College volleyball has been changed forever thanks to a newly named position with new rules. The position that used to be called the defensive specialist was changed to the libero in 2002. The word “libero” is an Italian word meaning “free.” “The...

For the third year in a row, the NIU men’s soccer team will play the host school of the MAC Tournament. The Huskies (3-12-2, 2-4 MAC) head in as the No. 5 seed and play No. 4 Bowling Green (6-8-5, 2-3-1 MAC) at 3 p.m. Friday in Bowling Green, Ohio,...

Sophomore running back A.J. Harris came to NIU wanting to wear No. 32, his high school number, or No. 28. The only problem standing in Harris’ way of wearing those numbers was starting tailback Thomas Hammock (No. 28) and then-backup Michael Turner...

It isn’t over yet! As easy as it seems to dismiss the NIU football team’s hopes for a truly magical season, there is plenty left to cheer about this year. With Miami-Ohio’s win over Bowling Green Tuesday night, all NIU needs is to win its three...

The No. 23 team in the nation is in danger of not making a bowl game. It’s true. The Huskies are in a bind after last week’s loss to Bowling Green. Even a potential 11-1 season might not be enough for NIU to play a postseason game for the first time...

NIU wide receiver P.J. Fleck remembers a time when being a football player wasn’t such a bragging right. “When I first came here, people didn’t care that we were on the football team because we were so bad,” the Sugar Grove native said. “Now...

The future of the NIU football team will be directly affected by the 6:30 p.m. Bowling Green at Miami-Ohio game today on ESPN2. If Miami (7-1, 4-0 MAC) can beat Bowling Green (7-1, 4-0 MAC), the Huskies will move into a tie for the lead in the MAC West...

Heading into the weekend, the NIU volleyball team was 12-0 in matches where they had won the first game. On Friday and Saturday, the Huskies took at least a one-game lead to start both matches, but failed to come away with a win either time. NIU (16-9,...

One team was undefeated in its last three home games, and the other had not lost a MAC game all season. The NIU men’s soccer team accumulated all three of its wins this season at home, but Kentucky, ranked No. 24 in the nation by SoccerAmerica.com,...

NIU coach Joe Novak said he was nervous about how his team would respond after a loss. But the Huskies showed they were ready by beating Ball State 48-23 Saturday at Huskie Stadium in front of a crowd of 24,121. “We had a lot of air let out of our balloon...

One word has become the NIU volleyball team’s enemy in the second half of the season -- momentum. After beating two of the top teams in the MAC West in Ball State and first-place Eastern Michigan, the Huskies let momentum swing against Western Michigan...

One week after NIU rushed for a combined 62 yards against Bowling Green, an offensive line with only one starting senior paved the way for two 100-yard rushers on Saturday. NIU’s 48-23 win over Ball State marked the first time since 2000 that NIU had...