Before his name became ‘Huskie Mobile Guy,’ he used to be Justin Heuer, a 2001 NIU graduate and fan of Huskie football. But a few years ago, the sight of a school bus in the tailgate area at Huskie Stadium caused a light bulb to go on in his head....

One of the main goals NIU Athletic Director Jim Phillips had when he took the reins of the Huskie athletic program last fall was to heighten media exposure. Phillips announced Thursday an agreement between NIU and 670 The Score Chicago Sports Radio that...

Results of a recent American Football Coaches Association national survey placed NIU among 25 Division I-A programs to graduate 70 percent or more of their football players between 1999-2004. Duke and Northwestern topped the list with 100-percent graduation...

It’s one of those things most college football fans never see. Some don’t even know it exists. P A media guide: a Bible of historical and statistical information. A glossy time capsule, filled with just about everything anyone would dream of knowing...

Both running backs in the Huskies’ offensive mainstay were named to CollegeFootballNews.com’s Top 100 list. Sophomore Garrett Wolfe made No. 52 on the list. Harris trailed at No. 87. CFN predicted that if Harris is plagued by injury, as he was last...

DeKalb is one of three cities lobbying to bring the Illinois High School Association’s State football championships to town. Along with Champaign, which has hosted the event for the past four years, and Bloomington, which hosted the event prior, DeKalb,...

Just months after two NIU-Big Ten matchups were announced for the 2005 football season, NIU Athletics Director Jim Phillips announced May 16 that the Huskies will face Ohio State in 2006. NIU is also scheduled to play BCS power Tennessee in 2006, and...

Once faced with the daunting task of keeping its football program alive after being kicked out of the Big East after the 2004 season, Temple’s outlook for 2005 was bleak, at best. But, after being booted from the Big East and hampered by talk that its...

Four individuals and one team were named inductees into the NIU Hall of Fame last week. Adam Dach (football 1987-91), Kevin Ekberg (men’s gymnastics 1982-84), Joe Plaskas (football 1956-59, baseball 1957-61) Niki Van Hoorweghe (softball 1992-96) and...

Top 5 sports stories of the 2004-05 school year... as voted on by the Northern Star sports staff. With many big events throughout the school year, many notable stories were left off the list. After spending more than 20 years in the NIU athletics department,...

Top 5 sports stories of the 2004-2005 school year ... as voted on by the Northern Star sports staff. With many big events throughout the school year, many notable stories were left off the list. Lobdell spikes kills record: Senior outside hitter Tera...

Top 5 sports stories of the 2004-2005 school year .... as voted on by the Northern Star sports staff. With many big events throughout the school year, many notable stories were left off the list. As summer closes in, the ride for NIU’s Garrett Wolfe...