DeKALB — The Huskies earned their first win of the season on Saturday, defeating the Holy Cross Crusaders in a close 19-17 victory.  FIRST HALF NIU opened the game on offense. Over the game’s first possession, the Huskies completed a first down...

Week 1 of the college football season has officially kicked off, beginning the most exciting time of the year for football fans at all levels.  With 80 total games throughout the first week of action, there’s a lot to keep track of.  From NIU...

DeKALB — Each year, many NFL players are faced with the same harsh reality: They won’t live out their dream of playing on Sundays. Nearly 1,200 players are displaced by the league’s annual cutdown process as all 32 teams slash their rosters from...

DeKALB — When NIU football head coach Thomas Hammock watched Holy Cross nearly pull off an upset at Boston College two years ago, he remembers thinking to himself, “Now, who would put Holy Cross on our schedule?” Just a week earlier, the Huskies...

As it prepares to close the book on its near-30-year run in the Mid-American Conference, the NIU football team has one departing wish: to stand atop the mountaintop of MACtion, one last time. After an intense overhaul to the roster and coaching staff,...

DeKALB — The long wait is almost over. Football season is upon us once again. Months after capping an 8-5 season with a thrilling double-overtime victory in Idaho, NIU football returns to the gridiron this week. The Huskies will kick off their 124th...

NIU Athletics Hall of Fame running back LeShon Johnson was convicted by a federal jury last week of six felony counts of violating the Animal Welfare Act, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday. “This criminal profited off of the misery...

At a glance “EA Sports College Football 26,” the second installment since the franchise’s revival last year, released this week. NIU received a 7o overall rating, making the Huskies one of the game’s lowest-rated teams. Cornerback Jacob...

Last season, NIU fielded one of the top defenses in the country, finishing among the top 25 Football Bowl Division teams in most defensive statistical categories. Since then, that unit has undergone a drastic overhaul. Defensive coordinator Nick Benedetto...

NIU football is one step closer to its swansong season in the Mid-American Conference after wrapping up a four-week stretch of spring practices last week. The 15 practices, including the annual Spring Showcase on April 26, offered an early glimpse...

DeKALB – For the sixth straight year, no NIU football players were selected in the annual NFL draft, but six seniors have earned opportunities to play at the next level. Four former Huskies – fullback Brock Lampe (New England Patriots), offensive...