The deciding Game 5 of the NIU Fall World Series was dominated by pitcher Nick Hall in a 2-1 NIU Cardinal victory over NIU Black in 10 innings Thursday afternoon. The win gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory in the five-game series. Hall pitched all 10 innings,...

Five former NIU athletes will be inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame as part of NIU’s 98th Homecoming weekend, beginning Friday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. T.C. Dantzler, E.C. Hill, Julie Sexton, Ernie Wickstrom and John Wrenn make...

While having a prestigious record broken in only six seasons may be disappointing for some athletes, Amber Howard takes it all in stride. With Tera Lobdell’s 21st kill in the third game against Bowling Green Sept. 25, she passed Howard’s 1998 mark...

NIU intramurals are underway with 450 students playing 16-inch softball, the largest turnout in the Office of Campus Recreation’s 19-year history. Softball was able to add six teams to its usual 34-team lineup this year because of more student interest....

In addition to losing top scorer Joi Scott, who transferred, the NIU women’s basketball team may face punishment for NCAA rules violations. Scott, who would be a junior this season, lived at the house of LaVerne Ghyant, the director of NIU’s Center...

For those of you who haven’t kept up with NIU sports for the summer, worry no more. This is your link to all the new signings, players drafted, hirings, transfers and arrests with current and former Huskies. Football NIU hall-of-famer arrested Former...

Mary Basic described her trip to Italy with her NIU women’s basketball teammates as anything but boring. More like exhausting. "When I came home, all I did was sleep," the 5-foot-10 sophomore said. Sleep was one of the few things the Huskies didn’t...

Huskie basketball left American soil for the first time during the NIU women’s 11-day trip to Europe for a five-game tournament. P "Between playing ball and sight-seeing, it was quite an experience," NIU coach Carol Hammerle said. "I can’t think of...

From the success of the football team to the futility of the men’s basketball squad, NIU sports saw their share of surprises during the 2003-’04 school year. The remaining 14 NIU sports were no different, as there were many individuals who emerged...

The NIU men’s team’s success this season didn’t go unnoticed as four players were honored when the MAC announced its postseason awards Tuesday. Junior Willy Gali was named first-team All-MAC with a 25-4 record and win over MAC Player of the Year...

NIU-bound Frank Clair of Leo High School was named the Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV Athlete of the Month for March, as announced April 9. Clair led Leo to a Class-A state title on March 13. He finished with a game-high 25 points on 10-of-13 shooting in the...

Iowa freshman basketball player and Rochelle native Ben Rand will transfer to NIU next season. Rand, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard, left Iowa fearing he wouldn’t get enough playing time. He played in 19 games this season at Iowa with a career-high five...