With seeding for the MAC tournament on the line, the NIU women's soccer team fell to Western Michigan 2-1 in Kalamazoo on Thursday afternoon. Going into the Huskies' final regular season contest, they and WMU (9-6-4 overall, 5-2-4 MAC) were tied for the...

Western Michigan The game plan will be relatively simple against Western Michigan: Stop Juan Nunez and Jordan White. The Broncos wide receivers have 51 and 50 receptions, respectively, and have combined for 10 receiving touchdowns.Nunez is coming off...

After intercepting a career-high two passes in Saturday's victory over Central Michigan, NIU football's Tyrone Clark was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. The two interceptions brought the sophomore linebacker's season total to three....

Screaming at an official after a bad call can make a player or coach feel better at the time, but it won't in the long run. Most coaches and players will attest to how important it is to establish a solid rapport with the officials early on in the game....

Creating a crazy good mix-tape to boogie down to during warmups should, without a doubt, top the priority list of any good team.Looking at the NFL, it is hard not to watch the warmups without seeing at least one player get his swerve on to Lil Wayne's...

In bowling, throwing a strike means little if it's followed up with a couple gutter balls. Three weeks ago, the NIU football team threw the equivalent of a booming strike; taking down MAC East favorite Temple. Two weeks later, the Huskies have soundly...

Five games and counting. On Saturday, NIU ran Central Michigan into submission in a 33-7 victory; the Huskies fifth in as many games. Highlighted by three rushing touchdowns from NIU (6-2 overall, 4-0 MAC) senior Chad Spann, the Huskies rode a wave of...

Records can be deceiving. Or so NIU will find out if they decide to take it easy on Central Michigan this Saturday. Winners of three of the last four MAC Championship games, CMU (2-5, 0-3 MAC) is experiencing an uncharacteristically poor year. Against...

While the baseball world's attention is squarely on the 2010 MLB season's dying days, the NIU baseball team has already begun preparation for its 2011 campaign.Wednesday marked the conclusion of the Red/Black series for NIU. The annual intrasquad set...

NIU DE Jake Coffman In order for the Huskies to stay on the winning path Saturday, defensive end Jake Coffman and the rest of the NIU defensive line will have to keep Central Michigan quarterback Ryan Radcliff from standing in the pocket for extended...