As Bender puts it, it's a "prove it" season for Altmyer as much as it is Bielema. Beating Ohio State and USC puts the Illini ...

Bret Bielema and Atsushi Saijo met in 1994 in Iowa City, Iowa. At the time, Bielema was a graduate assistant for the Hawkeyes ...

Creighton is the latest team to pass the torch from a program legend — in this case, Greg McDermott — to a successor who ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is srichey@news-gazette.com, and you can follow him on ...

The four-star linebacker and three-star defensive back are the 12th and 13th members of the Illinois football recruiting ...

Illinois recently picked up three-star linebacker Tony Williams for its defensive line, along with 12 other hard commits.

Bret Bielema has known Atsushi Saijo for more than 30 years, with the veteran football coach from Japan stopping by Champaign ...

Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema hosted several high school recruits for their official visits.This included two ...

In doing so, Illinois maintained several key pieces, including offensive lineman J.C. Davis, who told select Champaign media ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini are gearing up for an exciting 2025 season. With Bret Bielema steering the program toward ...

Dunlap's Bo Sutter got his first offer from Illinois football. The Class of 2028 recruit is the brother of four-star tight end Mack Sutter.

QB recruit from Illinois Trae Taylor told me he's down to four schools: LSU, Nebraska Texas A&M and Illinois.On Illinois: "A ...