After years of playing football and over a month of exclusive training, it all comes down to a few days for former NIU football players Josh Haldi and Dan Sheldon. Both Huskies were invited to the annual NFL combine in Indianapolis, Ind. beginning this...

Picture a sea of orange-clad, jumping fans in an arena so packed that the screaming students can’t even hear themselves. Now picture a near-empty Convocation Center for NIU’s basketball games. Quite a contrast, but one NIU men’s basketball coach...

Two weeks before he was set to sign with NIU to play football, Mundelein Carmel high school standout Eddie Adamski was faced with a decision. On one hand, the 6-foot-4 center had verbally committed to NIU recruiting coordinator Mike Sabock. But he had...

Stephanie Raymond leads the NIU women’s basketball team in points, rebounds, steals and assists. And when the sophomore guard isn’t playing in a Huskie uniform, she’s probably playing basketball somewhere else, like the Campus Recreation Center...

After the MAC decided to realign the conference and place Bowling Green in the East division for 2005, the MAC Council of Presidents is now discussing the addition of new teams to the conference. The council is asking MAC athletic directors to look for...

After the most recent MAC Council of Presidents meeting, the topic of MAC expansion was in the air. Gaining new teams in conference has the ability to help both the MAC and NIU. To cut right to the chase, any time a conference seeks new entrants the level...

Every so often one comes around. NIU football coach Joe Novak knows there are not many but thinks there are a few on every campus in America. They are very rare, very exceptional athletes, but they are out there. NIU wide receivers Dan Sheldon and Shatone...

What do eight Big Ten teams, four Big 12 teams, two ACC teams and one team out of the Big East all have in common? All of these major conferences had at least one recruit on their lists signed by the little school of Northern Illinois University on Feb....

What better person to fill the vacant spot for NIU’s running backs coach than a former NIU standout running back? That was the mentality of head coach Joe Novak, who named former Huskies tailback Thomas Hammock running backs coach Thursday. Hammock...

When Dan Sheldon’s broken collar bone prevented him from finishing NIU’s Dec. 30 Silicon Valley Football Classic victory in San Jose, Calif., he shifted to a new goal. The senior wide receiver and kick returner set his sights on his Feb. 25 date at...

Now that NIU is officially a football powerhouse, we should all forget about our basketball teams, right? Besides, it’s February - the new season is only seven short months away and we have a new batch of recruits and a matchup with Michigan to talk...

Super Bowl weekend was host to more than one big game. The annual Toilet Bowl between branches of the Armed Forces took place at Huskie Stadium. The game, which took place on the east side of Huskie Stadium at 2 p.m., traditionally matches Army and Air...