Central Illinois high school football is becoming a hot spot for top Division 1 college programs."It is cool because you ...

As the quarterback at Northern Illinois last fall, Hampton helped the Huskies pull off a stunning victory at then-No. 5 Notre Dame. Now, he’s going to suit up for Illinois in 20 ...

In that scenario, could McVay make a bold call and hire Lovie Smith for the role? Smith, the former head coach of the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Illinois Fighting Illini served under ...

The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will square off for the second time in three years when Super Bowl 59 kicks off Feb. 9. At least one player born in Illinois figures to see playing ...

Lovie Smith was with the Los Angeles Rams back when they were known as the St. Louis Rams. A lot has changed since then as Smith has had some head coaching jobs and has bounced around the coaching ...

A former Bears head coach, a kicker from the west suburbs and a lineman from Crystal Lake highlight the Illinois connections to Super Bowl LIX. Here's every player and coach with ties to Illinois on ...

Kendall Bostic broke Illinois' previous rebounding record with 1,218 rebounds and is closing in on the double-doubles record.

A member of the 1983-84 Illini who won the school's first Big Ten title in 21 seasons, was 61. He was retired after working for Pepper Construction Company and living in Aurora. "He's the nicest ...