Next Tuesday — the day before we mark his birthday — is the 164th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s final departure from his ...

Illinois' Tomislav Ivisic, left, and Rutgers' Zach Martini fight for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college ...

Central has a rematch with Centennial coming up next week, but the Maroons have already earned bragging rights for the next ...

Illinois forward Kendall Bostic (44) and Northwestern’s guard Caroline Lau (7) in a NCAA game at State Farm Center in ...

If you would have told Heritage girls' basketball players they'd be on the doorstep of 20 wins after only winning three games ...

Second-year safety and former Illini Sydney Brown will try to help the Eagles win the Super Bowl on Sunday night in New ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on ...

Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette. His email is [email protected], and you can follow him on Twitter ( @srrichey ).

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The Illini have been considered a Final Four team at various points this season, but are those aspirations fleeting?

Men’s college basketball and Illini beat writer Scott Richey projects his top four seeds for each region of the NCAA tournament ...

When ABC dispatched Roone Arledge and his “Wide World of Sports” team to cover the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, they knew ...