. The diamond, which is located northwest of Huskie Stadium, has been used only by the softball team since the university dropped its baseball program in 1982. But Athletic Director...

It happens every year. The National League Championship Series broadcast begins, and suddenly I'm struck by that same old feeling: "Shouldn't I be smoking ye custom-made pipe and dipping into yonder caviar trough?" That thought hits me every time I hear...

Rick Telander, well-known writer for Sports Illustrated, vents his frustration these days by lambasting the present state of "big-time" college football. Spouting off is nothing new to Telander. A member of The Sports Writers show on television and radio,...

NIU President John LaTourette Tuesday named Raymond J. Dembinski the chairman of the NIU Athletic Board. Dembinski, a professor of special education, will take over the spot beginning August 15 and will succeed James Mellard, who has served as the board's...

When NIU joined the Association of Mid-Continent Universities on June 14, four Huskie sports escaped the label of independence. However, one NIU sport—the soccer program—already belonged to a competitive league in the form of the Big Central Soccer...

Before NIU and Akron can win their first Association of Mid-Continent Universities title, they will have to battle a Bear. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State have become the AMCU's conference power, winning the league's all-sport trophy the past three...

When Jeff Wilson's line drive was snared by Central Michigan's second baseman on May 22, 1982, the season and the NIU baseball program had come to an end. More than seven years after CMU swept the Huskies by scores of 12-0 and 13-0 in that season-ending...

NIU's plans to start a new in college baseball. Huskie tennis coach Carl Neufeld leaves NIU for a position at UCLA. Gymnast Erik Solky will represent the U.S. in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. Women's swimming and diving coach Mike Burt signs five recruits....

The weather once again took its toll on the NIU baseball club last weekend. The Huskies' second game on Sunday against Loyola was called due to rain, but not before NIU recorded a 3-0 weekend. Saturday, the Huskies hosted the DePaul Blue Demons for a...