After four years observing Huskie sports year-round, this reporter can claim there is no doubt NIU athletics is on the rise. Most notably, no longer is a Riddell screen-printed shirt the only thing to wear to a football game on Saturdays, and you can...

NIU running back A.J. Harris may not have been drafted, but that doesn't mean he's not looking for a team. The senior will head to the Washington Redskins rookie camp Thursday where he will compete for a chance to get signed by the team. "If I do good...

The awards just keep coming for NIU men's basketball forward Todd Peterson. The senior has been named No. 10 on the Northern Star's Top 10 athletes of the season list. Peterson was the leading scorer for NIU, averaging 11.8 points per game and 5.8 rebounds...

Garrett Wolfe has another honor to hang on his wall — or slip under his mattress. The NIU running back has been selected to the 50th Anniversary Playboy preseason First-Team All-America squad. "This is the biggest individual honor I have ever received,"...

The preseason hype is beginning for the NIU football team. Juniors Garrett Wolfe and Doug Free have been named to the Nationalchamps.net All-American team. Wolfe was named to the second team and Free was named to the third team. The junior tailback also...

Bradley and Wichita State may have been Cinderellas, but George Mason has become the center of attention at this year's dance. The Patriots' come-from-behind victory against Connecticut marks the second time in NCAA tournament history that an 11 seed...

Senior center Jennifer Uptmor concluded her NIU career by earning MAC First-Team All-Academic thanks to her 3.75 grade point average. This marked the first time Uptmor, who averaged four points and 4.8 rebounds per game, was named to the 10-person squad....

This was supposed to be the year. At the end of the 2004-2005 NIU men's basketball season, all any fan could think of was the following year — this year. NIU's lone senior from the 2004-2005 squad, Jonathan Byrd, left for graduation, but the rest would...

Sporting an orange No. 10 jersey, Donald Whiteside was hard to miss during Monday's game. While running the offense from the point guard position, he yelled for teammates to use their screens to get open. After failing to find an open teammate, he hoisted...

Point guard Stephanie Raymond led the NIU women's basketball team's attack all season. Raymond led the Huskies in scoring and assists with 16.4 and 4.3 respectively. The 5-foot-5 senior took time to chat with the Northern Star about her most memorable...

The season may be over for the NIU men's basketball team, but the fun and games continued Monday night at the fourth annual men's basketball banquet. Players, fans and other guests enjoyed playing horse, pick-up games and shooting around on the floor...

This year's NCAA Tournament stinks. OK, the games are still close and there are upsets and that's all good for TV ratings, but I've been watching March Madness for 12 years now and for the first time there are zero stars. And to make matters worse, this...