Josh Wooton was scoring at will, but he was tired of hearing Coach Dave Grant yell for a pin. So on Senior Day, the 141-pound Wooton pinned his opponent in his final home dual meet Sunday to help the Huskies split the weekend with a 27-9 victory over...

Red Sox vs. Yankees. Bears vs. Packers. David vs. Goliath. Any of these match-up clichés could be appropriately used to describe the rivalry between the NIU and Central Michigan wrestling teams. After being reduced to bridesmaids the last four seasons,...

Derek Hunsinger was feeling a little rusty. He was only a few weeks removed from eye surgery and he hadn't wrestled competitively in three weeks. But with the NIU wrestling team trailing 10-6 to Northern Iowa Sunday afternoon, Hunsinger knew he was under...

OK, we all know football is the powerhouse sport at NIU. Everybody loves the football program. And they should — the team wins, and that's what fans like. The men's basketball team does get some attention from students. They should get more because...

For the second-straight year, the NIU wrestling team had to rally from a large deficit against Northern Iowa. And for the second-straight match, the Huskies were forced to settle with a tie. The No. 24 Huskies (6-4-2) tied two matches in a row for the...

One thing is for certain — Mike Grimes doesn't like to tie. A few minutes after the NIU wrestling team settled for a 16-16 tie with Kent State last Friday, NIU's 149-pound junior was already talking about upcoming opponent Northern Iowa. Grimes didn't...

For the second straight year, the NIU and Kent State wrestling teams battled toe-to-toe, with the winner determined by the night's final match. But instead of either side achieving a victory, a series of small events and two seconds of riding time resulted...

When quarterback Steve Young was traded to the San Francisco 49ers in 1987, he knew he would be taking a back seat behind the legendary Joe Montana. After five years of biding his time as a backup, Young became a starter and proved to be a Hall of Famer....

No. 6 Central Michigan (6-4, 0-0) Chicago Bulls fans are used to the phrase "rebuilding year" by now. CMU evidently never has heard of the word. After losing three All-Americans to graduation, the Chippewas inexplicably have become deeper. Beside Wynn...

BLOOMINGTON - State championships in events ranging from golf to Scholastic Bowl could be jeopardized under a proposed law that would cap the Illinois High School Association’s income from postseason tournaments, IHSA officials said Tuesday. Rep. Kurt...

1 - MEN’S BASKETBALL TAMES WILDCATS Christmas came five days early for the NIU men’s basketball team. In front of the largest Convocation Center crowd this season, the Huskies knocked off then No. 34 Kansas State 75-70 in overtime. The game went down...

In a showcase dual meet with Dennis Hastert in the building, the NIU wrestling team trailed from the start and could not recover as the Huskies fell 28-10 to No. 12 Northwestern Thursday night. With Speaker of the House Hastert and NIU President John...