An undefeated start has the NIU men’s soccer team listed as No. 6 in Midwest Regional Soccer Rankings. Coach Steve Simmons’ squad looks to add to its 3-0-1 record this weekend as NIU hosts the Adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational. Chris VanDuerm and company...

How many NIU graduates have the chance to make a run at the NFL while Price Waterhouse Cooper is waiting on their doorstep? Never mind what the numbers might be. Former NIU quarterback Josh Haldi has lived the statistic. "PWC was very understanding of...

At 6-foot-4 and 253 pounds, junior tight end Jake Nordin looks more like a lineman than a pass catcher. But with eight catches and 98 yards through the first two games of the season, Nordin is tied for second on the team in receptions and is an essential...

Maybe Sports Illustrated On Campus figured that since it was its first issue, a little office joke was in order. The On Campus edition of the renowned sporting magazine compiled a report of the "Best of College 2005" in its opening issue, which can be...

Lois Free watches the game in amazement. There on the television stands her son, NIU’s Doug Free. Dressed in cardinal and black, he’s playing on national TV against the fourth-ranked team in the nation. The announcers talk about how, at 6-foot-7 and...

After rushing 245 yards in Saturday’s game at Northwestern, Garrett Wolfe has separated himself from the pack as the nation’s leading rusher. Wolfe ran for a total of 393 yards in two games this season. Laurence Maroney of Minnesota is second to Wolfe...

EVANSTON - This may come as a shock, but I would like to congratulate NIU football coach Joe Novak on one gutsy decision. With the bad taste of the Northwestern loss still in our mouths it’s hard to believe that going for two at the end of the game...

EVANSTON - Joe Novak knew his team was going to go for the win, before they even got the ball on the final drive. The 10-year NIU football coach knew his defense was tired and would not be able to hold up in overtime against a potent Northwestern offense....

Where was the defense? More than 400 yards passing and more than 300 yards on the ground. Tack on seven touchdowns and these are stats you’d expect in a video game on rookie setting. So, where was the defense? "There wasn’t any," laughed NIU running...

If there is anything the NIU football team should be thankful for at Saturday’s game at Northwestern, is that the Wildcats aren’t on a multi-season losing streak. The 1982 Northwestern squad was dubbed by ESPN as one of the worst sports teams of all-time,...

NIU shares company with Northwestern and the University of Illinois as the only three Division I-A teams from the Prairie State to make it to post-season bowl games in the last four seasons. Southern Illinois and Western Illinois weren’t far behind...

Garrett Wolfe was just a 5-foot-7 backup running back before he had a breakout season last year, finishing as the MAC’s No. 1 rusher. Now, he’s gracing the cover of video games and answering media questions week-in, week-out. Still, he keeps calm...