This weekend the NIU softball team will continue its stretch of home games, playing four more in DeKalb.Two games each will be played against Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan.The Huskies (10-14) will play a doubleheader against Eastern Michigan today...

Xavier Silas just can't win these days. After going down with an ankle injury against Central Michigan on Feb. 23, Silas has not seen the floor for the Huskies. With Silas being held out of NIU's MAC Tournament-opening game against Bowling Green, the...

For the 45th time, the Super Bowl will commence on Sunday evening. This year's competition features not only the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers, but also 15 former MAC players. The MAC's representation is tied with the Big Ten for the second...

Struggles continued for NIU gymnastics on Sunday afternoon, as the Huskies traveled to Mount Pleasant, Mich. to take on one of the MAC’s best programs in Central Michigan. NIU had a rough go of it, though, losing to the Chippewas, 195.750-189.100. The...

DeKALB | Faced with a break from MAC play, the NIU wrestling team was defeated 23-15 on Friday night in Cedar Falls, Iowa by the University of Northern Iowa Panthers. NIU (2-10 overall, 0-4 MAC) lost to a non-conference opponent despite pinfall victories...

DeKALB | Much more will be known about the 2-4 NIU men's basketball team following a tough nine-game winter break schedule. Finishing up their non-conference schedule over break, the Huskies will also be three games deep into the MAC portion of their...

Miami (OH) quarterback Austin Boucher said he couldn't believe NIU blitzed two players on the play that ended the Huskies' MAC Championship dreams. On second down, with no timeouts in the last minute of the game, the RedHawks lined up with three receivers...

Five years after being told he was too small to play Division I football, NIU running back Chad Spann has been named the MAC MVP. As voted by the MAC head coaches, the Vern Smith Leadership Award is given annually to the player deemed to be most valuable...

Student tickets are still available for the MAC Championship football game in Detroit on Friday. The Huskies will face the Miami (OH) RedHawks at 7 p.m. According to the Convocation Center website, tickets will be available until 5 p.m. today. Buses will...

For almost 20 years, Charlene Riefler and Jim Leslie have sat in the same seats, at the same sports, cheering for the same school-Northern Illinois University. As season ticket holders for women's basketball, the friends have attended hundreds of games;...