NIU football coach Joe Novak has been looking forward to this day since Nov. 19, 2000. In one day, the NIU football team will finally take the field against South Florida at Huskie Stadium. No more hitting pads against their teammates. No more what-ifs....

The NIU football team is tired of looking at each other — coach Joe Novak cannot wait to get the season started. Novak, who has been coaching at NIU since 1996, sat down with the Northern Star to talk about the upcoming season. Northern Star: As the...

The NIU men's soccer team was picked to finish fifth in the preseason poll conducted by the league's coaches, but that does not worry head coach Willy Roy. "The Mid-American Conference is very competitive," Roy said. "Last year, one game separated first...

There are many new freshmen that are walking the NIU campus this week, but there is one that is notably missing. It was a nightmare that Chris Lawson wouldn't wake awake out of. On top of the world, the 6'5" Lawson had everything to look forward to. After...

After breaking a bone in his foot during drills, Greg Clemens will have to sit out this season. The junior tackle said the bone has always been broken, it just hasn't healed. There is a chance that his career is over, but Clemens will get a second opinion...

The NIU women's soccer team fell behind early Saturday at the annual Alumni SoccerFest, but came back to earn a 3-3 draw. Sophomore Katie Klaas scored two goals and senior Jane Mucci added a pair of assists. This was Mucci's first action since 1999 after...

Howard W. Fletcher, NIU's Hall of Fame football coach and director of the Huskies' unbeaten 1963 College Division National Championship, died Tuesday night in a hospice facility near his Fort Meyers, Fla., retirement home at the age of 88. Dying of natural...

The revamped NIU men's soccer team had its offense working early Saturday at the annual Alumni SoccerFest exhibition as it defeated the alumni 9-6. Huskie freshmen accounted for seven of the nine goals netted in the contest. Freshman Vrahram Kadkhodaian...

Playing for the NIU basketball team from 1981-84, Carl Armato will return to his Huskie roots this year as an assistant basketball coach under first year head man Rob Judson. "His head coaching experience will be a real benefit for the team and the coaching...

Missed opportunities again kept NIU's softball team from sweeping an opponent last weekend. But after taking 2-of-3 in a series against conference foe Western Michigan, the Huskies have discovered that they can turn to new faces — depth that could be...

Brad Gavelek gave the NIU baseball team another pitching gem Sunday in the Huskies' 10-0 victory over Buffalo. The Huskies (27-24 overall, 9-14 Mid-American Conference) won all four games against the Bulls for their first conference sweep of the season....

Her Huskies had just hung tough with one of the top teams in the nation, and even without NIU's ace pitcher, her defense cooled down 12th-ranked DePaul's hot bats for five innings. But it couldn't wipe the grimace off the face of softball coach Donna...