DeKALB | There exists an issue embedded in NIU's game against Buffalo Saturday that's bigger than the game. It's a problem that stems from the foundations of this country and has continued to receive heightened awareness. That issue is equal opportunity....

NIU put on probation After two years of waiting, NIU received one year of probation from an incident involving former women's basketball player Joi Scott. Due to what the NCAA deemed to be "mitigating circumstances," NIU did not receive the two-year probational...

After nearly two years of waiting, NIU was handed its one year probation Wednesday from an incident involving a former women's basketball player. Initially, the probationary period was to be two years, but due to what the NCAA deemed "mitigating circumstances,"...

Now that the NCAA has finally come down on NIU for the 2004 incident involving former women's basketball player Joi Scott, we can start to break down what exactly the probation will mean to the Huskies. Despite the fact that it was a former NIU athlete...

Before the start of the fall semester, the NIU men's soccer team will have already been hard at work on the playing field. The Huskies will play an intrasquad scrimmage Aug. 9 before heading out to play an exhibition game at DePaul Aug. 15. The annual...

Add a gold medal to the impressive resume of Carol Owens. The NIU women's basketball coach and Hall of Fame Inductee served as an assistant for the USA Under 18 squad that steamrolled the opposition at the FIBA Americas Women's Championship Tournament....

NIU Athletic Director Jim Phillips has ended his two-month search for a replacement of Sports Information Director Mike Korcek. Donna Turner of Tulane was announced as the Huskies new associate athletics director for communications Wednesday. "We are...

Only one member of the NIU men's basketball team, Bryson McKenzie, remembers the locker rooms at Chick Evans Field House. McKenzie, who began his basketball career with NIU in 2001, was denied a sixth year of eligibility Wednesday. "We were hopeful that...

After four years observing Huskie sports year-round, this reporter can claim there is no doubt NIU athletics is on the rise. Most notably, no longer is a Riddell screen-printed shirt the only thing to wear to a football game on Saturdays, and you can...

For NIU junior point guard Stephanie Raymond, there is no offseason. "Non-stop working out and summer leagues," Raymond said. "I plan on being in the weight room four to five times a week." A dedicated approach paid off last year — the final NIU women's...

NIU running back A.J. Harris may not have been drafted, but that doesn't mean he's not looking for a team. The senior will head to the Washington Redskins rookie camp Thursday where he will compete for a chance to get signed by the team. "If I do good...

Garrett Wolfe has another honor to hang on his wall — or slip under his mattress. The NIU running back has been selected to the 50th Anniversary Playboy preseason First-Team All-America squad. "This is the biggest individual honor I have ever received,"...