DeKALB – The Huskies hockey team (0-16, 0-8 MCH) will look to enter winter break in the win column when they take on McKendree University (6-8, 4-4 MCH) in a two-game home series Friday and Saturday. This weekend will be the teams’ first meeting...

DeKALB –  NIU men's soccer's redshirt senior goalkeeper Martin Sanchez comes from a family of soccer players who influenced his decision to play soccer. “I’ve played soccer my whole life, I didn’t play any other sports,” Sanchez said. “Looking...

DeKALB – The first two players from NIU football’s 2022 squad have announced their intentions to go pro after senior wide receiver Shemar Thornton and redshirt senior defensive end Michael Kennedy declared for the 2023 NFL Draft on Tuesday via social...

DeKALB – Two starting cornerbacks are set to depart NIU football after sophomore Eric Rogers and junior Jordan Gandy announced their plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal on Tuesday. Rogers and Gandy arrived at NIU before the 2020 season – Rogers...

DeKALB – The NIU football team has taken more hits to its roster after four players entered the NCAA transfer portal on Monday via social media posts. Redshirt junior left tackle Marques Cox, redshirt defensive tackle Jeffrey Griffin Jr., sophomore...

DeKALB – Graduate guard Janae Poisson is the second women’s basketball player in as many weeks to be named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week after a historic performance against the Western Illinois University Leathernecks on Thursday. Poisson...

The Chicago White Sox have finally moved on from the Tony La Russa era, but there is still much to do in the offseason to get the team back to their winning ways. The White Sox hired former Kansas City Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol on Nov. 3. Grifol...