NIU's women's basketball team began their journey toward the NCAA tournament by opening practice last week. The defending North Star Conference champions began practicing on Oct. 15 for the season opener in late November at the University of Central Florida's...

Both the NIU men's and women's basketball teams have been waiting for this day for seven months. Monday was the first day that both teams could officialy throw on the practice jerseys, tie on the shoes, and hit the hardwood floor at Chick Evans Field...

The Huskies' women's basketball team is sweating through its preseason, with one exception. Freshman phenom and prize recruit, E.C. Hill is not working out with the team so she can hit the books. The 5-7 Hill, out of Chicago's Whitney Young High School,...

The Huskies' women's basketball team is sweating through its preseason conditioning program, with one exception. Freshman phenom and prize recruit, E.C. Hill is not working out with the team so she can hit the books. The 5-7 Hill, out of Chicago's Whitney...

NIU women's basketball standout Lisa Foss raised some eyebrows, but missed the final cut for a chance to wear a "USA" jersey. The 5-7 Huskie guard was one of the final 70 players bidding for a position with one of the three United States National Teams...

There's no need to salute the 1990 NIU Huskie football captains, but take notice of the leading Huskies. Head football coach Jerry Pettibone announced that senior free safety Kevin Cassidy, senior outside linebacker Paul Rogan, and senior tight end Claude...

You have not seen a face like this since Linda Blair suffered demonic cramps in The Exorcist. It's a cross between a silent scream and a massive cringe. Kevin Budinger, NIU water polo club goalie, looks like a man who has as much chance to stop a waterproof...

With all the accomplishments of last season's 26-5 NIU women's basketball season, it must be difficult for Coach Jane Albright, or anyone else, to determine a Most Valuable Player. However, a simple solution was reached - give two players MVP honors instead...

Losing key players to graduation could be detrimental to any college team. Although three talented seniors have left NIU's nationally ranked women's basketball program, Coach Jane Albright and her Huskies are planning a positive future. Two Indiana high...

Michael Jordan, Joe Montana and Wayne Gretzky are just a few extremely prominent names in the games they play. Over the years, they have become superstars, but not by any means of luck. To emerge as the "best of the best" is an arduous task that takes...

NIU will soon be going to the bank, courtesy of the AMCU Conference and the NIU women's basketball team. NIU, as a member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities, is entitled to a share of the proceeds from the conferences' winnings in the NCAA...

An old saying states that when one's back is turned one is most vulnerable to surprise. That is exactly what happened to the NIU women's basketball team when it went to Monday's practice. Upon arriving, Coach Jane Albright told her squad some unexpected...