Having played golf for a long time, NIU women's golfer Abbie Many has learned one important thing that has helped her improve her game. The attitude you carry out onto the course with you is just as important as any skill you boast. The senior from Mount...

It's May and I'm beginning to hear a familiar tune around campus. The seniors have been humming it, counting down the days till the symphony will perform the classic. The tune is "Pomp and Circumstance." The day is graduation. And as those seniors walk...

DeKALB | The Gary Steelheads of the United States Basketball League have selected former NIU center James Hughes as the 11th overall pick in the draft. Hughes was the MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 and averaged 12.1 points per game and a team-high...

There was a time when blaring music, full-throat public address and time-out gimmicks weren't necessary to get a crowd out of their seats. At NIU, that was the era of the Chick Evans Field House. "The thing about the Field House is that it was like the...

DETROIT, Mich. | When competing in the NCAA wrestling championships, the goal is to advance to the final day of action and earn All-American status. NIU's four NCAA qualifiers - Pat Castillo, Johnny Galloway, Duke Burk and Danny Burk - all picked up wins...

Pat Castillo is adding to his trophy case. Last Sunday, Castillo won the 125-pound MAC Championship title, then earned the MAC Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler award later in the day. Castillo, along with teammates Danny Burk, Duke Burk and Johnny...

DeKALB | It wasn't the perfect weekend the Huskies had hoped for, but the NIU wrestling team had a successful showing in the MAC Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite NIU sending five wrestlers to the championship finals, Pat Castillo was the lone Huskie...

DeKALB | This is what every practice, match and drill comes down to: A chance to win a conference title and advance to the NCAA tournament. After a two-week layoff, the NIU wrestling team will travel to Buffalo to compete in the MAC Championships. The...

Pat Castillo is riding high. The junior wrestler has steam-rolled through the competition this month, recording three technical falls in one day and earning a MAC Player of the Week award along the way. Mr. February will take his momentum and his No....

Most kids always looked forward to a heavy snowfall. Not Melissa Burk. She feared it. And for good reason. Even before the snow had settled on the ground, Melissa's younger brothers, NIU wrestlers Danny and Duke Burk, were outside playing in it. Seems...

Remember Michigan's basketball team from 15 years ago? Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose and company were known as the Fab Five, leading Michigan to two straight NCAA championship game appearances. Since then, Michigan basketball hasn't had much...

DeKALB | Sunday was a picture-perfect senior day send-off for the Huskies. NIU swept the competition in a quadrangular meet against Eastern Michigan University, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois University Sunday afternoon...