Since he was nine years old, NIU linebacker Cory Hanson has done just about as much an athlete can do. So when he received the news before last season that he was going to be redshirted, he made a vow: To make sure he'd be ready to go for this season....

DeKALB | Is Garrett Wolfe really the best running back in the nation? According to the stats, that shouldn't even be a question. Forget that the senior is about to shatter every record Michael Turner put up at NIU. He's on pace to break Barry Sanders'...

DeKALB | The NIU football team suffered yet another season ending injury this past weekend. NIU Sports Information announced that starting tight end Jake Nordin will undergo surgery to repair a broken left fibula and will miss the remainder of the season....

LAKE FOREST, Ill. | It took a while, but Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith eventually was able to identify a flaw Monday in the team's 37-6 drubbing of the Seattle Seahawks. "Devin Hester had a few problems returning punts," Smith said after the Bears improved...

Quarterback: C+ Junior quarterback Mike Kokal threw for 355 yards and four touchdowns in Miami-Ohio's 38-31 overtime loss to Purdue in week two. Kokal also leads the MAC with over 246 yards per game of total offense. NIU running back Garrett Wolfe is...

Neither rain, sleet, hail nor snow will ever stop football from being played. But lightning, well now that's another story. It was late in the first quarter when a stretch of dark clouds approached Scheumann Stadium from the north. As the clouds rolled...

DeKALB | Welcome to the elite Garrett Wolfe. Of the thousands upon thousands of running backs to ever play college football, only eight have ever rushed for more than 1,000 yards in the first five games of a season. Marcus Allen did. So did Barry Sanders...

DeKALB | Remember the promotional campaign for the American version of Godzilla a few years ago? Bigger is better. While he may not be as big as Godzilla, standing at 6-foot-6, Darius Hill is definitely a monster tight end. The sophomore has 16 catches...

Updated: 11:30 p.m. Saturday MUNCIE, Ind. | It was a night of oddities and records for the NIU football team as it prevailed in a 40-28 victory over Ball State. NIU tailback Garrett Wolfe set multiple records on the night, as he rushed for 364 yards and...

DeKALB | Back-to-back home victories have the NIU football team hopeful that success will follow it on the road. The Huskies (2-2 overall, 1-1 MAC ) will travel to Muncie, Ind., to play Ball State University (1-3 overall, 1-0 MAC ), beginning their first...

DeKALB | All right. Ball State put out its usual press release for Saturday's game, but there was a catch. Within it lies a statistical comparison chart showing an advantage for the Cardinals in one category. NIU will head into its 5:30 p.m. contest Saturday...

Okay, okay, quiet down, class. Get it together, this is my time now. Well, welcome back for another exciting lecture in the physics of sports. Hey, I saw that paper airplane, mister. See me after class. Today we will study the physics of spiking a volleyball....