DeKALB — When NIU football head coach Thomas Hammock watched Holy Cross nearly pull off an upset at Boston College two years ago, he remembers thinking to himself, “Now, who would put Holy Cross on our schedule?” Just a week earlier, the Huskies...

As it prepares to close the book on its near-30-year run in the Mid-American Conference, the NIU football team has one departing wish: to stand atop the mountaintop of MACtion, one last time. After an intense overhaul to the roster and coaching staff,...

The 2025 season is on the horizon, and the NIU women’s volleyball team is starting to transform. After two straight seasons with a losing record, head volleyball coach Sondra D’Amore has a vision that just might materialize this year. With more pieces...

After being locked at 0-0 for 84 minutes, a late goal from freshman forward Vance Sheffield was the difference in the Huskies (1-0-1) 1-0 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix (0-1).  “Obviously delighted to get the first win...

Just four matches into her first season with NIU’s women’s soccer program, graduate student goalkeeper Morgan Lucich has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week — the first of the 2025-26 sports season. Lucich, a transfer from UC...

DeKALB — With only one returner from the 2024 season, NIU cross country’s almost brand new roster prepares for their debut on Friday, in which they will run the first race of the new season.  Bringing in five freshmen and two transfers, sophomore...

DeKALB — The long wait is almost over. Football season is upon us once again. Months after capping an 8-5 season with a thrilling double-overtime victory in Idaho, NIU football returns to the gridiron this week. The Huskies will kick off their 124th...

Being held scoreless for the second game in a row, NIU women’s soccer (1-2-1) fell in a decisive 4-0 loss against the University of Minnesota Gophers (2-1).  “A very frustrating result,” said NIU women’s soccer head coach Michael O’Neill....

NIU Athletics Hall of Fame running back LeShon Johnson was convicted by a federal jury last week of six felony counts of violating the Animal Welfare Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. “This criminal profited off of the misery...

At a glance “EA Sports College Football 26,” the second installment since the franchise’s revival last year, released this week. NIU received a 7o overall rating, making the Huskies one of the game’s lowest-rated teams. Cornerback Jacob...

Dawnita “Nita” Teague was named head coach of the NIU gymnastics team Tuesday after serving as interim head coach through the 2025 season.  After 5-13, 2-4 MAC records in the first year in the era of Teague, NIU began the search for a gymnastics...