Last year, NIU football coach Joe Novak had his team 41 seconds away from playing in the MAC championship. Coach Rob Judson got the men’s basketball team to the semifinals of the MAC tournament. Dave Grant got his wrestling squad ranked in the top 25...

NIU President John Peters has commissioned a committee to investigate the alleged football recruitment party held at Amnesia night club on Dec. 5 despite initial reports there was no investigation. According to a statement released by Peters, he asked...

Football player Randee Drew is a senior in his last semester at NIU. He is set to graduate in May and is also training to make the NFL. On March 3, Drew and eight other seniors hope to impress at Pro Day, where they are timed and worked out in front of...

NIU Sports Information Director Mike Korcek considers himself an avid collector of comic books. So when Korcek’s co-worker, Associate Sports Information Director Robert Hester, was asked if one could compare Korcek to the comic hero Superman, he said,...

This time last year, Denny Doornbos pondered the idea of returning to coaching. At the 2003 NCAA coaches convention, Doornbos decided to talk to an old friend, NIU football coach Joe Novak. “I told him I wanted to get back into coaching,” Doornbos...

NIU football’s final non-conference slot was filled Tuesday with a home game against Division I-AA Southern Illinois, along with already scheduled road games against Maryland and Iowa State. SIU finished 10th in the I-AA rankings last season with a...

Julian McElroy is a former basketball player for NIU. After his sophomore season, he was dismissed from the team following a disagreement with the coach. He now plays basketball at the Student Recreation Center and is the coach of the intramural basketball...

Recent success and national exposure has made recruiting easier for NIU football coach Joe Novak. After one of its best seasons in school history, NIU signed 22 players to national letters of intent Wednesday. “Things went a lot smoother in recruiting,”...

NIU didn’t have anyone playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl, but next year we may again have Huskies in the mecca of all football games. The last time an NIU player was in the Super Bowl was 1992, when Clarence Vaughn was victorious with the Washington...

George Kirgan transferred to NIU from the University of Nebraska two years ago. After going 8-11 last season, the 174-pound junior is 15-8 this season with a team-high six pins. Northern Star: Out of all the sports, why wrestling? George Kirgan: I guess...

NIU quarterback Josh Haldi won’t be passing to wide receiver Sam Hurd this spring, as the two will face off on a field of a different kind. The intramural basketball’s spring semester league began Monday at the Student Recreation Center. The league...

The Senior Bowl, where NIU’s Michael Turner played, provided a relief from my boredom that non-NFL playing weekends present. The game is the most prestigious of all the college football postseason bowl games. As expected, only seniors are allowed to...