There was a time when blaring music, full-throat public address and time-out gimmicks weren't necessary to get a crowd out of their seats. At NIU, that was the era of the Chick Evans Field House. "The thing about the Field House is that it was like the...

DeKALB | Coming off a successful 2006 season, NIU men's soccer forward Marcus McCarty received his fifth honor of the year. The junior was named to the All-Great Lakes Third Team. McCarty led his team with 27 points and seven game-winning goals for the...

DeKALB | The NIU volleyball team's reward for winning the MAC West was a No. 2 seed in the MAC Tournament in Toledo. Unfortunately for them, it may not be much of a reward, as they open up the tournament against No. 10 seed Toledo at 11 a.m. today. Not...

DeKALB | The NIU volleyball team begins play in the MAC Tournament, hosted by Toledo on Friday after earning a first-round bye for winning the MAC West. They will open up the quarterfinals with their match against Toledo at 11:00 a.m. Toledo, Ball State,...

DeKALB | NIU fans who have never seen Garrett Wolfe play in person will have one last chance to do so. This Friday's NIU football game against Central Michigan is Senior Day, which means it will be the final home game for 14 NIU seniors. Along with Wolfe,...

DeKALB | Year after year, new and current students arrive in DeKalb for the fall semester in anticipation of seeing the Huskie football team strengthen its growing national appeal. It looked promising at the beginning with Garrett Wolfe grabbing national...

DeKALB | The NIU women's volleyball team will look to do some fine-tuning this weekend as they face the bottom two teams in the MAC, Akron and Buffalo. Both games are scheduled to start at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday night at Victor E. Court. The games...

DeKALB | After clinching the MAC West last week, the NIU women's volleyball team found itself in a dogfight at Miami-Ohio Saturday. The Huskies were down 2-0 before regrouping and winning the final three games to take the match 28-30, 19-30, 32-30, 30-28...

DeKALB | It wasn't the way the players wanted it to happen, but nevertheless, the NIU volleyball team picked up its first MAC West regular-season championship since 2001. The Huskies lost to the Western Michigan 3-1 Thursday night in front of a Victor...

DeKALB | Every season, college coaches say their team's No. 1 goal is to win a conference championship. Just ask NIU football coach Joe Novak. "Bowl games are great exposure for our university, but our No. 1 goal is still to win a MAC championship," said...

DeKALB | The NIU volleyball team has a chance to clinch a MAC West championship at 7 p.m. tonight against Western Michigan on Victor E. Court. The Broncos, who have struggled lately, carry a record of 14-12, 4-8 in the MAC. NIU is atop the MAC West with...

DeKALB |A two-goal performance will usually get you noticed. For NIU soccer's Karen Enockson, finding the back of the net twice Saturday against Western Michigan garnered the junior forward her first MAC Player of the Week award. The pair of goals came...