DeKALB | With success certainly comes consequences. The NIU men's soccer team and coach Steve Simmons have that in mind this weekend. The defending MAC regular-season and tournament champions open the spring season with a double header at Huskie Stadium...

DeKALB | NIU could serve as an Olympic venue in 2016. Officially announced Thursday after weeks of speculation, the Board of Trustees approved what it called an "intergovernmental agreement with the City of Chicago." This agreement makes NIU the host...

For the first time in a long time, charisma, energy and life filled the Convocation Center. And no, I'm not talking about the Pep Band - although it was a nice touch for the occasion. No, all the excitement was provided by a man with a microphone. As...

DeKALB | A master chef knows when to add the proper ingredient at just the right time. That seems to be the overall consensus around the NIU soccer program on National Signing Day. For NIU men's soccer coach Steve Simmons, the metaphor proves to be even...

NIU football coach Joe Novak is an artist. No, he doesn't carry a canvas and easel around searching for inspirational scenes to paint across campus. What the dean of MAC coaches does is take athletes that today might not be a finished product in terms...

DeKALB | The NIU gymnastics team got off on the wrong foot of the MAC Sunday as the Huskies lost to Bowling Green 190.200 - 188.225 in their MAC season opener in DeKalb. Jennifer Naughton posted the highest score of the meet for NIU, winning the floor...

Do something everyday that scares you. Ever since that phrase was given as life-altering advice, it's become an unofficial calling card. On an abnormally warm early January night in the newly minted year of 2007, a friend and I sat down at a local watering...

The new ‘big name' players Garrett Wolfe, Doug Free, Kate McCullagh and Stephanie Raymond. Gone, gone, gone and soon to be gone. With some of NIU's biggest names graduating after this year, it's time to look at who will be stealing headlines in 2007....

DeKALB | Coming off a successful 2006 season, NIU men's soccer forward Marcus McCarty received his fifth honor of the year. The junior was named to the All-Great Lakes Third Team. McCarty led his team with 27 points and seven game-winning goals for the...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. | Plenty of opportunities were available for the NIU men's soccer team during its 1-0 loss to Indiana in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. But nothing came of them. A steady rain pounded Yeagley Field but still, NIU, trailing...

DeKALB | Ask NIU men's soccer coach Steve Simmons and he'll tell you his team is on the verge. "The stuff going on now is great," NIU coach Steve Simmons said in reference to a MAC Title and back-to-back raucous-home crowds. "This tremendous opportunity,...

DeKALB | Year after year, new and current students arrive in DeKalb for the fall semester in anticipation of seeing the Huskie football team strengthen its growing national appeal. It looked promising at the beginning with Garrett Wolfe grabbing national...