On Saturday, the Huskies celebrated homecoming with a 45-14 defeat of the Buffalo Bulls. While there was plenty of action on the field to keep fans attentive, some of the more interesting happenings came in the stands and the tailgating areas. Katie Leb:...
On Monday, <a href="http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/ward_jimmie00.html">JimmieWard of the NIU football team was named MAC West Special TeamsPlayer of the Week for the second time this season. He garnered thedistinction after blocking...
On Tuesday, the Cubs announced the signing of Mike Quade to a two-year deal to manage the team with a club option for 2013. While some fans may be disgusted with this turn of events, any logical baseball fan should realize this move should be celebrated....
Talking to a graduate assistant is tough. It's not that they're mean spirited; they just don't have much time to chat. With the responsibilities of both a coach and a student, graduate assistants are some of the busiest people on campus. In her first...
DeKALB | Over the weekend the NIU women’s soccer team got hammered twice on the road, dropping a 3-1 decision against Eastern Michigan and a 3-0 game to Central Michigan. Entering the weekend, both EMU and CMU were undefeated in MAC play; dangerous...
When the Huskies take to Brigham Field on Saturday, NIU will be participating in its 104th homecoming game. Along the way, there have been more than a few trivial occurrences according to Mike Korcek, the former NIU Sports Information Director Emeritus....
DeKALB | Flopping, diving, tripping on air. No matter what a coach calls it, intentionally falling in order to draw a foul from the official is a part of soccer and has been for years. Soccer games across the board are often decided by a solitary goal;...
Judging from which one of this weekend's games you looked at; the NIU women's soccer team may have been outstanding on defense or plain dreadful. On Friday, the Huskies kicked off their weekend on a winning note, thanks to a fortunate bounce against Akron....
For his performance against Akron on Saturday, NIU quarterback<a href="http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100410aaa.html"target="_blank">Chandler Harnish received MAC West OffensivePlayer of the Week honors. The redshirt junior threw...
Since 1972, women's athletics has been on a journey from athletic afterthoughts to prime time players. The fact remains, however, it has only been 38 years since Title IX originally gave women the legal right to play sports at any federally-funded school,...
Using people as step-ladders to the top is fine with me. Heck, so long as you own up to it, it's basically the American way.Admitting to what you're doing is the key though; something the NCAA simply refuses to do.The long-standing organization completely...
I’m sorry, I thought this was America. Where the only thing that matters is winning.Apparently not, because Felix Hernandez just might win the AL Cy Young Award.Now, I realize that the ESPN hype machine has probably already gotten to you, and you are...
