Despite the 2006 season being five months away, the NIU football team decided to name its quad-captains early. The players voted into captain status by their teammates were free safety Dustin Utschig, offensive tackle Doug Free, defensive end Ken West...

NIU men's soccer coach Steve Simmons and the Huskies will host walk-on tryouts from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on March 22 through 24. Students trying out must contact the men's soccer office and have their mandatory paper work completed and turned in by March 10....

After collecting at least one hit in all of his team's six games so far this season, NIU senior outfielder Brian Toner took home the MAC West Player of the Week award. In the three-game Dunn Hospitality Diamond Classic Championship over the weekend, Toner...

The 78th Annual Academy Awards takes place Sunday at the Kodak Theatre to honor Hollywood's finest film performances of the past year. Winners receive a gold statuette that weighs 8.5 pounds, stands 13.5 inch tall and is cast in 24-carat gold. To honor...

Marie Zidek walked off the volleyball court for the last time Nov. 18, 2005. The senior setter put an end to her career at NIU with a MAC tournament loss to No. 1 seed Ohio. As a Huskie, Zidek recorded more than 1,100 assists, putting her sixth in the...

After a 19-day layoff, the NIU baseball team will take the field Feb. 24 through 26 at the Evansville Tournament. NIU is set to play Eastern Illinois, Evansville and Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the three-day tournament. The Huskies are currently 0-3 on the...

If your idea of romance involves watching a sporting event, you have two problems. First, you should probably get out more — maybe try dinner and a movie. And if you're an NIU sports fan, your second problem is you've probably had your heart broken...

Northern Illinois (9-5, 4-2) Coach Rob Judson finally has his team playing his style of ball: a plethora of guards and no stars. Senior Todd Peterson seems to be the main cog in the machine, but any player can be a standout on any night. With big wins...

1 - MEN’S BASKETBALL TAMES WILDCATS Christmas came five days early for the NIU men’s basketball team. In front of the largest Convocation Center crowd this season, the Huskies knocked off then No. 34 Kansas State 75-70 in overtime. The game went down...

The NIU baseball team received four National Letters of Intent Tuesday. Pitcher and outfielder Cody Beck (Bartlett), infielder Jordin Hood (Lake Zurich), outfielder Daniel Reed (North Iowa Area CC), and pitcher and first baseman David Reynolds (Sandburg)...

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...

Four of the NIU men’s soccer team’s 19 games this season were decided by more than one goal, and the final one proved to be its undoing. A 2-0 loss to Buffalo in the semifinals of the MAC tournament Friday in Akron, Ohio, marked the second year in...