Senior center Jennifer Uptmor concluded her NIU career by earning MAC First-Team All-Academic thanks to her 3.75 grade point average. This marked the first time Uptmor, who averaged four points and 4.8 rebounds per game, was named to the 10-person squad....

Gymnast Amy Ristvedt could feel the pressure as she stood alone in front of the crowded venue. It was late in the match and all eyes were focused on her. She took a breath, set her form and made a move. Seconds later, Ristvedt realized her performance...

Anthony Maestranzi and Todd Peterson have a chance to break the NIU record for games played in a career. The seniors have yet to miss a game in four years and have played in 112 consecutive games. If both play the rest of the games this season and the...

After a 19-day layoff, the NIU baseball team will take the field Feb. 24 through 26 at the Evansville Tournament. NIU is set to play Eastern Illinois, Evansville and Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the three-day tournament. The Huskies are currently 0-3 on the...

For one of the few times this season, the Western Michigan women’s basketball team fired on all cylinders last night in Kalamazoo. WMU burst out of the gate with dead-eye 12 of 13 field goal attempt accuracy, and posted a convincing 78-65 final verdict....

The NIU men’s basketball team will search for its first win of the season against the Spartans this Saturday at the Convocation Center. The game, starting at 4:05 p.m., won’t be against the well-known Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten, but the...

On ESPN Saturday night, college football analyst Mark May gave a game helmet to senior wide receiver Sam Hurd for his 12-catch, 266-yard performance against Central Michigan. He also should have handed out two more helmets; one each to Dan Nicholson and...

After completing season No. 5 of franchise mode in Madden 2006, calling a play in a real football game is easy, right? Well for all the armchair quarterbacks out there, it's not. On actual turf, more coordination and execution is involved than most people...

With donations ranging from world-wide corporations to the home-town bar and grill, the NIU Athletics Department partially funds its 496 athletes and 17 athletic programs. Gatorade, Adidas, Pepsi, Allstate, Applebee’s, Castle Bank, Fatty’s, Culver’s...

NIU football coach Joe Novak is thankful for his depth at running back right about now. Starting junior running back Garrett Wolfe and senior backup A.J. Harris both suffered injuries in Saturday’s game versus Eastern Michigan that will likely keep...

Call him the waiter, mailman, the dime-dropper or simply the playmaker. Junior Jose Alvarado of the NIU men’s soccer team has become a master of the assist in his three years as a Huskie. NIU went 3-0-1 to start the season before losing two games in...

It’s been almost 20 days since the NIU women’s soccer team’s last win, a 1-0 victory at DePaul Sept. 4. The Huskies since have been forced to settle for a tie and two losses, but coach Marci Miller’s motto will remain the same going into the first...