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 — NIU Athletics and Rich Harvest Farms hosted a media day Thursday at Rich Harvest Farms, 2330 Granart Road in Sugar Grove, the site of the 2017 Division I men’s and women’s golf championships.Media entities from NBC, the Golf Channel, NIU...

In a season filled with disappointing losses, under-achieving player performances and big lead surrenders, freshman guard Eugene German has played like someone the Huskies will be able to depend on for this season and hopefully the next three years.If...

DeKALB | NCAA violations at NIU has dropped from 16 violations in 2014-15 to nine in 2015-16.Athletics Associate Director Jerome Rodgers shared how NIU is complying with the NCAA and is using student-athlete education to drop the number of violations....

Men’s basketball made history after giving one of the worst offensive performances in college basketball this season. In a 42-25 loss to Eastern Michigan, the Huskies set four NCAA records they are not proud to be at the top of. In the first half of...

Wrestler Matt Mougin ended his NCAA tournament run with a 3-2 record, just missing out on an All-American spot. On Thursday, Mougin upset Arizona State’s Blake Stauffer with a score of 4-2. Mougin had two takedowns in the match to upset No. 11-ranked...