DEKALB – NIU Athletics and the NIU Convocation Center installed a new basketball floor on Monday, just in time for the 2023-24 Huskie Basketball seasons. The new court replaces the previous ...

DEKALB – Northern Illinois University All-American and Heisman Trophy Finalist Jordan Lynch will be inducted into both the NIU Athletics and Mid-American Conference Halls of Fame in 2024, 10 ...

Ray Guzak, a member of the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame and the 1961 NAIA 167-pound national champion, passed away on July 13 at the age of 78, Northern Illinois officials announced Wednesday. One ...

Officials announced Thursday that NIU will join the Horizon League as a full member with 14 sports set to begin competition in the League for the 2026-27 seasons. The move is effective on July 1 ...

DeKALB - Bill Baker almost always did as he was told while growing up in Chicago. Clean your room. Be home before the streetlights come on. Go to bed. Yes, Mom. Yes, Dad. There was one exception ...

NIU took over at its own 25 before back-to-back rushes for Poe, including a three-yard touchdown run, finished a 13-play, 75-yard drive to give the Huskies a 20-13 lead early in the fourth quarter.

There is an old adage in the world of athletics that speed kills. The 2022 Kentucky football team has plenty of speed and, on Saturday night, the Cats’ speed led directly to a victory. Kentucky used ...

Before getting down to business in the rugged Southeastern Conference this weekend at No. 3 Georgia, No. 23 Kentucky hosts NIU on Tuesday in a game that was added to the schedule are a pair of weather ...

MUNCIE, Ind. - - Despite two home runs from sophomore shortstop Maia Pietrzak and a pair of solid pitching performances, the Ball State softball team suffered 2-1 and 3-2 setbacks to Northern Illinois ...

All four of Purdue's games this week are against the Huskies – NIU is up first and then a three-game series against the Washington this weekend. When the Boilermakers played NIU last season it was ...

DEKALB — It’s official. Northern Illinois defensive end Sutton Smith is a 2017 consensus All-American . Smith joins NIU Athletics Hall of Famer LeShon Johnson, a unanimous consensus All ...