DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference announced Monday in a news release that four fall sports will be played starting in the 2021 Spring semester. The four sports, volleyball, field hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, join MAC football, which starts...

DeKALB — The Huskies football team can make plans to see their Mid-American Conference rivals on the field this fall, as the conference voted unanimously Friday for football to return in November. Head Football Coach Thomas Hammock said there was...

Walt Owens, or “Coach O”, wore many hats in his 87 years of life before he died Sunday. Owens played Negro League baseball under a pseudonym while also attending Western Michigan University. Owens was a high school teacher to Motown legends in...

DeKALB — Bettors who have failed to register online for various Illinois sportsbooks are not out of luck yet, due to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s extension of his executive order on online registration for sportsbook gambling. Joe Orstrowski, of 670...

DeKALB — The NIU football, men’s basketball and men’s golf teams are under quarantine after each had members of the program test positive for COVID-19, the NIU Athletic Department announced Friday. The positive results came during weekly surveillance...

DeKALB — NIU Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier and Football Head Coach Thomas Hammock addressed the media Saturday in a Zoom conference call regarding the Mid-American Conference’s decision to cancel the fall sports season. Frazier and NIU...

DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference has canceled its 2020 college football season Saturday, joining a growing number of conferences making similar decisions. The MAC has become the first Football Bowl Subdivision to cancel its season according to...

DeKALB — Just one week into the MLB season and the league has already canceled a game due to a COVID-19 outbreak. Ken Rosthenal, of the Athletic, announced that the Miami Marlins had nine new cases of coronavirus on Monday. Before the recent outbreak,...

DeKALB — COVID-19’s effect on the Mid-American Conference’s fall sports season has grown with the announcement of several sports’ seasons being postponed, according to an article on the MAC’s website. The announcement affects field hockey,...

DeKalb — NIU gymnastics announced the cancelation of its annual summer camp Thursday afternoon. The team broke the news on its Instagram account, referencing the current COVID-19 pandemic as the cause for cancellation. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCtb8zUJzwF/?igshid=ejgyakgcndu5 "Due...

DeKALB — Former NIU men’s basketball player Noah McCarty will continue his career in Spain, signing a contract with Club Baloncesto Benicarló of the LEB Plata. McCarty’s signing was announced Tuesday by NIU Athletics, with McCarty commenting...