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Graduating players might pose threat for football

By Matt Hopkinson | April 1, 2013

With football starting off its spring practice schedule, many questions surround NIU when it comes to graduating seniors. Despite the unprecedented success of last year, there are some glaring departures from that record setting team. Gone from the offense...

Urlacher’s release was good for the Bears

By Matt Hopkinson | March 26, 2013

The Chicago Bears have undergone a series of big time changes without really doing anything on a grand scale. In fact, it has been more what the Bears have not done that has made the bigger difference than what they have chosen to do thus far into the...

Junior pitcher looks to bring heat to the team

By Brian Earle | March 26, 2013

Over the course of his career at NIU, junior Alex Klonowski has been used primarily as a position player in the everyday lineup. While being a position player, Klonowski has also pitched in relief for the Huskies out of the bullpen. He would even come...

How you start matters in track and field

By Ed Rietveld | March 26, 2013

In a sport like track and field, where the majority of the events the athletes are running against the clock, every 10th of a second matters. Nowhere is this fact more apparent than in sprinting events like the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and the...

Away games are crucial in tennis

By Thomas Hiley III | March 26, 2013

When it comes to playing at home and playing away, most people think the only difference is being home you have the crowd advantage, but that isn’t the only thing. When it comes to having to go to an away match there’s a lot of things that have to...

NIU baseball’s pitching roster brings heat to the team

By Brian Earle | March 25, 2013

Going into the season, I was unsure what baseball’s strength was going to be. It has been made clear to me over the last couple of weeks the depth of the Huskies’ starting pitching is its most valuable asset. The Huskies have three very reliable options...

Members of the NIU gymnastics team congratulate each other after posting high scores at the meet against Eastern Michigan University on March 1.

Women’s gymnastics can continue success next season

By Matt Hopkinson | March 25, 2013

With the culmination of the gymnastics season Saturday at Western Michigan, there are factors that are good and bad for the future of the NIU squad. Obviously, the first problem is NIU losing two seniors. Marisa Liptak is one of the highest scoring members...

March Madness predictions

By Thomas Hiley III | March 19, 2013

With the NCAA men’s basketball tournament coming up, everybody is going to turn their attention and watch if their team can make it to the next round of the tournament. In the 2013 NCAA tournament, the No. 1 seeds are Louisville (29-5) in the Midwest,...

Sophomore brings competition to tennis team

By Thomas Hiley | March 18, 2013

Men’s tennis team will play just one more match before heading into conference play, and one player to keep an eye on is Frederic Cadieux. Cadieux is a sophomore business major from Quebec, Canada, and attended Ediuard-Montpetit High School. He’s...

Women’s gymnastics season wraps on a sour note

By Matt Hopkinson | March 18, 2013

The women’s gymnastics did not end the regular season in the fashion it would have liked. The Huskies had been on a run of four consecutive 194 scores, but came up with back-to-back 192s to finish the regular meet schedule. All that awaits the team...

Men’s basketball puts an end to a tough season

By Brian Earle | March 18, 2013

Year one of the Mark Montgomery era as NIU men’s basketball’s head coach didn’t get off to a good start, and year two was no different. The Huskies (5-25, 3-13 MAC) suffered their seventh consecutive 20-loss season. This is their second 20-loss...

Injuries might keep new U.S. soccer lineup from a World Cup

By Jacob Onak | March 18, 2013

Jurgen Klinsmann, U.S. soccer head coach, has released his 23-man roster for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Costa Rica and Mexico. As we see in the roster selection, injuries have really put the U.S.’s back against the wall. The Yanks will...