Until Bobby Smith's name is cleared, the sophomore guard "is separated" from the NIU men's basketball team, coach Jim Molinari said Tuesday. Smith, who was one of two NIU students arrested in connection with an Oct. 17 drug-related robbery, has yet to...

Mark Banak knows his football and dreams of being a head coach in the NFL. Currently though, Banak is one of the student equipment managers for the NIU football team and he can be seen throwing passes, joking around with players and observing practice...

By defeating Marquette University 5-3 last Weekend, the NIU hockey club can use that momentum heading into this weekend's contests with the Illinois Institute of Techololgy and Bradley Univeristy. With one game down, the Huskies appear to be headed in...

Here at NIU beer nuggets are a staple of college life. There's just no denying it. They are about as important in weekly menu scheduling as pizza itself. When you come home late at night, or have spent the evening studying and you're hungry, what do you...

NIU's field hockey team resumed its Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference schedule in long-play fashion, splitting a pair of overtime games Saturday and Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich. An injury-riddled Huskie squad came from behind to upend host University...

A strong hitting game, key substitutions and a little consistency is all the NIU volleyball team needed to capture its first conference victory Saturday night over the Vikings of Cleveland State University at Ohio. The 3-1 North Star Conference victory...

With this weekend's Big Central Soccer Conference Tournament at NIU around the corner, the Huskies have claimed sole possession of third place after a weekend split between Louisville and Cincinnati. The Huskies edged LU 1-0 on Saturday which gave goalie...

NIU's rushing offense proved stronger than Nevada-Las Vegas' defense Saturday as the Huskies won 42-24 in front of a Parent's Day crowd of 16,352. UNLV (3-3) came into the game with the number seven rushing defense in the nation, allowing an average of...

The Board of Regents skipped home last Friday, and the tune they were singing was probably a happy one. After months of heated debate over proposed Regents' policy changes, in which representatives from NIU and Illinois State University at Normal spent...

The "bone" mended quite nicely Saturday for NIU as the offense put some big numbers on the board. After a week of frustration stemming from a 42-21 loss to Louisiana Tech, the NIU wishbone offense rebounded to score 42 points, the most points in a single...

NIU's No.7 rushing offense in the nation will face the nation's No. 7 rushing defense when the Nevada-Las Vegas Rebels visit Huskie Stadium Saturday at 1:05 p.m. The Huskies average 311 yards per game on the ground, including 118.2 ypg from the nation's...

Coming into the last week of the regular season, NIU's soccer team prepares to do battle with two tough conference foes. NIU travels to Louisville University Saturday for a noon showdown and visits the University of Cincinnati on Sunday for a 1 p.m. matchup....