Every Saturday the ESPN College Gameday crew broadcasts from a college campus that features a big game. Usually it’s a Michigan and Ohio State game or a Notre Dame and USC game, but this week ESPN will be in Bowling Green, Ohio, for NIU’s game. Gameday...

Western Michigan football coach Gary Darnell was impressed with NIU’s Michael Turner on Saturday, but there was some extra motivation for the running back to play well. LeShon Johnson, a 1993 NIU graduate and unanimous All-American, attended his first...

Before this weekend, the NIU volleyball team had yet to lose two consecutive matches this season. After a loss to Illinois State on Tuesday, the Huskies fell to Bowling Green, 30-25, 22-30, 30-28, 30-25 Saturday, giving them their first losing streak....

Defense was a strength for the NIU women’s soccer team in both games this weekend, said coach Frank Horvat. However, with a 1-0 loss to Western Michigan (7-7-1, 6-4-0 MAC) on Friday, the offense was missing. “We played our best defense we’ve played...

Nobody hated football more than McAllister Collins. When Collins arrived at NIU to play football in 1997, he was underdeveloped and had the assignment of practicing against All-MAC offensive lineman Kent Booth. Football wasn’t for him, he said. Seven...

NIU senior wide receiver P.J. Fleck will take the field for his final Homecoming game in a Huskies uniform Saturday. Before a sellout crowd, Fleck and the Huskies will take on Western Michigan (3-3, 2-1 MAC) at 3:05 p.m. at Huskie Stadium. “For me,...

In front of 20,186 fans Saturday afternoon, the NIU football team had a 49-0 Homecoming victory over Central Michigan. Winning its fourth-straight MAC contest, NIU (5-3, 4-0) totaled its most points since Oct. 28, 2000, when it beat Buffalo 73-10. In...

When NIU lines up for its first offensive series on Saturday against Western Michigan, all 11 players will be looking for one guy: Jason Babin. Western Michigan’s defensive end was the MAC’s 2002 Defensive Player of the Year. “I think he is the...

With four games remaining, the NIU men’s soccer team is aiming to eclipse the four wins it had a year ago. The Huskies, who need to win three of their last four games to top last season’s win total, will play a 7:30 p.m. game today at Akron (9-3-1,...

From now on, NIU women’s soccer coach Frank Horvat wants his team to play the role of the spoiler. The NIU women’s soccer team lost to Bowling Green last Sunday, silencing the Huskies’ MAC Tournament hopes. NIU would have had to win all of its final...

Despite a straight-games loss to Illinois State, there was one bright spot for the NIU volleyball team Tuesday. In a non-starter role, freshman Kate McCullagh set a career high in kills with 10. “She was ready to play, she really wanted it bad,” NIU...

For the first time all season, the NIU volleyball team lost in straight games at home Tuesday. In-state rival Illinois State (9-10) beat NIU 30-25, 30-25 and 30-23. The last time the Huskies (14-5) lost in straight games at home was Nov. 2, 2002 against...