P.J. Fleck said he wanted to give back somehow, but it wasn't enough for the former NIU football player to just cut a check. The wide receiver held his annual charity event June 30 at Fatty's Pub & Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway, to raise money for...

The NIU men's basketball team did some addition and subtraction last week. On the same day the Huskies announced their signing of two new recruits, they also announced that forward Craig Reichel will not return to the Huskies next season. Reichel will...

Mike Korcek's passion for, knowledge of and dedication to Huskie athletics has reached an unparalleled level. Thus, the retirement of the Sports Information and Assistant Athletics Director will be a heart-felt loss throughout Huskie Country. "Mike's...

In a deal requiring four and a half months of tedious negotiations with Soldier Field's management, the Huskies and the Iowa Hawkeyes will play the first Division I-A college football game at the home of the Chicago Bears since its renovation a few years...

NIU running back Garrett Wolfe hasn't played a down of football in 2006, but that's not to say he hasn't accomplished anything. The nation's leading returning rusher has been named to several preseason All-America teams, including the 70th Maxwell Award...

His first name is spelled with two r's and two t's, and don't forget it. NIU running back Garrett Wolfe has become a household name not just in the homes of NIU football fans, but across all of college football. Playboy magazine named Wolfe to its first-team...

Before a pivotal game at Central Michigan last November, Chippewa fans taunted NIU wide receiver Sam Hurd while he was stretching in the end zone. Instead of ignoring the insults, Hurd jawed right back, telling the fans they would be seeing plenty of...

You may have heard Benjamin Franklin's wearisome, yet honest saying: "In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes." There are also certainties in NIU sports: Football will always have a sterling running game, successful teams will always be under-appreciated...

After four years observing Huskie sports year-round, this reporter can claim there is no doubt NIU athletics is on the rise. Most notably, no longer is a Riddell screen-printed shirt the only thing to wear to a football game on Saturdays, and you can...

NIU sports information director and former Northern Star Sports editor Mike Korcek announced his retirement Monday, ending a 22-year term as SID and 33rd in the office full time. The 58-year old Korcek will officially call it a career June 30, but will...

The screen pass gets dumped off to running back Garrett Wolfe and the offensive line gets into its formation to block down field. Wolfe finds the line and takes off into a hole made by the line — and then you see him, the mammoth No. 62, running stride...

Ben Gross: Did you see that defense in the football spring game! Eleven tackles, four sacks and three interceptions. This is a whole new defense from last season. Andrew Hansen: While those stats are impressive, you have to take them with a grain of salt....