While many freshmen are undecided about what they want to do, one student has hit the ground running. Distance runner Sunsea Shaw, a native of South Bend, Ind., was recruited to join NIU's cross country team after playing the sport for one year. "I only...

It was late at night, around 11 or so, when Anthony Mason Sr. stepped outside. Senior forced himself to walk out into the darkness, calling for his son. The father hated to do it, but he had to call him to bed. Otherwise the youngster would stay out all...

I threw out of a parking lot and qualified for nationals. What's your excuse? NIU thrower Ashley Morrow wanted that slogan on a T-shirt. All season, she practiced throwing, but not from a track, in a track facility or even in the grass. No, she, along...

DeKALB | Before training camp had even started, one former Huskie athlete had shown what they could do. The Chicago Sky's season started on Sunday May 20th. Since then, the team has played 11 games. Former Huskie guard Stephanie Raymond has been on the...

DeKALB | After losing five games in a row for the first time since May of last year, the NIU baseball team will look to get back on track this week as it plays three games against teams from the Horizon League. The Huskies will travel to Chicago for a...

DeKALB | The Huskie Athletic Scholarship Fund invites all Huskie fans to chow down before the NIU Football Spring Game on Saturday, April 21, at Huskie Stadium. The competition to determine the best Huskie tailgate team will start at 10 a.m. and end just...

After a successful 5-3 stand in sunny Florida, the NIU baseball team is finally getting back into the swing of things. The Huskies (7-7) have belted their way to a .500 record, and will look to sustain their winning ways when they take on Chicago State...

DeKALB | NIU gymnastics fell to two ranked teams Sunday. The Huskies, with a score of 191.225, finished behind No. 10 Iowa State and No. 24 Illinois. "We had a couple of misses on the floor and beam, but we had three gymnasts who stepped in to compete...

DeKALB | After scoring a career-high 20 points Saturday to help snap Ohio's 14-game home winning streak, NIU freshman guard Cody Yelder was named the MAC West Player of the Week for the first time in his career. The Richards High (Calumet Park, Ill.)...

DeKALB | The NIU gymnastics team finished second out of four teams over the weekend at the Quadrangular Meet in Iowa City, Iowa. The Huskies posted wins over Wisconsin-Whitewater and Winona State but fell to host team Iowa 194.575-190.700. NIU posted...

DeKALB | Everyone has a certain passion in life. For Karen Enockson, it's soccer. Since she was six, Enockson knew her love for the game would play a major role in her life. But being a kid meant being into everything. She ran track, swam and played violin,...

DeKALB | There exists an issue embedded in NIU's game against Buffalo Saturday that's bigger than the game. It's a problem that stems from the foundations of this country and has continued to receive heightened awareness. That issue is equal opportunity....