There’s no place like home. However, the NIU track and field team is without a true home this year, even with the new track inside the $36 million Convocation Center. The Huskies have no scheduled home track meets. The problem is not because of the...

After breaking records in last week’s Iowa Hawkeye Open, the NIU track and field team hopes to run with its momentum and continue their success this weekend. The Huskies will travel to Eastern Illinois at 9 a.m. on Saturday along with Western Illinois...

A talented freshman class has made its presence felt on the NIU women’s track and field team. Freshman Chanelle Brown swept first place in the long jump and triple jump events Saturday at the Iowa Hawkeye Open. Brown surpassed the school record she...

Rob Judson hopes that the Convocation Center is as kind to the Huskies as the road has been recently when NIU hosts Eastern Michigan on Saturday at 2 p.m. NIU (7-8 overall 3-2 MAC) is coming off of its first road sweep in more than 30 years after winning...

With basketball season less then a month away, everyone wants to know how close the Convocation Center is to being completely done. If you walked though the Convo Center today, there are dust and boxes everywhere. But despite the appearance, the Convocation...

Can $36 million buy fans? That will be the big question hovering over NIU with the addition of the Convocation Center. For now, everyone can only speculate what will take place, but come Nov. 22 when the women’s basketball team opens the Convocation...

NIU women's track and field head coach Shantel Twiggs knows the importance of early season meets. There will be no exception to that belief this weekend when her team travels to Illinois State University for the Early Bird Classic. "We are very very excited,"...

Joshua Cribbs led Kent State to a 44-34 win over the NIU football team Saturday. The freshman quarterback was 12-for-21 for 196 yards and one touchdown pass, and ran for 97 yards on 24 attempts in the Golden Flashes' first conference win of the year....

Missed opportunities again kept NIU's softball team from sweeping an opponent last weekend. But after taking 2-of-3 in a series against conference foe Western Michigan, the Huskies have discovered that they can turn to new faces — depth that could be...

Confidence is key to winning in any sport, and NIU baseball coach Dave Schrage believes it has been a big reason why the Huskies are on a five-game winning streak. One week ago, NIU sported four straight conference losses against Eastern Michigan. But...

Junior wrestler Scott Owen added another award to his list of accomplishments after being named to the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District V Fall/Winter At-Large team. The team recognizes student athletes who compete in wrestling, cross country, fencing,...

Despite being the youngest team in the Mid-American Conference tournament, the NIU women's basketball squad used a solid defense to advance to the third round. The freshman-dominated Huskies advanced farther than more experienced teams, such as Buffalo....