What a surprise, the NFL is trying to suck more fun out of football.  Before the start of the 2021 season, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and his competition committee made sure that officials would emphasize stopping players from taunting one another,...

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team took home three singles titles and doubles crowns during the 2021 Fall Warhawk Invitational.  Sophomore Diana Lukyanova won the No. 1 singles draw winning all three of her matches, with a 6-2,...

#5 Alabama vs. Mississippi St. The 5th ranked University of Alabama Crimson Tide enter week seven coming off a loss against unranked Texas A&M University. Alabama’s defense was eaten alive by the Aggies, while the offense was unable to move the...

In just her first year, freshman middle blocker Charli Atiemo has already become one of the key players on the NIU volleyball roster.  Every athlete has that moment where they find that love for the game they play. Atiemo’s spark came from her mother,...

The NBA preseason ends this week, and the regular season will kick off on Oct. 19.  Coming out of preseason, there are four teams that make a strong case to raise the NBA championship trophy at the end of the year, those being the Chicago Bulls, the...

DeKALB — Men’s golf finished in 11th place Tuesday at the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Huskies completed the tournament with a score 29-over par, 893, on the 54-hole course. Their par count of 29-over put them 16 strokes...

With a win over the fourth-ranked West Virginia University Mountaineers Saturday, the NIU men’s soccer team moved to 10-1 and enters the United Soccer Coaches top 25 rankings for the first time since 2011, according to NIU Athletics. The 22nd ranked...

A program-record five field goals by kicker John Richardson helped lift the Huskies past the Toledo Rockets 22-20 in a road win Saturday. At the season's halfway point, NIU sits 4-2 and in sole possession of first place in the Mid-American Conference...

The Chicago Blackhawks are looking to bounce back after an underperforming season that saw them missing key players and failing to capitalize on late game opportunities. With a new year comes new questions about the potential of head coach Jeremy Colliton’s...

DeKALB—The NIU men’s soccer team entered the United Soccer Coaches Poll as the  22nd-ranked team in the country this week for the first time since September of 2011. The 10-1 Huskies new ranking comes off a 2-0 win against the then fourth-ranked...

DeKALB — The second half of the Huskies football season begins 2:30 p.m. Saturday in DeKalb when NIU hosts the Bowling Green State University Falcons. The Huskies are off to a 4-2 start and coming off a late 22-20 victory against the University of...

As time winded down in the first half, Anthony Markanich got open in space and found a familiar sight downfield. His brother Nick Markanich was deep into enemy territory and had a chance to score. Anthony wound his leg up and passed the ball where...