While many freshmen are undecided about what they want to do, one student has hit the ground running. Distance runner Sunsea Shaw, a native of South Bend, Ind., was recruited to join NIU's cross country team after playing the sport for one year. "I only...

DeKALB |A two-goal performance will usually get you noticed. For NIU soccer's Karen Enockson, finding the back of the net twice Saturday against Western Michigan garnered the junior forward her first MAC Player of the Week award. The pair of goals came...

DeKALB | Despite replacing three seniors with seven new recruits in the off-season, the MAC preseason voters predict that the NIU men's basketball team will finish second in the MAC West division. The Huskies are coming of a 17-11 record last year with...

DeKALB | With the season getting close to the end and the NIU volleyball team playing well, it's only fitting for the Huskies to receive national attention at some point. Garrett Wolfe is no longer the only reason the nation knows of NIU. Senior libero...

DeKALB | Leading the NIU men's soccer team in assists is MAC Player of the Week Chris VanDuerm. The senior has four assists and two goals on the season and is second on the team with eight points. "He definitely was the man of the match against UW-Milwaukee,"...

DeKALB | NIU football fans will have even more coverage of the Huskies' game against Indiana State this weekend. Not only can DeKalb residents listen to the game on WLBK-AM 1360 and watch it on Comcast SportsNet, but Chicago radio station WCKG-FM 105.9...

DeKALB | There exists an issue embedded in NIU's game against Buffalo Saturday that's bigger than the game. It's a problem that stems from the foundations of this country and has continued to receive heightened awareness. That issue is equal opportunity....

Despite showing improvement from last week's meet, the NIU cross country team managed to finish just seventh in the Elmhurst Early Bird Invitational at Bradley. Junior Meghan Ginter was the only player for the Huskies to crack the top 20 out of 74 runners...

An air of uncertainty surrounds a key component of the women's soccer team: senior mid-fielder Elaine Eliadis will be out indefinitely because of an injury to her knee. According to NIU's Sports Information Department, it is not entirely known when the...

A long time ago, someone, somewhere asked themselves a question: How can you make the event of cross-country skiing more exciting? The logical answer: give the skiers a gun. Someone else obviously thought this was a good idea and since 1960 the Olympics...

BLOOMINGTON - State championships in events ranging from golf to Scholastic Bowl could be jeopardized under a proposed law that would cap the Illinois High School Association’s income from postseason tournaments, IHSA officials said Tuesday. Rep. Kurt...

The NIU baseball team received four National Letters of Intent Tuesday. Pitcher and outfielder Cody Beck (Bartlett), infielder Jordin Hood (Lake Zurich), outfielder Daniel Reed (North Iowa Area CC), and pitcher and first baseman David Reynolds (Sandburg)...