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Strength of schedule in the Big Ten is tough across the board after the conference put four teams in the inaugural 12-team ...

High-profile burglaries of pro athletes are seen as part of a wider pattern of criminals traveling from South America to target affluent homes in the U.S.

A 1908 photo features Oscar Rynders with his staff and newsboys at Gifford & Rynders Illinois News Co. in Alton.

Ben McCollum is in Year 1 at Drake, but his name is already being tied to the biggest coaching opening in major college ...

Many around the Big Ten are streaking, good and bad. Purdue, Michigan and Nebraska each has won four straight, and Wisconsin three. Oregon, Indiana and Penn State have been dumped in five straight, ...

The mother of a 14-year-old killed in traffic crash mourns her daughter as someone who 'always had your back if she loved you ...

Illinois hosts the UCLA Bruins after Will Riley scored 27 points in Illinois' 95-74 win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Tom Kaufman has been building his resume to become a football coach since his high school years. “I had tremendous coaches, in particular, at the high school level,” Kaufman said. “I played for a man ...

Ball State has dominated the MAC to this point and will look to stay hot through March in order to make a run to the NCAA ...

When Ohio is at full strength, it is among the best teams in the conference by far. Ohio is undefeated in MAC games where all ...

President Donald Trump has moved quickly to dismantle the federal government’s public integrity guardrails he frequently tested during his first term.