What will arguably be the biggest football game in NIU’s history at the "Big House" against Michigan this weekend may rely on the foot of NIU kicker Chris Nendick - at least according to EA Sports’ "NCAA Football 2006" simulation. NIU won one of three...

With the losses of linebacker Brian Atkinson and safety Lionel Hickenbottom to graduation, the lead returning tackler for the Huskie defense is senior strong safety Ray Smith. Following senior linebacker Javan Lee’s season-ending hernia surgery, the...

Some magazines just don’t do their research. It’s pretty evident while reading college football season previews that most publications know one thing about NIU: we have Garrett Wolfe. Not to say that the star running back doesn’t deserve the attention,...

Phil Horvath didn’t do any showboating after being named NIU’s starting quarterback for the Huskies’ Sept. 3 season-opener at Michigan. Don’t take that to mean he isn’t excited or relieved to be named NIU football coach Joe Novak’s No. 1 pick....

While students may have been far from DeKalb and NIU sports over the summer, by no means did Huskie athletics come to a stand-still. The following are the top sports stories of the summer: more than enough to catch you up on your Huskie-sports expert...

Come Sept. 3, you won’t see linebacker Javan Lee’s number on the field against Michigan. NIU’s second leading tackler last season suffered a herniated disk in training camp and needed surgery. The injury will keep No. 47 on the sidelines until at...

NIU students still looking for tickets to the Huskies’ Sept. 3 football game at Michigan may be out of luck. All of the 4,800 tickets, which were available at $49 each through NIU’s ticket offices, have been sold and 200 tickets have been set aside...

Welcome to NIU, the home of the Huskies. We’re excited you will be with us and hope to see you at one of the many athletics events throughout the year. To be sure, exciting things are happening in Huskie athletics. Our football team, the 2004 Silicon...

Whether you’re piling your life into the back of a minivan and making the move to NIU for the first time, or coming back to good old, familiar DeKalb, there has never been a better time to jump on the Huskie sports fan bandwagon than this fall. And...

DETROIT - NIU football coach Joe Novak didn’t disagree with the MAC News Media Association’s preseason choice of Toledo over the Huskies in the MAC West. "If I was picking, that’s probably the way I’d pick," the 10th-year head coach said. "They’re...

First, NIU hires a new women’s basketball head coach. Then it announces plans for a new athletic facility. Then it has a new head women’s soccer coach join the fray. Then a high-profile radio deal with Chicago’s WSCR "The Score" is made public....

DETROIT - In the midst of the shifting and reshaping around the MAC, not much has changed for the NIU football team. Marshall and Central Florida are off to Conference USA, and Bowling Green has moved back to the MAC East Division after a three-year stint...