DeKALB | Everyone had their favorite Halloween candies. I would often come home with a bag full of enough sugary treats to allow my dentist to make rent for another month. But then there were always the tricks. There was bad generic candy, change, or...

DeKALB | The NIU men's soccer team had to wait until Saturday to receive the silver lining in the 1-0 double-overtime loss on Friday at Northwestern. Huskie Soccer Field will be the host site of the MAC Tournament, compliments of a 2-1 Akron win over...

DeKALB | Who the starting quarterback should be for Iowa hasn't been a question in the last three years. With 7,437 passing yards, 54 passing touchdowns and a career passer rating of 134.4, Drew Tate proved himself to be the man for the job in Iowa City....

DeKALB | A pair of underachieving teams will meet in Iowa City this weekend, as NIU takes on Iowa at 11 a.m. Saturday at Kinnick Stadium. Both squads have dirtied their slate with surprising losses. Iowa (5-3) lost to perennial Big Ten doormat Indiana...

Defensive Line: A Syracuse was sitting at the two-yard line with a first down on its home field. All it had to do was move the ball two yards and the game would go into triple overtime. If that wasn't enough, on third and goal the team got a new set of...

DeKALB | NIU quarterback Phil Horvath has gone through a lot in his five years with the Huskies. From filling in for three starts for the injured Josh Haldi in 2004, earning the starting job in 2005 and then coming back from a broken arm this year, Horvath...

DeKALB | NIU tailback Garrett Wolfe can't seem to find his rhythm anymore. Wolfe rushed for 45 yards against Temple's No. 117 defense, and to make matters worse, two weeks ago he rushed for 27 yards against Western Michigan. Wolfe is the same player who...

DeKALB | NIU football coach Joe Novak said last week's Homecoming was something better left to the marketing department. It looks like Novak was right. For the first time this season, Huskie stadium was packed with 27,039 fans — at least for the first...

Quarterbacks Senior quarterback Drew Tate has been the Hawkeye's general on offense, but he was not listed on Iowa's depth chart Monday. Tate injured the thumb on his non-throwing hand in a loss to Michigan Saturday. Hailing from Robert E. Lee High School...

DeKALB | They've been waiting for this moment all season. A grueling BCS-like schedule and coast-to-coast road trips culminate with the opportunity for the NIU men's soccer team to become regular-season MAC champions. No. 19 NIU (11-3-1 overall, 4-0 MAC)...

DeKALB | Yes, Temple's football team is in the midst of a 19-game losing streak. It began on Nov. 13, 2004 when Temple lost its last game of the season 34-17 to Boston College. That fall was also Temple football's last year competing in the Big East Conference....

DeKALB | Homecoming couldn't have come at a better time for the NIU football team, as it will take on Temple at 2:05 p.m. at Huskie Stadium on Saturday. The game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet. A loss last week at Western Michigan ended the Huskies'...