Big Ten expansion raises all sorts of questions — with no clear answers right now
Big Ten expansion raises all sorts of questions — with no clear answers right now
It’s Year 25 for a league that allows children facing physical and mental challenges the opportunity to play baseball.
The AAU reputation of universities is a big factor for any future Big Ten expansion
From top athletes to top interviewees and everything in between, The News-Gazette sports staff takes a look back at the school year that was for Illinois athletics
High marks for men's basketball and men's golf; low marks for track and field and women's basketball
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A yearlong look at some of the notable moments from the past school year regarding Illinois athletics:
Happy 246th birthday to America on Monday. On this patriotic day, we salute the “Fourth of July” Illini. Selected as the honorary captain of this patriotic unit is basketball legend Marcus Liberty.
The Illinois alumnus has served as the Illini men's leader for the last 12 seasons, helping the program to the 2012 NCAA national championship among other achievements.
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In part one of last week’s story about Urbana’s Nancy Thies Marshall and her participation in a nationally televised gymnastics exhibition between teams from the United States and the People’s Republic of China, Illini Legends, Lists & Lore recalled how a malfunctioning audio cassette ta…
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Forty-nine years and eight days ago — May 21, 1973 — in one of the most impromptu scenes in sports history, 15-year-old Urbana gymnast Nancy Thies and 34-year-old Chinese pianist Zhou Jiasheng brought East and West a little closer together at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Men's basketball and men's golf have had successful seasons, but the wins haven't added up across the board in other sports on the UI campus
The century-long history of the University of Illinois’ Athletic Association (AA), predecessor to the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, brimmed with highlights, but ended in tumultuous fashion in the late 1980s.
One hundred fifteen years ago on Sunday — April 17, 1907 — on the day of his departure to Boston to become manager of the Red Sox, Illini baseball coach George Huff was honored between innings at Illinois’ season-opening home victory against Wabash.
CHAMPAIGN — The potential for postseason awards continues to add up for Kofi Cockburn.
On this date in 1937 at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees unanimously recommended that the men’s gymnasium be named in honor of former director of athletics George Huff. He had passed away on Oct. 1, 1936, from uremic poisoning at the age of 64.
Illini football picks up pair of commits
Davis, Howell shine on track
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Olympic medalists. A Pro Football Hall of Famer. College Football Hall of Famers. A two-time World Series champion. NCAA and Big Ten champions. Long-time administrative leaders. Those are among the list of accomplishments for the newest members of the University of Illinois Athletics Hall of…
Tug Wilson, Shorty Ray part of 28-man class
Busy slate of highly-anticipated events coming to State Farm Center this weekend
Howard Braun’s legacy as a student-athlete and coach at the University of Illinois is a complicated one.
From Illinois men's basketball winning the Big Ten tournament to Parkland men's golf winning a national championship, from Kofi Cockburn returning to Ayo Dosunmu emerging in the NBA, The N-G sports staff takes a look back at the year that was
In the history of Big Ten men’s gymnastics, no team has been more dominant than the Illini teams led by Pond from 1950 to 1960
Among the seven men and two women who have preceded him, only one person has served in the role as Illini ticket director longer than Jason Heggemeyer.
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