NIU baseball announced its 2025 schedule Dec. 18, with 18 games being played at home.  Beginning the 2025 season on Feb. 14, the Huskies will take on the 2024 Southland Conference Tournament champions in Nicholls State University. NIU then travels...

Editor’s note: This is an ongoing breaking news story. This story will be updated when more information becomes available. DeKALB – NIU will officially join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member starting in 2026, leaving the Mid-American...

DeKALB – After nearly four decades in the Mid-American Conference and months of speculation regarding its future, NIU appears poised to join the Mountain West Conference as a football-only member. According to the agenda for Tuesday’s special meeting...

Three weeks after closing out a regular season that saw NIU pull off one of the largest upsets in college football history, the Huskies put a bow on their up-and-down season with a double overtime thriller in their final game of 2024. The Huskies (8-5,...

DeKALB – After finishing the regular season 7-5 to secure its first winning season since 2021, it was announced Sunday that NIU football (7-5, 4-4 MAC) will face off against the Fresno State Bulldogs (6-6, 4-3 MWC) in the 2024 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl...

NIU men’s basketball dropped its sixth straight road game to start its season as they lost to the University of Northern Iowa Panthers 101-57.  NIU started the game dreadfully slow, as the Huskies first field goal of the game came at the 10:16 mark...

NIU wrestling took the trip to Edwardsville for the Cougar Clash on Saturday. The Huskies mustered two podium finishes on the day and placed fifth as a team with 88 total points.  PODIUM FINISHERS At 125 lbs, Huskies’ redshirt junior Blake West...

DeKALB – After finishing the regular season with a winning record for the first time since 2021, eight NIU football players received all-conference honors, according to a release from the Mid-American Conference office Thursday. OL J.J. Lippe –...

DeKALB – As NIU waits to learn its bowl game destination, head coach Thomas Hammock built for his team’s future by signing 18 freshmen and two transfers on the first day of the early signing period Wednesday. The 2025 recruiting class – Hammock’s...

NIU men’s basketball currently sits at a record of 3-6 as the Huskies enter the final stretch of their non-conference schedule.  Coming into this season, expectations were low for head coach Rashon Burno’s new look team.  The Huskies brought...

DeKALB – NIU men’s basketball (3-6) soundly defeated the Benedictine University Eagles (1-6) by a score of 89-70 as multiple Huskies reached career highs in points. The win snaps a five-game losing streak. “Good opportunity to get back on the...

We’ve all seen videos of wrestlers shaving their heads and sprinting on treadmills in desperate attempts to shake weight off before weigh-ins. We’ve heard stories of wrestlers endlessly chugging water and eating six meals in a day hoping to gain a...