The NIU wrestling team lost 24-23 to seventh-ranked Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater Wednesday afternoon at the Chick Evans Field House. The score does not reflect the effort the Huskies exhibited in a match that NIU should have won. After a forfeit...

One of the most important assets that has gone through the Huskie wrestling program has to be senior 150-pounder Tim Cocco. The fifth-year senior will lead his teammates to battle against seventh-ranked Division III powerhouse Wisconsin-Whitewater this...

NIU football player Thomas Klein, 21, might lose his football scholarship after being arrested for battery. DeKalb Police reported the arrest Saturday night after Student Association Sen. Joe Annunzio said Klein "punched him in the face several times"...

The Huskie wrestling team had a long weekend, beginning with a hard-fought 24-20 loss to Eastern Illinois and ending with a frustrating eighth-place finish in the eight-school Indiana Hoosier Invitational. The loss to EIU was a tough one, since the Huskies...

The NIU wrestling team hits the road this weekend to face Eastern Illinois on Friday night at 7:30 and to compete Sunday in the Indiana Hoosier Invitational. NIU coach Ed Vatch is looking to fare better this weekend due to last weekend's tough schedule....

NIU's wrestling team had a rough weekend, losing Friday to fifth-ranked Northern Iowa 44-5 and Saturday to Central Michigan 27-12. On Friday, NIU faced a powerful UNI team that earlier last week upset number-one ranked Iowa State. NIU's only points against...

NIU's matmen take on fifth-rated Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls, Iowa, tonight at 7:30 and face Central Michigan at Blue Island's Eisenhower high school Saturday at 7:30 p.m. UNI's starting lineup is overflowing with talent that includes number-one ranked,...

Time flies. An athlete transfers to another university. Witnesses graduate or drop out ... It now appears Iowa officials will not seek to extradite John Culbertson on his warrant for allegedly shooting into an occupied car while he was at Iowa State in...

Christmas break didn't exactly bring what NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch was hoping for. Hindered by the suspension of several wrestlers, the expulsion of two others and subpar showings by many of the active team members, the Huskies won only two of their...

The Huskie grapplers will host their home dual-meet season in the Northern Illinois Duals Saturday at Chick Evans Field House at 10 a.m. The Huskies kick off the duals by going head-to-head with Illinois State at 10 a.m. At noon NIU will take on Wisconsin-Stevens...

The NIU women's basketball team will spend some time in Las Vegas next December. Thanks to a shaky approval of the 1988-89 schedule by the NIU Athletic Board Wednesday, Coach Jane Albright and her squad will play Dec. 9-10 in the Nevada-Las Vegas Classic....

Despite many nagging injuries, NIU's wrestling team came away with an impressive showing this weekend at the Illinois Illini Open. Anton Kossakowski was NIU's top performer, taking first place in the 177-pound weight class in the freshman division. "I...