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Terrence Shannon Jr. returned to Champaign on Saturday, and he met fans at the Gameday Spirit Fanstore before his honored ...

UCLA’s forward Tyler Bilodeau (34) and Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic (13) and Illinois forward Morez Johnson Jr. (21) in a NCAA basketball game at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Tuesday, Feb.

Bret Bielema is building something in Champaign, and the rest of the country is starting to take notice. The post Texas ...

West Africa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and now Champaign. All of these are stops that linebacker Ismael Kante has made.

Georgia may be just outside the way-too-early top 10 recruiting classes for 2026, but the Bulldogs five commits have the ...

No. 18 Illinois (15-7, 7-5) picked up a big win at home on Sunday afternoon, downing Ohio State (13-9, 5-6) 87-79.

The Illinois Fighting Illini had a relatively successful season in 2024, going 10-3 overall and 6-3 in Big Ten games. They also won the Citrus Bowl against the South Carolina Gamecocks and ...

Yet the Fighting Illini delivered a massive coup on Saturday involving an elite four-star cornerback talent. Illinois earned a verbal commitment from Victor Singleton of Toledo, Ohio, with Hayes ...

No. 18 Illini dropped another heartbreaker, losing at Nebraska in overtime. Brad Underwood and Illinois are now 14-7 and 6-5 in Big Ten -- which is 7th place. Poor threat point shooting, no Tomislav ...

It has been 1,047 days since big man Kofi Cockburn last suited up in Illinois orange-and-blue threads ... around Champaign – from fan favorite to Illini legend who will never be forgotten.

NASA has presented rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu which exhibit some of the chemical building blocks of life.