In a game that featured one of the most explosive players in the MAC, it was NIU’s defense that stole the show Tuesday night at the Convocation Center. The Huskies (13-9, 9-3) held Brandon Hunter’s Ohio team (7-12, 4-7) to 25 percent shooting and...

The NIU baseball team’s junior pitcher, Zach Minor, was arrested by DeKalb police just after 1 a.m. Sunday for entering and remaining in a tavern as a minor, according to DeKalb police reports. Minor, 20, had a 6.44 ERA for the Huskies this past season,...

If you light a fire underneath the beast, it will just anger him more. The NIU basketball team realizes this and knows that Ohio’s Brandon Hunter, the nation’s leading rebounder, will come into DeKalb today on a mission. With a 7:05 p.m. start time...

Seventeen meets ago, on Feb. 27, 1999, against Kent State was the last time the Huskie gymnastics team prevailed over a MAC opponent. The monkey was finally off the Huskies’ back as they scored a 194.675 to 192.525 victory over an energized Bowling...

Kent State is one team that is tough to figure out. But if the Golden Flashes are difficult to piece together, the NIU men’s basketball team is as easy to figure out as a Michael Jackson interview. The success Kent State (17-3, 10-2 MAC) is having this...

It just was not a good weekend to be a Panther. The NIU (12-6, 2-1 MAC) wrestling squad beat up on Eastern Illinois on Friday night at Victor E. Court with a final of 42-3, and then later mauled Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville on Sunday with...

Facing the best defensive team in the MAC was supposed to be a difficult task for the NIU women’s basketball team. Hitting 10-of-19 three-point baskets can make that difficult task pretty simple as the Huskies (10-11, 6-4 MAC) cruised to victory 76-64...

Coach Shantel Twiggs’ freshman class for the NIU track and field team has gone above and beyond expectations during the indoor season and was able to come away with a second place, 109-point finish at the Central Michigan Quadrangular Saturday. Freshman...

NIU coach Rob Judson was surprised to say the least after his team’s 67-61 upset win over MAC powerhouse Kent State on Saturday. "I’m speechless," NIU coach Rob Judson said. "I don’t know what to say. I’m humbled. Our kids played so well. They...

This weekend could be your chance to see some hard hitting-action. No, not the monster truck rally, but the NIU women’s and men’s tennis teams at the Student Recreation Center. The Lady Huskies (2-2) begin at 1 p.m. Saturday against Western Illinois...

After defeating Buffalo 70-61 on the road Thursday night, NIU’s matchup at Kent State on Saturday pits the MAC’s best in the east against the top dog in the west. The Huskies (11-9 overall, 7-3 MAC) have won seven of their last eight games and are...

Keeping it in the state. That is what the NIU wrestling team (10-6, 2-1 MAC) will do this weekend as it squares off at home against Eastern Illinois 7 p.m. Friday. They then will travel to Southern Illinois Sunday to grapple with the opposition at 2 p.m...