DeKALB | He hasn't been the flashiest or the highest scorer, but when it comes down to crunch time, defender and midfielder Chris Rufa has been the go-to guy for the men's soccer team. The junior is second in the MAC in assists per game at 0.50, but more...

NIU coach Steve Simmons and the men's soccer team will take to the field at 2 p.m. Wednesday for their annual intra-squad scrimmage. "It will be a measuring tool to see what [the players] have done this summer and where certain combinations fit," Simmons...

Before the start of the fall semester, the NIU men's soccer team will have already been hard at work on the playing field. The Huskies will play an intrasquad scrimmage Aug. 9 before heading out to play an exhibition game at DePaul Aug. 15. The annual...

NIU Athletic Director Jim Phillips has ended his two-month search for a replacement of Sports Information Director Mike Korcek. Donna Turner of Tulane was announced as the Huskies new associate athletics director for communications Wednesday. "We are...

The NIU men's basketball team did some addition and subtraction last week. On the same day the Huskies announced their signing of two new recruits, they also announced that forward Craig Reichel will not return to the Huskies next season. Reichel will...

Only one member of the NIU men's basketball team, Bryson McKenzie, remembers the locker rooms at Chick Evans Field House. McKenzie, who began his basketball career with NIU in 2001, was denied a sixth year of eligibility Wednesday. "We were hopeful that...

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...