College football programs know no better feeling than hitting it right with a player. But when that player is only a freshman and becomes an immediate force, everyone takes notice. Jimmie Ward makes NIU take notice. Ward has become the blocking bandit...

DeKALB | Over the weekend the NIU women’s soccer team got hammered twice on the road, dropping a 3-1 decision against Eastern Michigan and a 3-0 game to Central Michigan. Entering the weekend, both EMU and CMU were undefeated in MAC play; dangerous...

DeKALB | One could almost feel the Huskie fans’ collective hand hovering millimeters over the panic button in the first half of Saturday’s game against Buffalo. Things returned to form by the time the game was over. If anything, this is simply the...

Saturday is a big day for NIU athletics, for more reasons than may be readily apparent. Chances are that most people are aware of the implications that the football team's game against Temple will have on the look of the MAC this season. I shouldn't have...

DeKALB | After getting blown out in the MAC opener against Toledo, the NIU women’s soccer team showed its ability to bounce back on Sunday afternoon. Against the Rockets (6-2-2, 2-0 MAC) on Friday, the Huskies were able to keep it close in the first...

MINNEAPOLIS | Giving up field goals instead touchdowns is a victory for any defense. So when Minnesota failed to prolong three drives and instead had to settle for field goals, NIU’s defense knew it had done its job. Three stands by the Huskies’ defense...

MINNEAPOLIS | There is an identity to Big Ten football that calls for smash mouth running and solid defense. NIU’s running backs were completely ineffective last week against Illinois, but had a sensational bounce-back game Saturday night in a 34-23...

DeKALB | An ugly pattern is starting to form for the NIU women's soccer team, as the Huskies were shut out on Friday for the third time this young season. After the game, the scoreboard read 1-0. Just as it did last weekend, when the Huskies (2-3-0) were...

DeKALB | The NIU volleyball team reached double-digit wins and remains undefeated after playing its first out-of-state matches this weekend.The Huskies traveled to Elon, N.C. to show three southern universities how DeKalb volleyball is played. The Elon...