Recently, the Northern Star sat down with junior defensive tackle Ken Bishop. Bishop is a transfer from Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he spent two seasons. He talks with the Northern Star about why he decided to transfer to NIU,...

With the Huskies dominating victory over MAC bottom-feeder Massachusetts, 63-0, they saw a noticeable increase in votes from the polls this week. After receiving 12 votes in The Associated Press Top-25 poll last week, the Huskies received the most of...

This weeks recipients of the NIU Scholar-Athletes of the week are Dominique Ware of football and Mary Kurisch of volleyball. The junior cornerback lead the Huskies with eight tackles in their 63-0 win over the Massachusetts Minutemen. This broke his previous...

This season the Mid-American Conference has shown the rest of college football it is worthy of some respect and recognition. Already, this season, the MAC has six bowl-eligible teams; Kent State, Ohio and Bowling Green from the East Division; Northern...

While I had opined that there was no real possible or legitimate reason for NIU football to lose to UMass, it was still huge that the Huskies won. The win served many purposes. A less important function: It keeps the Huskies’ multiple streaks (home,...

As the University of Massachusetts is dealing with a natural disaster back home, the Huskies have sympathy but will show little mercy on the field come Saturday. The Minutemen (0-8, 0-4 MAC) are brand new to the MAC and have found no luck so far this...

Former NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish’s historic performance last season was one that people would not soon forget. However, quarterback Jordan Lynch is doing his best to wipe Harnish’s season from everyone’s memory, putting up impressive numbers...

NIU football has a bye week Nov. 10, its first of the season. In effect, however, the Huskies’ upcoming game against MAC newcomers Massachusetts is an off-day. All NIU has to do is show up and it will win. I know, this has all the makings of the ultimate...

Quarterback: Redshirt freshman Mike Wegzyn has been given the reins as the main signal caller for UMass. Wegzyn has been more counterproductive than anything else, as he has seven interceptions on the season to just four touchdowns in the passing game....

While NIU football continues to streak, earning its eighth straight victory, it also continues to receive votes in the polls. After receiving five votes in the Associated Press Top-25 poll last week, the Huskies received 12 votes this week. In the USA...

This week’s recipients of the NIU Scholar-Athletes of the Week were football’s Matt Krempel and women’s soccer’s Courtney Ksiazek. Krempel and the offensive line played a huge part in the Huskies’ 48-34 victory over Western Michigan. Krempel...