ORLANDO — This year’s Tailgreeter Cure Bowl proved football isn’t just a game of inches, it’s a game of seconds. After a first down conversion inside their opponents five-yard line, two seconds remaining was not enough time for the Huskies...

DeKALB — Women’s basketball dropped their fourth straight game after a 103-71 blowout loss to the DePaul University Blue Demons Thursday in Chicago. Junior forward A’Jah Davis recorded her fifth double-double of the season and scored a career-high...

DeKALB — NIU Hockey announced on Dec. 10 that its Division III hockey team will be joining the Northern Collegiate Hockey League of the American Collegiate Hockey Association beginning in the 2022-2023 season. The Huskies will be joining the Orange...

DeKALB — NIU football landed one of its first major additions of the 2022 offseason with the addition of freshman quarterback Justin Lynch via the transfer portal. Lynch comes in with a familiar last name, being the younger brother of former...

DeKALB — Men’s basketball took home a 70-59 victory on the road against the Chicago State University Cougars Monday. Monday’s contest gave NIU its second win in three games after defeating Eastern Illinois University at home Dec. 1. A rally...

DeKALB — The Huskies can finish their turnaround season with double-digit wins if they can knock off the Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers on Friday in Orlando for the Tailgreeter Cure Bowl. The past week has been “a blur” for head coach...

DeKALB — The women's basketball team have now lost three straight games after sustaining a 96-44 blowout loss against the Drake University Bulldogs Sunday afternoon.  The Huskies were held to a season-low 44 points and were shut out in the fourth...

DeKALB — The NIU wrestling team competed in the six-team Cougar Clash on Saturday and finished second behind the University of Wisconsin.  The Huskies would finish with a total of 129.5 points, putting them just ahead of Brown University at 111.5...

Everyone wanted to congratulate head coach Thomas Hammock after his Huskies won the Mid-American Conference championship Saturday in Detroit.  One interaction stood out to him: a “moment of reflection” with his grandmother on the field. “My...

New upcoming talent joins the NBA every year, bringing excitement to the game. Players such as Charlotte Hornets guard Lamelo Ball, Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony...

DeKALB — Junior defenseman Anthony Markanich and junior forward Nick Markanich, the brothers from Bourbonnais, Illinois, are among the 44 college players invited to participate in this year’s Adidas Major League Soccer College Showcase. NIU Athletics...

The coaching carousel in the final weeks of the 2021 college football season may go down as some of the all-time biggest moves in the history of college sports.  University of Southern California head coach Lincoln Riley and Louisiana State University...