With NIU unveiling a brand new Victor E. Huskie Saturday, the Northern Star asked students what they would change with the school's mascot. "Bigger whiskers." -Nathan Ewald, post-baccalaureate biology student "I really don't think they need to upgrade...
And the 2005 Heisman Trophy Award winner is...Vince Young?Has Mack Brown lost his mind for suggesting such an outrageous emergency plan for the soon to be vacated trophy?It's simple. No. He's a genius!Reggie Bush will be losing his Heisman for receiving...
In Thursday night's season opener, the better part of America got a glimpse at what is a new facet of NIU's football team: names on the back of the jerseys. The names are just one change of the Huskies' new threads they'll sport all season. I don't have...
Some football programs have customs, and others have traditions. Normally, these have little to do with the game of football itself. Ohio State's band has someone dot the "i" in "Ohio." Notre Dame goes to the Basilica of the Sacred Heart the morning of...
Hello, and welcome to the first iteration of a new weekly column that I'll be writing on America's real past time: Fantasy Football. Around the country, armchair GM's are rejoicing because the NFL season is knocking on the door, and there's no better...
Ever since Brett Favre got his jerseys set on fire by the likes of me, I've been searching for a new hero; a new athlete to look up to unconditionally. Jim Furyk, please come forward and accept my gift of unconditional love, for your oversleeping for...
DeKALB | I have never talked to, seen or heard of any coach who will admit to taking any stock into preseason speculation about their own team. As interesting as they can be to talk about, and as much as we, the media, like to mention them, preseason...
I don't get why it took so long for Sammy Sosa to realize the Cubs don't respect him. Not like he ever respected the Cubs. Sosa's legacy is squat now. He's nothing. He's a spokesman for a skin cream that made him look like a cross between Michael Jackson...
As the NIU men's and women's soccer seasons get underway, the teams will be without some familiar faces. The Northern Star's Andrew Singer and Mike Buda take center ice to see who will be the Huskies' bigger loss: Lindsey Curnock or Josh Karsten. Andrew...
Let's take a second to step away from the hilarity that is Lou Piniella raining on the Cubs' collective parade and focus on something far more ludicrous in the wasteland that is the NL Central. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig is getting a statue outside Miller...
Is ESPN going through a fad, or has it just gone certifiably insane? I really can't think of another explanation to rationally break down its coverage of the past eight months. First there was Tiger Woods, then Tim Tebow, Stephen Strasburg, LeBron James...
To all the incoming freshman at Northern Illinois University, I offer you these suggestions in an attempt in making your first year as a Huskie a good one. I'm not offering the best schemes to ditch class or the locations of elaborate party spots. Instead,...
