DeKALB — Fresh off their fourth straight loss, the Huskies are sitting squarely in the suck. A 25-14 defeat by rival Miami (Ohio) on Homecoming dropped NIU to 1-4 on the season — their lone victory coming against a still-winless Holy Cross —...

DeKALB — One of the final dominos of NIU’s conference realignment fell last week, with the school’s wrestling program set to become an affiliate member of the Pac-12 Conference in the 2026-27 academic year. The Northern Star has obtained a copy...

After scoring a goal and recording an assist to complete NIU men’s soccer’s comeback win against Bradley University on Saturday, sophomore midfielder Martin Montoya has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.  Montoya’s goal came...

DeKALB — The NIU wrestling program will compete in the Pac-12 Conference beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the school announced in a news release Wednesday. NIU will join Oregon State and fellow affiliate members Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield...

DeKALB — Redshirt junior quarterback Jackson Proctor is no longer with the NIU football team, an NIU Athletics spokesperson confirmed to the Northern Star on Tuesday. Proctor is not listed on the team’s roster, and no information was disclosed about...

This Saturday, NIU football will chase a trophy it has never once lost — and never once won. The Huskies will welcome the Miami RedHawks to DeKalb for NIU’s 118th Homecoming, with the Mallory Cup on the line. The trophy was created in 2018 to honor...

DeKALB — Call it a rock fight. Call it a slog. Call it whatever you want. Just don’t call it pretty. In a football game where punts outnumbered points, NIU already had the distinction of being one of the nation’s worst offenses. Once San Diego...

The last three weeks haven’t exactly gone NIU football’s way. The Huskies haven’t won a game since Aug. 30, when they opened the season with a narrow victory over Holy Cross. Since then, they’ve visited two Power Four opponents — Maryland...

For one half of football, the NIU Huskies looked like a team that could compete in one of the country’s toughest conferences. They trailed by just four points at halftime on the road against the unbeaten Mississippi State Bulldogs. But unfortunately,...

Week 4 of college football is upon us, and NIU football is back in action after its bye week. The Huskies are readying for their 14th SEC matchup against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in Starkville, Mississippi, while the Northern Star sports staff has...

It’s been two weeks since the NIU football team last took the field. The Huskies walked off of it with a frustrating 20-9 loss in Maryland. Now, fresh off a bye week, NIU is hitting the road once more to face a new opponent in a Saturday matinee. The...