This is the scene as a cross-country runner reaches the finish line. Exasperated, exhausted, crying, bent over, out of breath. Muscles so dense with starch runners can’t even bend over to untie their shoes. The cool fall air burns as they breath it...

For the first time since the mid-1980s, the 2005 MAC cross country championships will be held at NIU Saturday. Teams will take to the turf at the North Forty course at 11 a.m. NIU is no stranger to being the host school for a MAC tournament, as the gymnastics...

When the NIU men’s soccer team plays No. 1 Akron at 7 p.m. Friday, it will experience a first. For the first time in school history, the team’s away game will be broadcast live on niuhuskies.com. Bill Baker and Sid Simmons will provide coverage for...

With donations ranging from world-wide corporations to the home-town bar and grill, the NIU Athletics Department partially funds its 496 athletes and 17 athletic programs. Gatorade, Adidas, Pepsi, Allstate, Applebee’s, Castle Bank, Fatty’s, Culver’s...

The NIU cross country team owns the Benedictine Invitational. For the fourth consecutive year, head coach Connie Teaberry’s squad finished first in team competition. A herd of NIU runners dotted the Top 10 and Christina Nieto led the way with a third-place...

NIU men’s golfer Nick Schenk posted his second top-10 finish of the year at the Ball State Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Monday and Tuesday. The senior Batavia native opened with a 66-70 on Monday and finished the day two strokes off the lead. Schenk...

NIU goalie Steve Goletz was nominated for MAC Player of the Week after back-to-back shutout victories. After missing two matches with a concussion, the Downers Grove-native stifled the opposition and improved his goals-against-average to 0.66 per game....

An undefeated start has the NIU men’s soccer team listed as No. 6 in Midwest Regional Soccer Rankings. Coach Steve Simmons’ squad looks to add to its 3-0-1 record this weekend as NIU hosts the Adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational. Chris VanDuerm and company...

NIU Athletes will continue to sport Adidas gear around campus for the next four years. NIU Athletic Director Jim Phillips announced last week that NIU will continue its partnership with the sports apparel company, which will provide uniforms as well as...

Welcome to NIU, the home of the Huskies. We’re excited you will be with us and hope to see you at one of the many athletics events throughout the year. To be sure, exciting things are happening in Huskie athletics. Our football team, the 2004 Silicon...

Many high-school students look for a change of pace or scenery when they finish their four years, but not as many want the change to be as drastic as Alicja Czajka envisioned it. Changing states or moving a few hours away is one thing, but moving halfway...

No more will NIU football coach Joe Novak have to use the Convocation Center as the prime recruiting venue. No more will NIU athletes have to weight train in Huskie Stadium’s junior college-type weight room. And no more will NIU be at the butt-end of...