Rich Strom

One night the outside shooting is clicking, the next night the big guys are doing the job inside. But seldom on the same night. Not this season, anyway. That`s what...

Northern Illinois: Following an 11-day vacation, NIU`s women`s basketball team returns to action Thursday with a 7:30 p.m. showdown at De Paul. The Huskies (4-3), coming off a 69-62 setback...

So, Vaurice Patterson, are you ready to give up your football scholarship at Northern Illinois to play basketball? ''Uh, uh,'' the freshman guard/wide receiver said, shaking his head as he...

A few years ago, the Muppets took Manhattan in a movie, but the Huskies couldn`t take Manhattan on the basketball court Saturday. Coming off its biggest win of the season,...

Since Brian Hammel became basketball coach at Northern Illinois last May, he has lost two players (Theo Stafford and Bob Plasman) because of personal reasons, two for team violations (Brian...

On his basketball show last week, Northern Illinois coach Brian Hammel included a segment on rebounding. He knows what he`s talking about. Four games into the season, the Huskies lead...

This is not the way to get ready for De Paul. Coming off a tough 77-74 loss Dec. 4 at Xavier of Ohio, Northern Illinois (1-3) had two weeks off...

Two goals down, one to go. Coach Pete Waite had hoped his women`s volleyball team at Northern Illinois would be ranked this season in the Mideast Region, and it was,...

Northern Illinois coach Brian Hammel has had to make do without sophomore guard Mike Lipnisky for four games. Now the first-year coach faces the prospect of doing without him for...

Finals begin Monday at Northern Illinois. The women`s basketball team hopes its first final is Saturday night, in the finals of the four-team NIU Fastbreak Fest. Purdue, which climbed to...