DeKALB – Senior guard Chelby Koker has become the first NIU women’s basketball player to earn Huskie of the Week honors, two days after NIU’s 86-79 defeat of the DePaul University Blue Demons on Saturday. Koker headed up NIU’s scoring efforts...

DeKALB – NIU volleyball is on cusp of a Mid-American Conference Tournament berth after registering back-to-back wins over Eastern Michigan University in its final weekend series of the regular season. The Huskies (17-10, 10-7 MAC) won each of their...

DeKALB – The NIU men’s soccer team will be competing in the Missouri Valley Conference following the announcement that the Mid-American Conference will no longer sponsor men’s soccer beginning with the 2023-24 academic year due to a lack of membership. The...

WEST DUNDEE – The Huskies’ hockey team (0-13, 0-5 MCH) extended its losing streak to 13 games, dropping the first of its two-game home series against Waldorf University (4-8-2, 2-5-2 MCH) by a final score of 9-2 Friday. Waldorf pounced on the Huskies...

In this episode of “All-Star: A Huskie Sports Podcast,” sports editor Skyler Kisellus and sports reporter Alex Crowe to discuss NIU’s rebuilding hockey program with first-year head coach Brad Stoffers and sophomore defenseman Luke Marks. Skyler...

DeKALB – Three of NIU’s winter sports are underway as men’s basketball, women’s basketball and wrestling go to work. Hockey is still searching for its first win of the year while volleyball faces a conference rival for its final weekend series. Friday,...

This is an opinion piece by Carlos Finney Jr., a sports reporter at the Northern Star, and does not reflect the Northern Star’s or the sports staff’s opinion as a whole. Justin Fields put on another highlight reel performance this past Sunday against...