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NIU names its next play-by-play voice for men's basketball and football

October 25, 2023 @ 11:52 am

Rock River Current Get our mobile app DeKALB — Northern Illinois University has named Andy Garcia as its next play-by-play voice for men’s basketball...

NIU Names New Men's Basketball Head Coach

March 8, 2021 @ 9:58 am

Northern Illinois University has found their new men’s basketball head coach. Rashon Bruno will be the new guy in charge of the Huskies. Bruno...

NIU Baseball Season Opens Friday

February 18, 2021 @ 10:33 am

The Huskie baseball team opens the 2021 campaign when NIU travels to Memphis, Tenn. for a weekend series with the Memphis Tigers. There will be a...

NIU Softball Set to Open Season

February 18, 2021 @ 10:28 am

NIU’s softball team is back in action when it travels to Fort Myers, Fla to compete in the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational. The Huskies will...

NIU Men's Basketball Returns Home

February 18, 2021 @ 10:15 am

Following a four-week pause and a pair of road games since its return, the NIU men’s basketball team will be back at home on...

NIU Men's Basketball Head Coach Out

January 4, 2021 @ 9:34 am

Northern Illinois University decided to make a change to their men’s basketball program. After a slow start, head coach Mark Montgomery is gone. NIU...

Rockford Promise Includes Free N.I.U. Admission

November 10, 2020 @ 1:54 pm

Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara, Rockford Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ehren Jarrett, Rockford Promise Executive Director Dr. Tasha Davis and Northern Illinois University President Dr....

NIU's Voigt Up For Top NCAA Honor

June 26, 2019 @ 4:41 pm

Recent graduate Mikayla Voigt of the Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team was named as a nominee for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the...

NIU Football Announces Game Times

May 30, 2019 @ 12:09 pm

Northern Illinois University will kick off the Thomas Hammock era at home in Huskie Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. versus Illinois...

Notre Dame, Kentucky Among NIU's Future Football Foes

May 24, 2019 @ 9:38 am

Northern Illinois football is not one to back away from a challenging football schedule, as evidenced by the list of big names the Huskies...

NIU Football Season Tickets Now On Sale

May 9, 2019 @ 9:50 am

Season tickets for the 2019 Northern Illinois University football season are now on sale to the general public....

NIU Hall Of Fame Class Includes Rockford's Raymond

April 29, 2019 @ 2:46 pm

Former Rockford Lutheran standout basketball player Stephanie Raymond is among the athletes who will be inducted in the the Northern Illinois University Athletics Hall...

Replay Booth: NIU Freshman, ex-Harlem Softball Star Bianca Barone

April 4, 2019 @ 10:49 am

Bianca Barone is still a Huskie, just at a different level. The former Harlem softball star, who was voted NIC-10 MVP three seasons straight,...

Replay Booth: NIU Freshman, ex-Harlem Softbal...

Interviews

NIU 2019 Football Schedule Features ISU, Utah, Nebraska

February 20, 2019 @ 10:31 am

The defending Mid-American Conference Champion Northern Illinois University Huskies will officially open the Thomas Hammock era at Huskie Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 31 against...

NIU Coaching Staff Shaping Up

January 25, 2019 @ 12:04 pm

Veteran defensive coaches Robert Wimberly and Jordan Gigli have joined the Northern Illinois University football staff and will work with the Huskie defense. Their...

NIU Hires Eric Eidsness As Offensive Coordinator

January 24, 2019 @ 11:27 am

One week into his tenure as the new head football coach at Northern Illinois University, Thomas Hammock now has his play-caller....

New NIU Football Coach Thomas Hammock Meets the Media

January 18, 2019 @ 12:14 pm

Former Northern Illinois University great Thomas Hammock has returned to his alma mater to take over as the new head football coach. Here are...

New NIU Football Coach Thomas Hammock Meets t...

Interviews

NIU Wise to Emphasize 'Splash' With Next Head Coach

January 14, 2019 @ 11:43 am

The world in which Rod Carey is still the head football coach at NIU is not a difficult one to picture. Only a few...

NIU Seeks New Football Coach

January 12, 2019 @ 4:03 pm

Northern Illinois University will embark on a national search for a successor to head football coach Rod Carey, who on Friday was announced as the...

NIU'S Carey Gets Contract Extension

December 20, 2018 @ 11:15 am

On the heels of a Mid-American Conference Championship season, Northern Illinois University head football coach Rod Carey has earned a performance-based, one-year extension to...