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Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on ...
The 1952 Illinois wrestling team won a Big Ten championship. Seventy-three... By Mike Pearson, author of Illinois Legends, ...
Illinois is bringing in an unbelievably loaded class of 2025, which includes three top-50 recruits (and a total of four top-100 recruits), headlined by point guard Destiny Jackson – the reigning ...
The 2025 NBA draft is now less than a month away (June 25-26). The Minnesota Timberwolves, fresh off their second consecutive elimination in the Western Conference Finals, have a pair of picks — Nos.
Carrollton’s Abby Flowers is playing center field this season for the first time since eighth grade. On Friday, she made the catch of her life. Flowers robbed pitcher Audrey Gilman of a two-run home ...
Rutgers will have to face off against the likes of Ohio State, Penn State, and Oregon, three of the conference’s top teams, ...
The Denver Broncos are high on rookie wide receiver Pat Bryant, and Super Bowl champion Bennie Fowler understands why. Fowler ...
Illinois basketball fans had a chance to see two special players try to lead the program to great heights in 2024-25. Sadly, ...
Illinois basketball is looking to snag some of the best young talent in the game, and we have entered the mix for a talented ...
The 1988-1989 Illinois team, nicknamed the Flying Illini, averaged 86.4 points a game. With a record of 31-5, the Flying ...