As the sounds of basketballs hitting rims and volleyballs being spiked are heard on distant courts, so are the sounds of ping pong balls rapidly hitting the table. The NIU Table Tennis Club that is run by sophomore business major Jack O’Connell has...

DeKALB — NIU Athletics is currently seeking nominations for the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2022. Since being founded in 1978, the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame has enshrined 211 individuals, 19 teams and one family to its roster. The Hall of...

DeKALB - The NIU Convocation Center is home to many sporting events such as basketball, volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling, and indoor track and field. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans of NIU athletics were not allowed to come to home games to support...

DeKALB — As the Huskie football team prepares to do battle, fans partake in their favorite tailgating traditions and show off their Huskie pride. On game days, NIU offers several areas for fans to engage in tailgating traditions. The student tailgate...

DeKALB — After a full year without homecoming because of COVID-19, homecoming has returned on campus at NIU with a week full of sporting events that consists of four games among three different teams this week.  The volleyball team kicks off the...

DeKALB — NIU Athletics announced Athletic Director Sean Frazier had signed a contract extension through 2026 last Thursday, but that doesn’t mean more of the same for Frazier. Frazier will also take responsibility for NIU Recreation and Wellness...

DeKALB — NIU and Athletic Director Sean Frazier have agreed to a contract extension that would keep Frazier on through June 30, 2026, according to a Thursday NIU Athletics news release. Along with him continuing his athletic director duties, the...

DeKALB — NIU Athletics announced Monday changes to concessions operations at Huskie Stadium after receiving complaints about wait times and water bottle shortages at the last home football game Sept. 11. Twitter user @HuskieUnleashed shared photos...

DeKALB — NIU Athletic Director Sean Frazier released a statement Sunday afternoon addressing the game day experience for fans at Saturday’s football game at Huskie Stadium. “Yesterday, we did not meet the standard that we hold ourselves to in...

DeKALB — The NIU football team ran through a wall of smoke and adrenaline onto the field at Huskie Stadium on Dec. 5 to something they’d never met on game day.  Nothing. No band, no fans and none of the pomp and circumstance. Just waves of bare...

Update, 9:30 a.m. Tuesday: Frazier commented on the reports of his consideration for the Michigan State job Monday at NIU Fall Media Day. “I have not (talked to Michigan State),” Frazier said. “It’s more about what NIU is doing more than little...

DeKALB — NIU home sporting events will operate at 100% capacity this fall following the State of Illinois entering Phase 5 of the Restore Illinois Plan, NIU Athletics announced Friday. Fans will be welcome in the fall to outdoor events held at Huskie...