I remember going to football games during my freshman year with 25,000-plus screaming fans at just about every game. The energy, excitement and noise of those games can’t even be described with words. When football season came to a close I was disappointed...

All smiles. That’s what the NIU bench was throughout most of Monday’s game. But then again, a 48-point victory will usually do that. For the first time this season, the men’s basketball team got to hit the court and actually play an opponent other...

Rob Judson got a glimpse of how his team will compete last weekend in a scrimmage against Loyola. The NIU men’s basketball head coach will get another look today in the Huskies’ first exhibition of the season against Benedictine University at 7:05...

Don’t tell NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson the Sporting News and Street and Smith’s college basketball previews picked his squad to win the MAC West. "The only place I saw us ranked high was in Field and Stream," Judson said in jest. "As a...

A pair of NIU guards have received preseason MAC All-West Division honors. Mike McKinney and Stephanie Raymond return for the their respective junior seasons with recognition from the MAC News Media Association as top performers in the league. In 2004-05,...

With donations ranging from world-wide corporations to the home-town bar and grill, the NIU Athletics Department partially funds its 496 athletes and 17 athletic programs. Gatorade, Adidas, Pepsi, Allstate, Applebee’s, Castle Bank, Fatty’s, Culver’s...

The NIU cross country team owns the Benedictine Invitational. For the fourth consecutive year, head coach Connie Teaberry’s squad finished first in team competition. A herd of NIU runners dotted the Top 10 and Christina Nieto led the way with a third-place...

NIU men’s golfer Nick Schenk posted his second top-10 finish of the year at the Ball State Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Monday and Tuesday. The senior Batavia native opened with a 66-70 on Monday and finished the day two strokes off the lead. Schenk...

He went from having one TV station and dreaming of McDonald’s to complete access of 1980s American culture. An immigrant from Norway, Baard "Johan" Bergseth said moving to the United States was surreal. "Now we know a lot more about the U.S. in Norway,"...

It’s sweet to repeat for the NIU women’s golf team. Solid performances from the sister act of Jackie and Lisa Bailey led NIU to a repeat championship at the Western Illinois Invite. Lisa’s 155 equaled the best total score in the two-round tournament,...

An undefeated start has the NIU men’s soccer team listed as No. 6 in Midwest Regional Soccer Rankings. Coach Steve Simmons’ squad looks to add to its 3-0-1 record this weekend as NIU hosts the Adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational. Chris VanDuerm and company...

It was addition and subtraction for the NIU men’s basketball team on Monday. Coach Rob Judson announced sophomore Frank Clair will leave the team and likely attend a junior college. "Frank came to summer school and worked out with the team and decided...