A friend of mine recently told me not to turn on the news because there was nothing new being reported. He was right, especially from a college football standpoint, where it seems history is doomed to repeat itself. Last week, Yahoo! Sports released a...
DeKALB | Sam Morreale will lead the NIU gymnastics team this season as its new head coach. Morreale is no freshman to NIU, as he's been a Huskie for a considerable amount of time. "This will be my ninth season as a Huskie," Morreale said. "I volunteered...
Excuse me if this is short, but my arm is still a little sore.See, I went to get a tattoo last night. Which was great, because being short on cash, I only had to trade away one of Illinois Press Association awards for my new "Cubs World Series 2012" ink.It...
DeKALB | Student-athlete scholarships are like a complicated game of fact or fiction. The fact is NCAA student-athletes receive full-ride scholarships. The fiction of scholarships is that full-ride doesn't cover everything one might think. NCAA members...
Senior gymnast Holly Reichard closed out her collegiate career at NIU with her third career appearance at NCAA Regionals at the University of Oklahoma this weekend. This being Reichard's third appearance at Regionals, the experience was nothing new to...
Over the weekend, senior gymnast Holly Reichard will be competing at the University of Oklahoma in the Norman Regional.This is Reichard's third appearance at the NCAA Regionals, making her only the fourth Huskie to make three Regional appearances.Her...
I've got March madness. While I don't follow college basketball, this month still has so much to offer someone like me. The next 24 days are jam-packed with enough awesome concerts and events to keep me plenty excited to stick around DeKalb and take it...
Some wonder if it's time for the NCAA to take notice and force basketball student athletes to be out of high school for longer than one year before entering the NBA. Sports writers Mike Romor and Andrew Singer take center stage to debate the controversial...
When it comes to traditional values of college athletics, nothing is more organic to the institution than giving illegal benefits to players. Auburn quarterback Cam Newton is currently under a fire storm of allegations that have neither been confirmed...
Varsity sports on campus have it pretty easy when it comes to recruiting. When a potential student-athlete is offered a chance to play a sport that he or she loves in the NCAA and receive a college education, this is an easy decision for most graduating...
At 8 p.m., the NIU men's basketball team will finally be able to put its tumultuous offseason in the rear-view mirror when it tips off its regular season against Northwestern. Going up against a Big Ten team poised to make a run at its first NCAA tournament...
Come this spring, there will be one question racing through the minds of college baseball fans everywhere: Why aren’t the bats making that discernible ping sound?With an eye toward player safety and lower scoring, the NCAA has mandated that all teams...
