The football team began their summer training and conditioning sessions for the 2017 season and have already showed a high a level of competitiveness.Head Coach Rod Carey said the team seems to have picked things up quickly after the spring game Aril...

DeKALB — The baseball team battled through the downpour to pick up two victories Sunday over the University of Evansville Purple Aces in Evansville, Indiana.NIU had a 2-1 lead in game one on Friday until rain suspended play in the middle of the seventh...

DeKALB — Baseball began Mid-American Conference play with a three-game sweep against the University of Toledo Rockets.NIU (7-16, 3-0 MAC) came into the game losing eight of its last 10 games played, but its offense came alive in the series as they scored...

In this week's edition of Northern Star Press Box, Sports Editor Scott A. Nicol and sports writers Krystal Ward and Eddie Garcia sit down with Women's basketball sophomore forward and guard Courtney Woods and sophomore guard Mikayla Voigt to discuss Courtney's...

DeKALB — Women’s basketball (16-6, 9-2 Mid-American Conference) ended its four game win streak when it fell to the Central Michigan University Chippewas, (17-6, 9-2 MAC) 109-94.It was a game of back-and-forth runs in the first quarter as the Chippewas...