With five players in the game fouling out and four more with four fouls, it’s a given that some bench players are going to have to step up. In NIU’s 101-100 double-overtime loss Wednesday to visiting Akron in front of 2,416 fans, the Huskies got 47...

For the NIU women’s basketball team, the road has been anything but kind this season. It appears it may not get any better for coach Carol Hammerle’s team when it faces Ohio (5-12, 1-5) today at 7 p.m. in Athens. Starting forward Kim Boeding will...

Being an effective leader is difficult, but for NIU gymnastics senior co-captain Anna Gardina, it’s just a part of her game. "It’s a hard position because you have to lead by example," coach Mark Sontag said. "You can’t tell other people how to...

Editor’s note: Tuesday Commentary will be a weekly column by the Star Sports staff brining local news to life and national news home. Is this Northern Illinois University? Just a few years removed from having the worst football team in the nation and...

There’s no place like home. However, the NIU track and field team is without a true home this year, even with the new track inside the $36 million Convocation Center. The Huskies have no scheduled home track meets. The problem is not because of the...

After suffering an injury to his cheek last weekend, it was questionable whether Perry Smith would start Saturday against host Bowling Green. The 6-foot-4 senior guard did start and didn’t disappoint, leading NIU (9-8, 5-2 MAC) to it’s fifth win in...

Suffering through the loss of two senior starters, a pair of juniors rallied the NIU women’s basketball team to victory Saturday over visiting Marshall 81-74 in a record setting game. Jennifer Youngblood stole the show early for the Huskies (7-10, 3-3...

Putting up its best score of the season wasn’t enough for the NIU gymnastics team, which was forced to settle for fourth place at the Ball State Cardinal Classic on Friday. For the second consecutive meet, the Huskies (4-6) were in prime position to...

After falling short on the bars at the University of Illinois Quadrangular last week, the NIU women’s gymnastics team travels to Ball State for the Cardinal Classic at 7 p.m. today looking for redemption. The Huskies, (1-3) are still looking for the...

Tension between two groups on campus is getting thicker and soon may escalate to a more hostile situation. Some NIU student athletes make up a good portion of one group, while the other side is a mix of NIU students and their friends who do not attend...

After breaking records in last week’s Iowa Hawkeye Open, the NIU track and field team hopes to run with its momentum and continue their success this weekend. The Huskies will travel to Eastern Illinois at 9 a.m. on Saturday along with Western Illinois...

How can a team play effectively when it’s leading scorer can’t speak with any of their teammates? The Marshall University women’s basketball team faces just that problem, another of many times, when they play NIU on Saturday at 3:05 p.m. at the...