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Illinois guard Kylan Boswell (4) guards Southern's guard Michael Jacobs (10) as Illinois center Zvonimir Ivisic (44) yells ...

About half of our area teams took the holidays off. The other half competed in Christmas tournaments, and the ones that fared ...

Sure things, such as Marvel films or big-budget action movies, are no longer sure things. For the most part, Disney animated ...

Always impressive when a team still has a zero in the loss column heading into the new year, and we have three of them. Not ...

Lightly recruited, under-the-radar Illinois freshman guard already on NBA draft boards after impressive start to his college ...

Bret Bielema has led the Illini to a combined 19 wins the past two seasons, the best two-year stretch in program history. Now ...

Illinois guard Gretchen Dolan (4) and Maryland’s guard Oluchi Okananwa (7) and Maryland’s guard Yarden Garzon (12) during a ...

Each week, The News-Gazette will show a screenshot of a home from a movie or TV show and ask readers, “Who lives here?” Send ...

Saturday, Jan. 10 — 36-year-old Josh Nilson begins his first season of dual meet competition as the head coach of Illinois ...

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

Cheerleading standouts visited our newsroom for the 14th Faces of Winter on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025. Boys' swimming and diving ...