Sam Malone | Managing Editor... accidentally impressive.The football season has been full of wins, and no one can deny that, but some of those victories weren’t as clean as they should have been. The defense played a strong game throughout the season,...

A 2018 NCAA audit revealed NIU Athletics bought back 56,345 football tickets totalling $273,619 for the 2017 season to comply with NCAA attendance requirements. While the Northern Star Editorial Board realizes NIU Athletics is at the mercy of the NCAA...

DeKALB — The Huskie’s first encounter with a PAC-12 opponent did not go according to plan as NIU came out on the losing end of Saturday’s 17-6 game against the University of Utah, bringing their record to 0-2 on the season. Head Coach Rod Carey...

It’s time for a shake-up in the Huskies’ offensive strategy. I spent the latter half of the NIU game against Central Michigan University in bewilderment as to why the NIU football team wasn’t running the ball more.Drive after drive after drive,...

DeKALB — With the blistering wind, frigid temperature and a potential Mid-American Conference Championship game on the line, NIU edged out a close 35-31 victory to stay alive in the standings.“We’re ecstatic about the win, that’s a really good...

DeKALB — Football is back as the Huskies are preparing for their season opener against the Boston College Eagles.“This is probably the biggest game in Huskie Stadium since 2003 against [University of Maryland], for our community and university,”...

CHICAGO | Huskie football nearly pulled off a Donald Trump-type upset but fell short Wednesday night in the Chi-Town Huskie Showdown against University of Toledo by a score of 31-24.The team lost in front of a crowd of 10,180 fans at the first ever football...