NIU cornerbacks Adriel and Alvah Hansbro have always been together, and that wasn’t about to change when it came time for the duo to choose a college. “Our daddy pounded in our minds that we were always supposed to be together and that two is better...

NIU football coach Joe Novak said he’s seen big donations of late toward an indoor athletic facility. “We’re still in the process,” Novak said. “It’s still the top priority for us.” There are no current plans to build an indoor practice...

Phil Horvath is having a bad case of deja vu. P The 6-foot-3, 194-pounder has replaced injured senior Josh Haldi. But the way Horvath found out he would start - the confusion, the rumors - it was something with which he was all too familiar. P Was Horvath...

After sitting out NIU’s 23-22 win over Southern Illinois, NIU wide receivers Sam Hurd and Shatone Powers will play in Saturday’s game at Iowa State, NIU football coach Joe Novak said. Hurd and Powers were suspended from the game for missing makeup...

Editor’s note: From the bleachers is a weekly column to run every Wednesday. Done by Colin Decair, deemed one of the biggest NIU sports observers, he is separated from the Northern Star sports staff. His goal is to give a fan’s view of all major happenings...

He was put into a limousine and driven out to DeKalb to sign autographs with, at first, no clue of where he was. It was 15 minutes into the interview that Tommie Harris, the Chicago Bears’ first-round draft pick and starting defensive tackle, learned...

Editor’s note: Tuesday Commentary is a weekly column that will appear every week. It is a rotating column given to members of the Northern Star sports staff. Columns, unlike regular articles, are the author’s opinon. Frisbees were thrown, whistles...

There seems to be a youth movement going on within the NIU football team. Four true freshmen saw significant playing time in Saturday’s 23-22 win against Southern Illinois. Kicker Chris Nendick made three of four field-goal attempts against the Salukis...

With usual starters Sam Hurd and Shatone Powers serving one-game suspensions, true freshman Marcus Perez didn’t miss a beat filling in. Out of high school, Perez, also a baseball and track star, said he didn’t receive any scholarship offers for football....

Marcus Perez became an unlikely star in NIU’s 23-22 home-opening sellout win over Southern Illinois University Saturday at Huskie Stadium. After a toss from quarterback Phil Horvath, the NIU freshman receiver threw a 61-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open...

Say what you will about Southern Illinois football coach Jerry Kill’s decision to go for two at the end of Saturday’s 23-22 loss to NIU, but the fourth-year boss stood by his decision after the fact. After SIU quarterback Joel Sambursky found Brent...

Southern Illinois may be in the Division I-AA, but NIU football coach Joe Novak doesn’t take them for a second-rate team. “They can compete at this level,” said Novak about I-A football, which gives out 22 more scholarships than I-AA. “How did...