The NIU softball team will visit Carbondale to play in the Coach B Classic this weekend. The tournament is the second of four the Huskies will play to start off the season. NIU takes the field twice Saturday and once Sunday. The Huskies start off with...

After collecting at least one hit in all of his team's six games so far this season, NIU senior outfielder Brian Toner took home the MAC West Player of the Week award. In the three-game Dunn Hospitality Diamond Classic Championship over the weekend, Toner...

Elyse Jamrozy didn't wait long to get off to a good start. Just one swing into her senior season, Jamrozy was watching the ball clear the center field fence. Jamrozy's teammates didn't let her have all the fun as the NIU softball team went 2-2 over the...

After six weeks of training exclusively with teammates, the NIU softball team is chomping at the bit to face real competition. With seven new freshmen joining the squad, the Huskies will begin their season this weekend at the Dragon Dome Invitational....

After scoring nine points and pulling down seven rebounds in the NIU women's basketball team’s victory over Toledo Saturday, the Huskies' second leading scorer junior forward Kristin Wiener made time to sit down with the Northern Star. Wiener spoke...

BLOOMINGTON - State championships in events ranging from golf to Scholastic Bowl could be jeopardized under a proposed law that would cap the Illinois High School Association’s income from postseason tournaments, IHSA officials said Tuesday. Rep. Kurt...

I remember going to football games during my freshman year with 25,000-plus screaming fans at just about every game. The energy, excitement and noise of those games can’t even be described with words. When football season came to a close I was disappointed...

With donations ranging from world-wide corporations to the home-town bar and grill, the NIU Athletics Department partially funds its 496 athletes and 17 athletic programs. Gatorade, Adidas, Pepsi, Allstate, Applebee’s, Castle Bank, Fatty’s, Culver’s...

NIU alumnus Adam Dach, Kevin Ekberg, Joe Plaskas and Niki VanHooreweghe, will join the 1989-90 NIU women’s basketball team in the 24th class to be enshrined in the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame. Festivities take place tonight at the Holmes Student Center’s...

NIU men’s golfer Nick Schenk posted his second top-10 finish of the year at the Ball State Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Monday and Tuesday. The senior Batavia native opened with a 66-70 on Monday and finished the day two strokes off the lead. Schenk...

The Northern Star sat down with NIU intramural sports coordinator Galen Mahle to find out more about the recreation opportunities available to NIU students. Northern star: Are there any new ideas to make intramural sports better? Galen Mahle: One thing...

Tryouts for the NIU golf team will take place at 2 p.m. Thursday at the River Heights Golf Course. Participants will play 18 holes and the four lowest scores advance to a second tryout. Visit the Convocation Center, Room 216 for the necessary paperwork...