Rich Strom

It was the day after Northern Illinois` final exhibition game, and David Mitchell looked like a college student who had just finished a week of finals- relaxed and relieved. The...

The theme, it seems, was comebacks. Sunday, Northern Illinois` volleyball and women`s basketball teams turned in remarkable performances. Pete Waite`s volleyball team, on the brink of elimination in the semifinals...

Forty-four consecutive starts later, reality struck Adam Dach like an Evander Holyfield uppercut. ''It`s hard to believe that I will never suit up for the Huskies again,'' Dach said Saturday...

At least it didn`t count. Sunday marked the coming-out party for Northern Illinois` women`s basketball team, most notably sophomore guard E.C. Hill, and it wasn`t pretty. Luckily, the Huskies` 93-67...

Brian Hammel has seen what his Northern Illinois basketball team can do in practice. Now he`s ready to see what it can do against some outside competition. The Huskies open...

Jeanne Fleck knew something didn`t add up, but she wasn`t sure what. So as the Northern Illinois swimming coach left Green Bay on Friday night, she still was shaking her...

This is how frustrating Northern Illinois` football season has become: Its defense didn`t allow a touchdown Saturday, and the Huskies (1-8) still lost. It took a 71-yard run off a...

As if the last few days haven`t been dreary enough, a black cloud seems to have positioned itself over the Northern Illinois basketball team. Senior forward Brian Banks was suspended...

Last week, Charlie Sadler was talking about how he and his coaching staff were coping with Northern Illinois` slow start. ''I speak for every coach in America,'' he began. ''Every...

Sticking with the ''worst shall be first'' theme of the World Series, Northern Illinois` field hockey team enjoyed a weekend the Minnesota Twins couldn`t even match. The Huskies, 1-8-1 before...