The NIU wrestling team signed its first four-time high school state champion earlier this week. Nick Smith of South Dakota won the Class A state title all four years while compiling a 145-5 record in the 125-pound weight class at Yankton High School,...

The NIU men’s tennis team picked up its 20th consecutive victory over Western Illinois with a 7-0 shutout Saturday. The Huskies (11-3 overall) did not lose a single set in the non-conference meet. "Today was a good match for us; we stayed focused and...

The NIU baseball team finished Spring Break with a 4-1 win over Fairfield. The game was the Huskies’ 10th in 11 days during the break. The Huskies went 6-4 during those 11 days to improve their record to 9-7 overall. Senior left-handed pitcher Zach...

The NIU women’s golf team’s first event of the spring season will be the sixth annual Springlake Classic on Friday and Saturday in Sebring, Fla. “The Springlake Classic has become a great event for us to open the spring season with,” NIU coach...

Two signings have NIU women’s basketball coach Carole Hammerle excited. The Huskies inked 6-foot-1 forward Nikita Odom and 6-foot point guard Whitney Lowe to National Letters of Intent. “These two players are going to make an immediate impact on the...

Ninety-five years. Sunday, the Cubs won their first post-season series in 95 years. Let me say it again: 95 YEARS. I know, it’s crazy. Anyway, think about just how long 95 years really is. The last time the Cubs won a post-season series, Theodore Roosevelt...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Brian Kontak apparently wants to show Annika Sorenstam, Martha Burk and Suzy Whaley who wears the culottes in golf. Kontak, who once won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit and now has conditional status on the Nationwide Tour, has said...

There are plenty of stereotypes associated with collegiate athletes and their ability as students. At NIU, some of those conceptions can be thrown out the window based on last spring’s grade point averages. Among the athletic teams found at NIU, the...

Second — again. Monday's final round at Whisper Creek marked the second straight year the NIU women's golf team came up short at their own tournament. This year's event proved especially heartbreaking for the Huskies. Coming off a first round 328, the...

For most people, Sunday is a day for rest and relaxation — but, while most people watch football, eat and sleep, the NIU women's golf team is hard at work. Sunday's final score of 323 at the Notre Dame Invitational was the third time in three tournaments...

NIU women's golf coach Pam Tyska expects big things this weekend when the Huskies take part in the second-annual Notre Dame Invitational. "We expect to be at the top of the field," head coach Pam Tyska said. "Maybe even a top-five finish." Tyska has reason...

Putting up respectable numbers in sunny Florida over spring break, NIU women's golfers were back on the green for the first time since their fall season ended in October. The week began with a visit to the Springlake Country Club in Sebring, Fla., for...