Football (3-0) is seeking to close non-conference play with an unblemished record for the second straight year. The Huskies take on the Arkansas Razorbacks (2-1) 6 p.m. Saturday at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark. Sports Editor...

Football (2-0) continues its three-game road trip with a visit to Sin City. The Huskies take on the Nevada-Las Vegas Rebels (1-1) 6 p.m. Saturday at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Sports Editor Frank Gogola breaks down the UNLV players to watch.Quarterback:...

Week one came and went and no doubt you’re disappointed in your fantasy team.Running back depth is pretty hard to establish; they’re prone to injury and teams are putting more emphasis on the passing game. Once again, I’ve returned to help you put...

Kirk Herbstreit is trying to right the ship regarding his 2012 comments on NIU and the MAC.The ESPN College GameDay analyst received backlash from Huskie nation after he declared on national television the decision to include NIU in the 2013 Discover...

NIU (2-0) could boast that it’s been the best college football program in the Land of Lincoln over the past decade-plus, and it wouldn’t be wrong.But, it wasn’t until Saturday the Huskies earned the bragging rights to back up their claim of being...

No punishments handed down by the NFL make sense.Ray Rice’s career abruptly stalled when TMZSports released a video Monday showing he beat his fiancée — now wife — Janay Palmer inside an elevator and then dragged the unconscious Palmer out of the...

Fantasy football is back, baby.Wide receiver is probably one of the more difficult positions to draft unless you’ve picked up Calvin Johnson, A.J. Green or Dez Bryant. They’re wildly inconsistent, especially if they play on teams quarterbacked by...

If women’s soccer is going to make it past the first round of the MAC Tournament it will have to get comfortable on the road fast.After last season’s winless road campaign, the Huskies have started out this season 0-4 on the road. Although four games...

Sports editor Frank Gogola previews the MAC football landscape and gives his predictions for where each team will finish. Today he previews the MAC West Division. His MAC East Division preview was in Tuesday’s Northern Star and can be found online:...

Sports editor Frank Gogola previews the MAC football landscape and gives his predictions for where each team will finish. Today he previews the MAC East Division. Check out Wednesday’s Northern Star for his MAC West Division preview.1. Bowling Green...

With football’s regular season right around the corner, I’m ranking the Huskies’ best home games to attend this season.The Huskies play host five times in 2014, welcoming MAC West division foes Central Michigan Chippewas and Toledo Rockets, MAC...

The arrival of the College Football Playoff marks the end of an era dominated by the top five conferences, particularly the SEC — or does it?Only the top four teams in the country are eligible for a shot at the national championship, which isn’t a...