There is a chance that both linebacker Javan Lee and defensive end Travis Moore will play Saturday against Bowling Green. A sophomore, Lee will be available but may not be 100 percent, coach Joe Novak said. A junior All-MAC performer, Moore is questionable...

NIU and Bowling Green. One team, the Huskies, has a seven-game winning streak and is ranked No. 12 in the nation. While the other, the Falcons, has one loss and is ranked No. 23. BGSU’s one loss was by seven points at then-No. 3 Ohio State. Each team...

Despite this being the final season for senior running back Michael Turner, NIU might have one of the best offenses in the country in the next few years, Huskies wide receiver Shatone Powers said. On Thursday, NIU received a verbal commitment from Riverside-Brookfield...

There is a question many college football programs across the nation face. Comfort or looks? Although it may sound like someone buying a pair of shoes, it’s nowhere near the same. With the technology of today, there are many different options for football...

At halftime of Saturday’s football game, six individuals were honored for being inducted into the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame. The 22nd overall induction class honorees were former women’s basketball coach Jane Albright; former baseball and basketball...

It didn’t take long for the NIU football team to score Saturday against Western Michigan at Huskie Stadium. And that’s the way the Huskies planned it. For the first time all season, No. 12 NIU (7-0) scored first against its opponent. Western Michigan...

Every Saturday the ESPN College Gameday crew broadcasts from a college campus that features a big game. Usually it’s a Michigan and Ohio State game or a Notre Dame and USC game, but this week ESPN will be in Bowling Green, Ohio, for NIU’s game. Gameday...

Western Michigan football coach Gary Darnell was impressed with NIU’s Michael Turner on Saturday, but there was some extra motivation for the running back to play well. LeShon Johnson, a 1993 NIU graduate and unanimous All-American, attended his first...

In front of 20,186 fans Saturday afternoon, the NIU football team had a 49-0 Homecoming victory over Central Michigan. Winning its fourth-straight MAC contest, NIU (5-3, 4-0) totaled its most points since Oct. 28, 2000, when it beat Buffalo 73-10. In...

NIU senior wide receiver P.J. Fleck will take the field for his final Homecoming game in a Huskies uniform Saturday. Before a sellout crowd, Fleck and the Huskies will take on Western Michigan (3-3, 2-1 MAC) at 3:05 p.m. at Huskie Stadium. “For me,...

Nobody hated football more than McAllister Collins. When Collins arrived at NIU to play football in 1997, he was underdeveloped and had the assignment of practicing against All-MAC offensive lineman Kent Booth. Football wasn’t for him, he said. Seven...

When NIU lines up for its first offensive series on Saturday against Western Michigan, all 11 players will be looking for one guy: Jason Babin. Western Michigan’s defensive end was the MAC’s 2002 Defensive Player of the Year. “I think he is the...