NIU football will start its season two days earlier than planned, kicking off against EIU on Thursday, Sept 1. The school also announced other start times and TV coverage on Thursday.

DeKalb resident John Walker is starting up a multi-faceted Youth Pride Foundation that aims to offer everything from AAU basketball and tutoring to youth counseling and more. "It really does take a village," Walker said.

We've gathered all of the Daily Chronicle's coverage of NIU's spring practices in one place so you can look back at the 15 practices, which wrapped last week with the NIU spring game.

After spring camp ended for the Huskies, here's three storylines to keep an eye on as we continue barrelling toward the fall, including an interesting conundrum at backup quarterback and going with the flow at running back.

Billy Dozier had a pair of long runs, including one of over 90 yards, at the NIU spring showcase on Saturday. Dozier said he is hoping the move to running back from wide receiver lasts longer than just for this spring.

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The NIU football team held its spring showcase on Saturday, capping spring practices for the Huskies.

After NIU’s MAC championship season came to end, Rocky Lombardi zeroed in on his offseason project. The QB began working with Fabin McCray, hoping to help the sophomore make the leap the team needs him to in order to create pass-catching depth.

After just three interceptions as a team last year, ball-hawking is a focus for NIU DBs and new cornerback coach in spring camp

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The Northern Illinois University football team continued its spring session with practice Wednesday inside the Chessick Practice Center at NIU in DeKalb.