The hot, humid days of mid-August were not the happiest of times for the women's basketball program. Head coach Jane Albright saw her staff of three dwindle to one as fast as you could say chop-chop. The departures of Yvette Harris and Lynnette Robinson...

NIU Associate Athletic Director Chuck Shriver, citing career opportunity and family priorities, will leave his post June 30 for a front-office position with the Chicago Sting. Shriver's duties will be divided among members of the athletic department until...

After moving NIU out of the Mid-American Conference nearly two years ago, the people running the NIU women's athletic program decided earlier this year that independence was not the way to go. NIU officially ended its independence Feb. 18 by joining the...

After facing Hurricanes on the athletic field, NIU men's athletics also had to battle unchartered waters on its new athletic ship. NIU had its baptism in independent waters this year after leaving its 13-year affiliation with the Mid-American Conference,...

After reducing projected profits for Fiscal Year 1988 by $35,000, the budget committee of the Athletic Board voted Wednesday to allow the athletic department to cut its budget during the fiscal year instead of before the budget is presented to the board...

The one pressing need facing the NIU women's basketball team at the close of the 1986-87 season was finding someone to fill Val Leitzen's shoes at point guard. Head Coach Jane Albright announced the search had ended Wednesday with the signing of Denise...

When NIU athletic directors Robert Brigham and Susie Pembroke-Jones brought their teams' athletic schedules for next year to the Athletic Board Wednesday, board members did more than just look at the Huskies' opponents. Part of the discussion revolved...

For the third straight year, NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright set her hook in the recruiting waters and landed a dominating post player for her efforts. This week's signing of 6-foot 3-inch Dianna Wingis follows the additions of 6-2 Carol Owens...

NIU women athletes had their chance for recognition Sunday afternoon at the Ninth Annual Women's Athletic Awards Banquet, which was held at the Duke Ellington Ballroom. During the ceremonies, the 1987 inductees of the Women's Athletic Hall of Fame were...

Ticket prices for men's basketball, complementary football tickets and reports on the Japanese gymnastics meet and sport medicine were some of the topics discussed at Wednesday's Athletic Board meeting. NIU Associate Athletic Director Chuck Shriver presented...

A $100,000 overestimation in student athletic fee revenue for the 1987 fiscal year will force the NIU athletic department to cut its current budget by $80,000. Gary Glenn, chairman of the Athletic Board's Budget Committee, said the board wanted to reduce...