After three decades in the NFL, this well-respected and Super Bowl-winning assistant will join the Illinois football program ...

Spring football practice is ramping up, and the power structure among Big Ten teams had a decidedly different look ahead of ...

From Arkansas, the Razorbacks have a heavy hitter in their senior infielder Bri Ellis. Across 15 games, Ellis is batting ...

The NCAA football rules committee’s latest idea to stop the trend of faking injuries will be to charge a timeout in certain ...

When you think about states with high taxes, Illinois may not immediately come to mind. However, the Prairie State has one of the highest sales tax rates in the U.S., some of the highest property ...

Most of the Illinois football regulars from a 10-win season are returning in 2025. That's a key reason Bret Bielema's team will open the year in The Associated Press Top 25 and why ESPN has it ...

Illinois football has a great class of 2026 as of right now, and it could be improving in the near future. Over the past ...

Bret Bielema came away from his Saturday visit to central Illinois very impressed. The Illinois head football coach addressed the media Sunday, heaping on some high praise for the talent of the junior ...

Barry Odom became the latest Big Ten Conference head football coach to watch a little basketball in Dunlap. Odom, the newly hired Purdue coach, was in Dunlap on Tuesday night to see four-star tight ...

Coach Bret Bielema's Illinois Fighting Illini finished fifth in the Big Ten last season with a 6-3 conference record, ...

The college football world readily acknowledges how the Illinois Fighting Illini surprised the nation. Now, can Bret Bielema live up to the hype in 2025? Or will they fade away into Big Ten obscurity?

Thompson knew Illinois would be the right fit for his new football home after a conversation with coach Bret Bielema ...