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...

The NIU women's tennis team has struggled to a 4-11 record this season, but the MAC has not overlooked individual achievement. Jenny Edner has been named MAC Player of the Week after she went undefeated last week in singles and doubles matches. "It's...

Garrett Wolfe has another honor to hang on his wall — or slip under his mattress. The NIU running back has been selected to the 50th Anniversary Playboy preseason First-Team All-America squad. "This is the biggest individual honor I have ever received,"...

West Virginia was the site of the Marshall Invitational golf tournament last weekend. But the NIU men's golf team didn't take its A game with it. The Huskies placed 14th at the tournament out of 15 teams. "Everybody struggled in the morning round," NIU...

The preseason hype is beginning for the NIU football team. Juniors Garrett Wolfe and Doug Free have been named to the Nationalchamps.net All-American team. Wolfe was named to the second team and Free was named to the third team. The junior tailback also...

NIU Athletic Director Jim Phillips added to his staff Wednesday. Phillips hired Tim McMurray as Associate Athletics Director for Development and Major Gifts Officer and David White as AADD and Annual Fund Director. Both are expected to begin their duties...

Frankfurt, Germany, isn't exactly a top Spring Break vacation spot. But for two former Huskies it's right where they want to be. Rob Lee and Matt McGhghy will spend the entire spring playing football for the Frankfurt Galaxy in NFL Europe. A six-foot,...

James Hughes may be out of the Huskies lineup, but he still has found praise within the MAC. Tuesday Hughes won the MAC Defensive Player of the Year award. This marked the first time in NIU history a Huskie won the honor, which is decided by MAC head...

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...

MELBOURNE, Australia - Lindsay Davenport got a tough workout from Karolina Sprem in the second round of the Australian Open before advancing Wednesday with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory. After trading breaks in the third and fourth games, the first set went...

The NIU cross country team owns the Benedictine Invitational. For the fourth consecutive year, head coach Connie Teaberry’s squad finished first in team competition. A herd of NIU runners dotted the Top 10 and Christina Nieto led the way with a third-place...