An air of uncertainty surrounds a key component of the women's soccer team: senior mid-fielder Elaine Eliadis will be out indefinitely because of an injury to her knee. According to NIU's Sports Information Department, it is not entirely known when the...

NIU put on probation After two years of waiting, NIU received one year of probation from an incident involving former women's basketball player Joi Scott. Due to what the NCAA deemed to be "mitigating circumstances," NIU did not receive the two-year probational...

Before the start of the fall semester, the NIU men's soccer team will have already been hard at work on the playing field. The Huskies will play an intrasquad scrimmage Aug. 9 before heading out to play an exhibition game at DePaul Aug. 15. The annual...

Since NIU football coach Joe Novak is a little busy on game days, he will have to get his tailgaiting in earlier than most football fans. Novak and some of his Huskie staff members will attend the Fourth Annual Smokin' Joe's Preseason Tailage Party hosted...

After four years observing Huskie sports year-round, this reporter can claim there is no doubt NIU athletics is on the rise. Most notably, no longer is a Riddell screen-printed shirt the only thing to wear to a football game on Saturdays, and you can...

Despite the 2006 season being five months away, the NIU football team decided to name its quad-captains early. The players voted into captain status by their teammates were free safety Dustin Utschig, offensive tackle Doug Free, defensive end Ken West...

After collecting at least one hit in all of his team's six games so far this season, NIU senior outfielder Brian Toner took home the MAC West Player of the Week award. In the three-game Dunn Hospitality Diamond Classic Championship over the weekend, Toner...

The 78th Annual Academy Awards takes place Sunday at the Kodak Theatre to honor Hollywood's finest film performances of the past year. Winners receive a gold statuette that weighs 8.5 pounds, stands 13.5 inch tall and is cast in 24-carat gold. To honor...

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...

If your idea of romance involves watching a sporting event, you have two problems. First, you should probably get out more — maybe try dinner and a movie. And if you're an NIU sports fan, your second problem is you've probably had your heart broken...

1 - MEN’S BASKETBALL TAMES WILDCATS Christmas came five days early for the NIU men’s basketball team. In front of the largest Convocation Center crowd this season, the Huskies knocked off then No. 34 Kansas State 75-70 in overtime. The game went down...

I remember going to football games during my freshman year with 25,000-plus screaming fans at just about every game. The energy, excitement and noise of those games can’t even be described with words. When football season came to a close I was disappointed...