The Blackhawks returned from the NHL All-Star Break to lose their third straight, while Illinois weathered some sloppy play to snap a three-game losing streak. more ›

Illinois, Northwestern, and Northern Illinois all lost yesterday. more ›

Five of the last eight games between Illinois and Penn State have been decided by five points or less. The Illini's struggles with the Nittany Lions continued last night in Creepy, er, Happy Valley. more ›

Brandon Paul's record-setting night led Illinois to an upset of the fifth-ranked Buckeyes and pushed the Illini's Big ten record to 4-1. more ›

The University of Illinois football team won their first game in 12 weeks when they took down UCLA 20-14 at the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl Game more ›

If last night's Big Ten opener against Minnesota is any indication, Illinois is in for a long haul in conference play. more ›

Illinois must have still been licking its wounds following Saturday's loss to UNLV, because they had to rally to beat Cornell. more ›

The Blackhawks won their second straight overtime contest while Illinois made easy work of Coppin State. more ›

The University of Illinois announced yesterday that it has hired Tim Beckman to take over as head coach of the U. of I. football team. more ›

Illinois 48, St. Bonaventure 43 more ›

Was it worth the cost of firing Zook? Sure, he lost six straight games, but before that he won six straight games. more ›

Phoenix 4, Blackhawks 1 more ›

Illinois 90, Chicago State 43 more ›

University of Illinois football coach Ron Zook is out after seven seasons with the fighting Illini. more ›

University of Illinois football player Trulon Henry was shot in the hand at a party near the Champaign-Urbana campus over the weekend, where two others were injured. Doctors say it will take at least six to eight weeks for his hand to be fixed, making the starting linebacker unable to play the remaining games of the season and questionable in case of a bowl game. more ›

The university's athletic department confirmed starting outside linebacker Trulon Henry was injured in the shooting. more ›

Viktor Stalberg's first goals of the season paced the Blackhawks' third-period run past Columbus. more ›

You Illini are asking the pertinent questions before simply hooking with anyone. DePaul students? Not so much. more ›

You mean supercomputers can do more than beat chess masters and Jeopardy contestants? more ›

It's never too early for folks in South Bend to start considering a replacement for Irish head coach Brian Kelly. more ›

The NBA Draft played out pretty much as we expected for former University of Illinois basketball player Jereme Richmond, who declared for the draft in April to the surprise of many. more ›

It's the kind of thing that's just believable enough to be true, just disgusting enough to be shocking (and amusing), and just official-looking to be...well, official. There's only one problem - it's a total hoax. more ›

Chicago native and Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall has lost his endorsement deal with Champion after sending out a series of tweets this week questioning the celebration of Osama bin Laden's death and even questioning the events of 9-11. more ›

Every year, there are guys who we all know are going to jump to the NBA after their freshman year at college. Many of these "one-and-done" players would've likely gone pro straight out of high school had the NBA instituted new draft eligibility rules a few years back. Rules that were enacted specifically to prevent kids from acting foolishly. For every Derrick Rose or Carmelo Anthony, there's a Korleone Young or Leon Smith. more ›

A proposal for a tuition increase at the University of Illinois is on the agenda at this morning's meeting of the University's Board of Trustees. The Board is looking at raising tuition 6.9 percent for the incoming freshman class. Last year, the Board raised tuition 9.5 percent and state law requires tuition to remain the same for an incoming class for four years. more ›

March Madness is upon us, but before we can get to the Big Dance, we've got to play the little ones first. The Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament opens play today in Indianapolis. more ›

Indiana 52, Illinois 49: With a returning class of seniors led by Demetri McCamey and Mike Tisdale, Illinois was projected to be in the top tier in the Big Ten this season. It hasn't worked out that way for the Illini, who struggled last night against Indiana in Bloomington, IN. Hoosiers sophomore guard Jordan Hulls scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half and Tom Prtchard's tip-in provided the difference as Indiana snapped a 19-game losing streak against ranked teams. As for the Illini, the leadership coach Bruce Weber was expecting from Tisdale and McCamey hasn't happened. The Illini also showed that they live and die by the three-point shot. Illinois shot 5 for 20 from behind the arc. more ›

The Illini always seem to trip up against Penn St. as they climb in the top 25 rankings. more ›

Illinois Rb Mikel LeShoure, who set team single season records for rushing yards (1,697), scoring (122 points), total touchdowns (20), 100-yard rushing games in a season (9) and consecutive 100-yard rushing games (5), will announce his future intentions tomorrow at Champaign Centennial High School. If you're looking for some divining as to whether he'll stay at Illinois or turn pro, consider this: the press conference is being organized by Chicago-based media communications firm Culloton Strategies, not the university. more ›

Northwestern traveled to Champaign seeking its first Big Ten victory. A hot-shooting Illini had different things in mind. more ›