Ben Gross NIU women's basketball reporter Prediction - Bears 30, Colts 27 Reason - The Colts have shown an improved defense, but the Bears defense will limit Manning. Grossman will do enough to keep the Bears in it and will give Gould the game-winning...

Born and raised a Bears fan, NIU wrestler Mike Grimes has been looking forward to this Sunday all his life. Unfortunately for Grimes, he may not even catch a glimpse of his team's shining moment. The NIU wrestling team travels to Ceder Falls, Iowa to...

DeKALB | With a win over Kent State Friday night, the NIU wrestling team could have secured a spot in the national rankings. However, the Golden Flashes erased a 9-0 Huskie lead en route to a 22-12 victory. Johnny Galloway got things rolling for the Huskies...

DeKALB | There's nothing better than squaring off against one of your arch rivals. The NIU wrestling team will do that tonight when it travels to Kent State to take on the Golden Flashes in a MAC showdown at 7:05 p.m. The Huskies are on a roll of late,...

DeKALB | Ranked as high as No. 10 nationally, wrestler Johnny Galloway has made the most of his senior year at NIU. After defeating University of Ohio's best wrestler over the weekend, the Iowa native improved his record to 11-1 and has helped the NIU...

DeKALB | They say the good teams are able to win even when they don't have their best stuff. That was the case Friday night, as the NIU wrestling team hung on for a hard-fought 18-13 victory over MAC rival Ohio. It looked very bleak in the beginning,...

DeKALB | Momentum can be a great thing for some teams and useless for others. Coming off a 30-6 blowout of Buffalo, the NIU wrestling team will try to keep its momentum rolling as they host conference foe Ohio University tonight at 7 p.m. in the Convocation...

Mike Grimes is no stranger to the Midland Championships tournament. Watching from his seat in the stands at Welsh-Ryan Arena as a middle-schooler, Grimes always thought it would be "so cool" to be one of those wrestlers out on the mats. Fast-forward to...

The new ‘big name' players Garrett Wolfe, Doug Free, Kate McCullagh and Stephanie Raymond. Gone, gone, gone and soon to be gone. With some of NIU's biggest names graduating after this year, it's time to look at who will be stealing headlines in 2007....

Grimes wins weight class at Midlands There couldn't have been a better ending to 2006 for the NIU wrestling team. Mike Grimes captured NIU's first ever individual title at the Midland Championships Dec. 30 in Evanston by beating Jake Patacsil of Purdue...

DeKALB | Buckle up for the ride through the Big Ten this weekend. After participating in three tournaments, the Huskie wrestling team starts dual matches as they travel to Northwestern Friday and host Wisconsin Sunday. Northwestern is ranked No. 10 in...

DeKALB | Coach Dave Grant made sure his wrestlers had a good week of practice heading into the weekend tournament in Las Vegas. The two-day Cliff Keen Invitational featured 49 of the top wrestling programs in the country and the Huskies needed to be at...