As the NIU football opening game against the Buffalo Bulls draws near, I can’t help but remember the last time NIU played the Bulls.
It was Nov. 30, 2018, at Ford Field in Detroit when NIU knocked off Buffalo after a 19-point comeback. Sure, I remember...
DeKALB — The focus of the NIU football team and Head Coach Thomas Hammock isn’t on their offseason changes or their hypercompetitive conference opposition: The focus is on the Huskies.
“To me, the only people that matter are the people in our...
DeKALB — The men's golf team competed in the Titleist Footjoy Invitational presented by Glass Solutions Inc. from Oct. 16 to Oct. 18. The three-round stroke play tournament was the penultimate event in the Heide Wealth Management Series hosted by NIU.
Graduate...
DeKALB — The NIU women’s basketball team sent out a statement Sept. 21 advocating for unity and justice after the racist incident at the Center for Black Studies.
NIU was hit with a racist incident Sept. 17 at the Center for Black Studies, where...
DeKALB — College homecomings are a spectacle for communities across the country. Every fall, parents take their families to their alma maters and walk the same streets they did, eating at the same haunts they attended Friday nights. Homecoming week...
Saturday felt like I was trapped in the Bill Murray movie “Groundhog Day,” watching college game after college game have the over-under line destroyed by one thing: the lack of defense across the NCAA.
I expected the Oklahoma-Texas game to have...
It’s hard to believe the emotions that poured out of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott while being carted off the field Sunday were purely from the pain, though he wouldn’t be blamed if it was.
Prescott suffered a compound fracture and separated...
DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference announced Monday in a news release that four fall sports will be played starting in the 2021 Spring semester.
The four sports, volleyball, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, join MAC football, which starts...
DeKALB — Graduate student Jordan Less secured the “ACP CreativIT Shootout '' title Friday, posting a total score of 4-under par, two shots clear of junior Tommy Dunsire.
NIU men’s and women’s golf teams competed in the “ACP CreativIT Shootout”...
I finished my column for Week 3 of the NFL last Wednesday and thought, “It can’t get any crazier than that.”
A week later, hindsight says it actually might be just the beginning.
After New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton tested positive...
For college football junkies, last week solidified the opinion that the Big 12 is eliminated from the College Football Playoff. Oklahoma lost for a second straight week to an unranked opponent and Texas, who was considered to be the “second best”...
DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference and NIU announced their modified six-game schedule for the 2020 football season, with the Huskies announcing their plans for how they will fill the stands.
The Huskies open their season on Nov. 4 at Huskie Stadium...
