DeKALB | The Gary Steelheads of the United States Basketball League have selected former NIU center James Hughes as the 11th overall pick in the draft. Hughes was the MAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2006 and averaged 12.1 points per game and a team-high...

DeKALB | The Huskie Athletic Scholarship Fund invites all Huskie fans to chow down before the NIU Football Spring Game on Saturday, April 21, at Huskie Stadium. The competition to determine the best Huskie tailgate team will start at 10 a.m. and end just...

DeKALB | The NIU women's gymnastics team earned its first MAC dual meet victory of the season Sunday, defeating Eastern Michigan 194.375 to 193.250. NIU's point total marked the top score of the season for the Huskies. NIU also posted team season-highs...

DeKALB | Ashley Clement was named MAC West Softball Player of the Week Wednesday. Clement received the honor after hitting .400 and slugging .700 in four games at the Ramada Inn/Northern Iowa Dome Tournament. The sophomore catcher had a home run, six...

DeKALB | After scoring a career-high 20 points Saturday to help snap Ohio's 14-game home winning streak, NIU freshman guard Cody Yelder was named the MAC West Player of the Week for the first time in his career. The Richards High (Calumet Park, Ill.)...

DeKALB | NIU football fans will have even more coverage of the Huskies' game against Indiana State this weekend. Not only can DeKalb residents listen to the game on WLBK-AM 1360 and watch it on Comcast SportsNet, but Chicago radio station WCKG-FM 105.9...

It took just one day for the NIU men's golf team to make improvements. Day one of the Wolverine Intercollegiate in Michigan this weekend was not pretty for the Huskies, as they finished the day in 10th place with a score of 174. However, day two was much...

He almost left coaching, which is why new NIU women's tennis coach Ryun Ferrell said becoming a Huskie was meant to be. "I love what they're doing here," Ferrell said. "Jim Phillips is really impressive, and I love the direction he's taking with the athletic...

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...

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...

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...

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,"...