NIU football coach Joe Novak is never sure what to expect in a game following a big win. So naturally, when the Huskies took on Akron at home Saturday, Novak was unsure how his squad would respond from their Sept. 24 win over rival Bowling Green. The...

While a senior in high school, NIU quarterback Josh Haldi received an offer to play football for Akron. The Madison, Ohio native was one of four quarterbacks the Zips considered from the high school class of 2000. In the end, the Zips chose Charlie Frye...

Consider Charlie Frye Akron’s version of last year’s NIU star running back Michael Turner. The 6-foot-4, 228-pound Akron quarterback holds 49 school passing records and is 2,855 yards away from passing Byron Leftwich as the MAC’s career-passing...

NIU’s Javan Lee doesn’t know how it happened. Neither does anyone else. Trying out for football his freshman year at Michigan City High School, Lee found out he would never be able to play sports because of a brain lesion he had since birth. A year...

It was a beautiful night Friday. Not once was it too hot and never was there any more than a cool breeze in the air. The sky was clear without a single cloud in sight. NIU was blessed with a perfect night for a football game. But with Josh Haldi still...

NIU intramurals are underway with 450 students playing 16-inch softball, the largest turnout in the Office of Campus Recreation’s 19-year history. Softball was able to add six teams to its usual 34-team lineup this year because of more student interest....

After being recruited by only one college after high school, NIU senior free safety Lionel Hickenbottom has made a name for himself. Last year the Dolton native ranked 21st in the MAC in tackles with an 8.9 average per game. He also was named MAC west...

Bowling Green traveled to DeKalb Friday night for what Falcon coach Gregg Brandon called a “good old-fashioned country butt-kicking.” After the Falcons took a quick 7-0 lead, NIU scored 17 unanswered points, holding Bowling Green without another point...

The NIU football team has a new fan. Strongside linebacker Jason Hawkins is father to that fan after his fiancee, Katie, gave birth to 8-pound, 20 1/2-inch Nickolas Jonathan at 8:13 p.m. Sept. 17. Katie will be in the stands when the Huskies (1-2) host...

Playing on national television comes with a price for non-BCS programs these days. Want to showcase your program and your university to the rest of the nation? Then you better be willing to bend over backwards for the television networks and play on non-traditional...

NIU coach Joe Novak needs you. The 6:05 p.m. Friday home game against Bowling Green will put the Huskies on the national stage, and Novak wants to show the nation how loud NIU students can be. “I want to challenge the students to go out to the game...

Saturdays are better for college football because you have more time to tailgate, sophomore biology major Courtney Trytek said. A random survey of 40 students, 20 men and 20 women, was conducted to find out whether or not NIU students preferred going...