Upon seeing Ashley Morrow, it seems as though she could ball you up and throw you as far as she would like, much like she does with shot puts, discuses and hammers. But then come the hugs. The junior track and field thrower is widely known for her hugs,...

NIU football fans can start planning their fall Saturdays. The team's 2006 season schedule was released Tuesday. NIU will play two Big Ten teams for the second straight year and also get two games on ESPN-affiliated channels. "At home, we have six attractive...

A thundering crowd and packed Huskie stadium roars as the NIU football team sprints out of the pearl white Athletic and Academic Performance Center tunnel. Can you envision it? Wait. The what you ask? Oh, you probably forgot. You know. The AAPC. That...

The preseason hype is beginning for the NIU football team. Juniors Garrett Wolfe and Doug Free have been named to the Nationalchamps.net All-American team. Wolfe was named to the second team and Free was named to the third team. The junior tailback also...

Spring is a beautiful time for sports. Fans share stories of broken brackets, baseball starts up its 162-game season and college football teams around the nation start to train for next year. With that in mind, the Northern Star had a chance to sit down...

Where they walk, everyone's eyes follow. Anyone who has set foot inside the Campus Recreation Center's weight room has seen them. The men, and women, who have more muscle than Greek gods. Some are massive, others are just solid ripped muscle. They've...

Sometimes it's the question not being asked that has the most influence. And, in the case of steroid use, the questions are endless. But there's one question not being asked that could have the largest impact on the future of the topic: Have steroids...

The NIU baseball team auctioned the green jerseys the players wore during its St. Patrick's Day game last night at Fatty's Pub and Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway. A boisterous crowd of more than 100 friends, family and supporters of the team raised nearly...

Frankfurt, Germany, isn't exactly a top Spring Break vacation spot. But for two former Huskies it's right where they want to be. Rob Lee and Matt McGhghy will spend the entire spring playing football for the Frankfurt Galaxy in NFL Europe. A six-foot,...

The Academic Progress Rates report issued by the NCAA Wednesday took away scholarships from eight Division I football programs for not achieving academic performance standards, including two scholarships from NIU. The MAC was the hardest hit conference...

The NIU football team will lose two football scholarships, according to the Academic Progress Rates report released Wednesday by the NCAA. The report is used to identify schools with athletes who are not achieving scholastic performance standards and...

The 78th Annual Academy Awards takes place Sunday at the Kodak Theatre to honor Hollywood's finest film performances of the past year. Winners receive a gold statuette that weighs 8.5 pounds, stands 13.5 inch tall and is cast in 24-carat gold. To honor...