Northern Illinois University
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NIU honors athletes of the yearMay 05, 2011 2:00 am - DeKALB — Football senior Chad Spann and volleyball freshman Lauren Wicinski were named Northern Illlinois University’s 2010 Male and Female Athletes of the Year, headlin...
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NIU's Butler says doctors saved his lifeApr 21, 2011 11:00 pm - DEKALB — Walking haltingly and slightly hunched over, but without needing direct aid, Devon Butler entered Northern Illinois' football meeting room Friday and expressed ...
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Shot NIU football player's condition improvesApr 07, 2011 11:00 pm - DEKALB — Hospital officials say Northern Illinois University linebacker Devon Butler's condition has been upgraded to serious from critical. Butler was wounded in a driv...
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Naperville’s Moser wows Loyola with his energy, visionApr 06, 2011 12:00 am - If Porter Moser didn’t set the NCAA record for wowing an athletic director, then the mark must be shatterproof on a DiMaggio-esque level. Here’s how M. Grace Calhoun, Lo...
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NIU's Butler shot, in critical conditionApr 05, 2011 11:00 pm - DEKALB — Northern Illinois linebacker Devon Butler was in critical condition Wednesday after being shot off-campus. The school released a statement saying the shooting o...
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NIU’s Montgomery has a big fan in IzzoMar 24, 2011 12:00 am - When asked to advocate for Mark Montgomery during Northern Illinois’ coaching search, Tom Izzo offered perhaps the perfect sentence to NIU athletic director Jeff Compher...
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NIU tabs MSU assistant Montgomery as new basketball coachMar 23, 2011 12:00 am - Northern Illinois has tapped into one of the nation’s elite programs in an effort to rebuild its flagging men’s basketball team. Michigan State associate head coach Mark...
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NIU decides to dump PattonMar 08, 2011 11:00 pm - After four unsuccessful seasons, Northern Illinois athletic director Jeff Compher fired men’s basketball coach Ricardo Patton on Wednesday. The move came less than 24 ho...
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NIU won't bring back basketball coachMar 08, 2011 10:00 pm - DeKALB — Northern Illinois coach Ricardo Patton will not be back for a fifth season with the Huskies. The school announced the move Wednesday in a statement from athlet...
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March sadness: Why so few Illinois teams in NCAA Tournament?Mar 07, 2011 1:00 am - In the good old years, our state’s college basketball teams treated Selection Sunday as a confirmation instead of a conundrum. From 1980 through 2007 — with 1999 serving...