DeKALB | I didn't think Jim Hendry had it in him. Naturally, I thought the Chicago Cubs general manager would play the sourpuss card and not eat Carlos Silva's $11.5 million contract for 2011. Boy was I wrong. Hendry and Cubs ownership finally took out...

Replacing six starters on a defense that ranked 14th in the nation last season was a difficult task head coach Dave Doeren was fully aware of. But two weeks ago, the number of vacancies ballooned to eight, when Doeren announced that linebacker Tyrone...

Many Chicago Bulls fans scoffed at the notion that a 2008 second-round draft pick could contribute this season. After all, Omer Asik appeared to be the latest NBA-European flavor of the month. But those naysayers are eating their words. Asik has asserted...

Floyd Mayweather doesn't lose. Period. His record stands at 41-0 in the professional boxing ring. But on Tuesday night, he became an even bigger winner after laying cash down at a resort he was staying at in Las Vegas. Mayweather bet a hefty amount of...

Eddie Faulkner knows what it's like to play in the shadow of another great athlete. During his four years in the Wisconsin backfield, the Huskie running backs coach had to share time with a robust Badger legend. "I backed up Ron Dayne for all four years...

Deain, Smith signed by Slammers Former NIU pitchers Andy Deain and Brian Smith have been signed by the Joliet Slammers of the Frontier League. Deain had 23 career saves with the Huskies, which ranks him second in program history and eighth all-time in...

Andrew Singer: Brandon Davies was released by the Brigham Young men's basketball team late last week and I am still fuming. Yes, he had sex with his girlfriend and that is against the BYU honor code. Should he have done it (pun intended)? No, but the...

Women's soccer celebrates the past season At the end of February, the NIU women's soccer team held its annual banquet to celebrate the 2010 season and hand out awards. Huskie seniors Kaitlin Bujak, Kylie Revelle, Christen Schuler, Mo Smunt and Annie Wyer...

A run in the MAC Tournament was not in store for the NIU women's basketball team. The Huskies (13-17, 7-10 MAC) dropped their first-round matchup against Ohio (9-21, 5-12 MAC), 72-56. An early exit by NIU was an upset, seeding-wise, being the seventh...