Northwestern interim Athletic Director Ken Kraft said Monday he has applied for NIU's permanent directorship. Kraft's statement comes on the heels of the search committee's first meeting Friday, where committee members began to set up shop and screen...

After facing Hurricanes on the athletic field, NIU men's athletics also had to battle unchartered waters on its new athletic ship. NIU had its baptism in independent waters this year after leaving its 13-year affiliation with the Mid-American Conference,...

Imagine an arm wrestling competition where competitors challenge each other through a machine. NIU students will have the opportunity tonight to see or participate in a World Class Arm Wrestling Federation tournament at the Stadium Club, 1311 Lincoln...

Wrestling season might have ended a month ago, but NIU Coach Ed Vatch is already preparing for next year. A number of NIU grapplers will participate in the Chicagoland Open Freestyle Wrestling Tournament Saturday when the Huskies host the tournament at...

Wise men say there are two things in life that are certain—death and taxes. We usually can't do anything to avoid impending death, but today is the day to take care of taxes. Have you filed all the required forms? If you haven't, don't fret. It could...

During the past six weeks, as the 26 major league baseball teams have gone through the paces of spring training, the catch-phrase "undergoing a youth movement" has popped up a few times. Over at Huskie Stadium, the NIU football team has a youth movement...

Going into this weekend's national wrestling tournament, NIU Coach Ed Vatch said his two wrestlers would have to catch fire in the early rounds, but instead they fizzled. Tino Gonzalez and Nate Allison were both eliminated after two matches Thursday in...

Ed Vatch and his NIU wrestlers will compete in the West Regionals this weekend in an attempt to make up for a subpar regular season record. Vatch has said all season the most important thing to him is not dual meets, but the postseason tournament. Now...

If the NIU wrestlers were using last night's dual meet to gain momentum for regionals, they now can consider themselves a runaway train. The 4-9 Huskies dominated the middle matches of the meet, including five straight wins, on their way to a 27-15 win...

Former NIU wrestling coach Don Flavin has been chosen as one of four honorary grand marshals for the Illinois High School Association's 50th Annual Wrestling Championships Feb. 19-21 at the University of Illinois' Assembly Hall. Flavin, who retired last...

Blinded by frustration, the NIU wrestling team made several critical mistakes which cost them team points in the Second Annual Indiana University Hoosier Invitational. The Huskies finished the weekend seventh out of eight teams, but that was not the full...

Every NIU winter sports team is in action this weekend for the first time this semester. Here is a rundown of the matches. Coach Ed Vatch obviously loves to test his NIU wrestling team. After dual battles with 24th-ranked Nebraska and 14th-ranked Northwestern,...