Ball State The Cardinals are counting on new head coach Pete Lembo to help the passing game. Lembo coached the second-best passing attack with the Division II Elon Phoenix, and hopes to bring the same numbers to Ball State. Sophomore quarterback Keith...

Leave it to Chandler Harnish to be humble about his success on the football field.The NIU football quarterback guided his team toward a school-record 11-win season, along with appearances in the MAC Championship and the uDrove Humanitarian Bowl on his...

Without Devon Butler in as the starting middle linebacker, NIU head coach Dave Doeren gave two underclassmen the chance to step in. "[Mike Hellams was] a little bit ‘deer in the headlights,' but you could tell he was excited to be out there," Doeren...

Several coaches from other schools were on hand Tuesday morning to watch the NIU football team go through its fourth practice of the spring. Coaches from Concordia and North Central College among others watched junior-college transfer Jamal Womble take...

With temperatures hovering in the high 20s at Huskie Stadium, NIU football head coach Dave Doeren put the Huskies through their second spring practice on Thursday morning. The first-year head coach said he saw noticeable improvements after a somewhat...

DeKALB | Social media forums like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the way college students make fools of themselves. Tweet-induced insanity has made it difficult to believe there are people out there that actually care about what they put on...

Even while he was at Indiana for seven seasons, Matt Canada and his family always kept tabs on NIU football. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that the Huskies are a second family to NIU football's new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. "Certainly...

Luzzi signs seven to soccer class of 2011 "Chicago Sun-Times'" player of the year Paul Hogan highlights a seven-player recruiting class for the NIU men's soccer team. NIU head coach Eric Luzzi announced the signings last Friday. Hogan scored 26 goals...