Outdoor or indoor; it doesn’t matter what conditions the NIU women’s track and field team are competing in, as head coach Connie Teaberry manages to find a way to prepare her squad. After breaking numerous school records during the indoor season,...
Coming up golden in the field Cora Caulfield and nine other Huskies won events at the Viking Olympics hosted by Augustana College over the weekend. Caulfield broke her own school record in the discuss with a throw of 162-11. The throw was over 30 feet...
DeKALB | The sports seasons are in the midst of changing from winter to spring. As the winter sports are winding down and the spring sports are getting into their first match-ups, freshmen are in a unique position.Some are about to end their rookie seasons,...
Andrew Singer: The Chicago Tribune reported on Friday that the Schaumburg Flyers baseball team have been evicted from their home park for unpaid rent totaling near $900,000. This eviction has me thinking of the current state of NIU sports. Now, it's not...
DeKALB | When rain turned into ice Monday night, it was easy to use bad weather as an excuse to curl up on the couch and watch the tube. NIU softball, however, was gathering up its gear and driving to the outskirts of town for practice, a ritual the players...
When rain turned into ice Monday night, it was easy to use bad weather as an excuse to curl up on the couch and watch the tube. NIU softball, however, was gathering up its gear and driving to the outskirts of town for practice, a ritual the players have...
Katie Leb: Snow's melting and the world is beginning to be a happy place again. It must mean that spring sports are hitting the field. I for one am pumped to get out in the fresh air and watch some competitive sports. Jimmy Johnson: I am too, Katie. I...
DeKALB | Former NIU linebacker Alex Kube has been doubted throughout his entire football career. At both the high school and college level, critics said that Kube didn’t have the talent to play at a high degree. Kube admitted that he’s heard all of...
Fifty-one school records stood when Connie Teaberry took over the NIU Track & Field team. Seven years later, all but eight have fallen.Teaberry participated in the 1992 Olympic trials, but success in DeKalb didn't come automatically to the former...
Track & Field places four in top 10Four top-10 finishes highlighted the NIU Track & Field team's performance at the Iowa State Classic over the weekend. Senior sprinter Rasheta Butler finished third in the 400-meter dash and Courtney Oldenburg...
Sundance Wicks' basketball career has taken him around the globe, from South Dakota to Europe and back to the states again. The Northern Star sat down with Wicks to both pick his basketball mind and learn how he became a DJ in college. Northern Star:...
Track continues assault on record booksAn old saying states that records are meant to be broken. NIU track and field is doing exactly that this year.At Saturday's IWU Invitational held in Marion, Ind., the Huskies clocked five first-place performances,...
