Men’s GolfTom Porten - NIUTime at school: Entering fifth seasonBase Salary: $51,252Career Highlights: Back-to-back sixth place finishes in the MAC Championships in 2010 and 2011 seasons.Mike Fleck - Ball StateTime at school: 16th seasonBase Salary:...
To be honest, when it comes to sports the summer isn’t too exciting.Now that the super exciting NHL season is over there isn’t much left to keep our energy up, especially when it comes to NIU athletics. Huskie fans are counting down the days ’til...
Since the June 30 draft, the NHL has been in an offseason buzz.Throughout the past couple weeks there have been a number of big moves in order for teams to free up some salary space so they meet the new salary cap. There have also been a number of free...
With all the big offseason trades and acquisition rumors going around in the NBA, don’t expect the Bulls to make any moves.In fact, expect there to be a couple of faces from last year’s team disappearing.Nate Robinson, who played such a big role for...
It’s official: The Chicago Fire are on a hot streak. Starting with a 1-1 draw on May 25, the Fire have not lost a match. In its past seven games Chicago has gone 5-2-0, most recently beating the Columbus Crew 2-1 in a U.S. Open Cup match. Why are they...
Those who weren’t at Lord Stanley’s really missed a scene last night. The bar was packed, red and white all over. Tommy Hawk heads proudly worn on peoples’ chests, all there to cheer on their beloved Blackhawks — and boy, they didn’t disappoint....
After a Toledo sweep on Friday, softball was able to get the sweep Sunday against Bowling Green with a close 5-4 victory. Head coach Christina Sutcliffe thought it was good to have such a close game as the Huskies will go into the MAC tournament as a...
Ending his career holding the NIU shutout record and making his fourth straight top 10 appearance is men’s soccer goalkeeper Jordan Godsey. Godsey was an integral part of the Huskies’ succes the past four years and topped his career off with breaking...
It was an up-and-down weekend for men’s tennis as it upset No. 1 seed Ball State in the first round of the MAC Championships only to fall in the finals to Western Michigan. On Friday, NIU managed to punch its ticket to the Finals with a 4-2 against...
In its final tournament before the MAC Championships, the women’s golf team tied for fifth place out of 16 in the Dolores Black Falcon Invite. The first day wasn’t the strongest for any of the Huskie golfers, but NIU still managed to finish day one...
Christian Spears, deputy director of Athletics, has been promoted to acting director of NIU Athletics with the recent departure of Jeff Compher. Spears, who has been a part of the Athletics executive administrations team since 2009, will begin his new...
The women’s golf team wrapped up the IPFW Spring Classic with a third-place finish Monday. The Huskies finished third out of 10 after moving up from fourth place from day one. “Definitely good to finish in the top three,” said head coach Kim Kester....
