In this episode, Skyler and Joey recap one of the lowest-scoring NIU football games in recent memory — a 6-3 loss at home to San Diego State. They also discuss the Huskies' offensive quandaries and what the rest of the schedule holds as Mid-American...

DeKALB — The NIU wrestling program will compete in the Pac-12 Conference beginning in the 2026-27 school year, the school announced in a news release Wednesday. NIU will join Oregon State and fellow affiliate members Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield...

NIU women’s golf earned an eighth-place finish at the Diane Thomason Invitational, with two athletes finishing in the top-25. Finishing with a team score of 922, good for 58 over par, the Huskies finished just two strokes behind North Dakota State...

DeKALB — Redshirt junior quarterback Jackson Proctor is no longer with the NIU football team, an NIU Athletics spokesperson confirmed to the Northern Star on Tuesday. Proctor is not listed on the team’s roster, and no information was disclosed about...

The first full month of NIU fall sports is in the books, with September showcasing various high points for some programs, while some teams reached lows they haven’t seen in decades.  Here are three high points, and three low points, from NIU Athletics...

After two days of golf at the Jim DeLapa Collegiate, hosted by Central Michigan University, NIU men’s golf finished 11th in a field of 13 teams. With a team score of 849, nine-over par, the Huskies finished only above CMU and Chicago State University.  The...

Becoming the second consecutive Huskie to take first at the Badger Invitational, men’s golf junior Craig Long has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.  Long took first place at the University of Wisconsin-hosted Invitational, shooting...

For more than a century, NIU has hosted a Homecoming football game as part of the oldest college tradition in the state and one of the longest in the country. Since the inaugural contest in 1903 where NIU won 6-0, the Homecoming game hasn’t just...

This Saturday, NIU football will chase a trophy it has never once lost — and never once won. The Huskies will welcome the Miami RedHawks to DeKalb for NIU’s 118th Homecoming, with the Mallory Cup on the line. The trophy was created in 2018 to honor...

Starting conference play against the pre-season Missouri Valley Conference title favorites, NIU men’s soccer (4-3-2, 0-0-1 MVC) earned a point in the 1-1 draw with the Drake University Bulldogs (5-0-4, 0-0-1 MVC) on Saturday.  “I think it was...