Mark Orszula wants the NIU campus to know exactly what he’s going through. A few minutes after conducting an interview at Huskie Stadium Tuesday evening, the 6-foot-7, 323-pound Orszula wanted to clarify something. "I’ve had six surgeries, not four,"...

With six new players, a new coach and arena to play in, calling the Huskies fresh would be an understatement. In the past few years, it hasn’t seemed hard for new players to succeed at NIU, as it has produced the last three MAC Freshmen of the Year....

Six years and many hard times have passed for NIU football coach Joe Novak in DeKalb, but this year marks the team’s pinnacle since his arrival. Five years ago, Novak anxiously awaited the start of his second season as NIU’s head football coach. He...

Can $36 million buy fans? That will be the big question hovering over NIU with the addition of the Convocation Center. For now, everyone can only speculate what will take place, but come Nov. 22 when the women’s basketball team opens the Convocation...

Mid-American Conference play starts for the NIU men's basketball team when it travels to play Marshall Saturday at 7:05 p.m. "I think its good we play a MAC game in December," NIU coach Rob Judson said, "to get the conference season started and see how...

NIU women's track and field head coach Shantel Twiggs knows the importance of early season meets. There will be no exception to that belief this weekend when her team travels to Illinois State University for the Early Bird Classic. "We are very very excited,"...

NIU wrestling coach Dave Grant called this year's recruiting class the best he has had in his five years at the school. In May, Intermat Wrestling News Service ranked NIU's recruiting class 18th in the nation as it projected three NIU recruits to eventually...

At 6-foot-3, 250 pounds, NIU heavyweight wrestler Jon Lovrich is one of the biggest guys on the team. What role could a guy that size have on a wrestling team? "Big guys tend to lead because no one wants to mess with them," NIU wrestling coach Dave Grant...

So far, so good for the NIU women's basketball team. Well, it hasn't all been good, but judging by the Huskies' 4-2 record thus far, they're getting it right two out of every three times. Next up for the Huskies is the University of Dayton (1-5) Saturday...

At Saturday's Elmhurst duals, senior 157-pound wrestler Scott Owen was the only Huskie to pin all three of his opponents. He improved his record this season to 13-0 with four of those wins coming by pins and two others coming by technical fall. He currently...

NIU coach Carol Hammerle wanted her team to score at least 70 points a game this season, and Wednesday night it was accomplished with a 71-63 victory over Southeast Missouri State. The win raised the team's record to 4-2, and its winning streak to three...

Never underestimate what a player's participation can have on a game. Or non-participation, for the matter. The NIU women's basketball team's 71-63 victory over Southeast Missouri State at Chick Evans Field House Wednesday showed. The Otahkians' star...