NIU's Associate Athletic Director Susie Pembroke-Jones left the DeKalb area for a position as assistant director of athletics at George Washington University. As of Wednesday, the 39-year-old began her duties by watching over nine sports, which include...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Cubs officials studied shadows and dark corners Tuesday as they worked to get the bugs out of the Wrigley Field lights before the team's historic night baseball opener. "The light levels are very, very good in themselves," said...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell has named Clarence Hudson to fill the space left by former Huskie Associate AD Jerry Ippoliti. O'Dell also denied rumors that he had applied for the vacant AD position at Kansas State. He said he does not know where...

Like every other major American university, the rites of spring at NIU include discussion of baseball. Of course, since there is no baseball team at NIU, the talk generally raises questions like, "Why did baseball leave?" and "When will baseball return?"...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP)—Dallas Green, returning to the place where it all began, wants it known he'd like to get back into baseball. Green quit Oct. 29 after six years as general manager and president of the Chicago Cubs. Green insists that he's not advertising...

The NIU athletic department has "indicated some interest" in becoming affiliated with Association of Mid-Continent Universities conference, league commissioner F.L. Ferzacca said Tuesday. Ferzacca said he spoke with NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell...

The NIU Baseball Club launched its 1988 season in Daytona, Fla. over spring break, winning one of four games. The Huskies, whose roster consists of 26 players, opened their season by bringing 24 players to Daytona March 11. The players payed their own...

Beyond the playing field Poor Andre Dawson. The headlines Monday stated he lost his arbitration case, meaning the Chicago Tribune saved $150,000. So Dawson will have to settle for only a 370-percent pay increase. Too bad. That extra dough would have come...

His name might not be as recognizable as Mattingly, Boggs or Dawson, but over the last six years Harold Baines has been one of the most consistent stars in Major League Baseball. Baines visited the Huskie Club Luncheon last Thursday as part of the White...

Most members of the NIU football team are unhappy to be staying in Rockford Friday night, but say it will not affect them during Saturday's 1 p.m. game against Western Illinois on Parents' Day. The Huskies are holding their meetings, spending the night...

The NIU athletic department has been given a major opportunity to improve itself, an opportunity which it should not waste. The university is deep in the process of choosing a new athletic director to head both men's and women's athletics. The decision...

Last spring, The Northern Star Panel of Baseball Experts ran predictions on the four divisional races. While only two picks hit the mark (Dave Tuley with St. Louis and Dan Moran with San Francisco), there were 11 picks of second-place teams. Of course,...