For three roommates and self-proclaimed avid Huskies football fans, a Bowl game has been a long time coming. To Jason Braddock, Adam Smith and Zach Alesandrini, the cost of a trip to San Jose, Calif., to see NIU play in the Silicon Valley Football Classic...

Usually, stories of having to walk miles to school are regarded as exaggerated, dusty tales from grandparents. But the memory of NIU football’s equipment manager, Dick Townsend, still serves him just fine as he remembers his daily journey to Rockford...

The deciding Game 5 of the NIU Fall World Series was dominated by pitcher Nick Hall in a 2-1 NIU Cardinal victory over NIU Black in 10 innings Thursday afternoon. The win gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory in the five-game series. Hall pitched all 10 innings,...

Runners for NIU women’s cross country didn’t expect to be midseason without a coach. But after former cross country and track and field coach Shantel Twiggs took a head track position at the University of Nevada-Reno in mid-September, they decided...

The first NIU men’s basketball “Midnight Madness” will take place at 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Convocation Center’s Victor E. Court. In this free event, students will be able to meet the Huskies players, win prizes and see a team scrimmage....

The NIU cross country record books have been rewritten once again. Alicja Czajka ran a time of 18:33 in the five-kilometer course for the second week in a row Saturday at the Central Collegiate Championships in Toledo, Ohio. Both times put her in the...

Forty years ago, the NIU football team was on top of the country. A 10-0 record and a Mineral Water Bowl victory secured a National Championship for the Huskies. Yes, that’s right, a National Championship. Albeit a national title in the College Division,...

The NIU cross country team returned home from the MAC Championships in Ohio on Saturday with an 11th place finish. Placing 11th out of 13 teams was the best finish in five years for NIU. "The thing we’ve been talking about all year is making improvement,...

With one invitational remaining in the regular season, the NIU cross country team looks forward to Saturday at U-W Parkside. The women are confident they will finish the season strong before the MAC Championships begin Nov. 2. "We have been working together,"...

There are plenty of stereotypes associated with collegiate athletes and their ability as students. At NIU, some of those conceptions can be thrown out the window based on last spring’s grade point averages. Among the athletic teams found at NIU, the...

Almost every athletic team comes into the season with a goal. For the NIU Cross Country team, it’s "success is one team, one goal." Every step, road and track brings this team one step closer to success," said coach Shantel Twiggs. In her third year...