Brazil great Ronaldo Nazário has ended his bid for the presidency of his ...

Illinois' Tre White pivots takes a shot the Illinois men's basketball team's 88-80 win over Purdue on Friday at State Farm Center. Anthony Zilis/The News-Gazette College/Prep Sports Reporter ...

He leads the Illini in scoring and assists, averaging 15.2 ppg and 4.8 apg, and is third on the team in rebounding at 5.6 rpg. Jakucionis becomes the fifth Illini of the Brad Underwood era to ...

Kasparas Jakucionis and the Illini could see Ohio State guard John Mobley Jr. and the Buckeyes again this week. College/Prep Sports Reporter Kasparas Jakucionis and the Illini could see Ohio State ...

World Boxing has added China to its growing list of members. That means the breakaway ...

Illinois basketball coach Brad Underwood’s blood pressure likely was trending the wrong way when the Illini trailed Purdue by 10 points midway through the second half Friday night in Champaign.

And they weren’t just any wins, as the Illini scored a pair of 20-point blowouts over Iowa and No. 22 Michigan (in Ann Arbor) before taking down No. 20 Purdue 88-80 in an electric season finale ...

It's the Illini's first time in the poll since Feb. 3. Each week, the Journal Star will take a look back at the Illini's previous week and assess how their resume has changed and stacks up to the ...

Not just because they were losses to good teams. But because the Illini got crushed in that three-game stretch with a 14-point loss to Michigan State followed by a 21-point loss to Wisconsin ...

Duke ended Auburn's eight-week stay at No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll on Monday, while the Tigers dropped to third behind Houston as all three programs began preparing for ...

As one of 62 voters in the weekly AP poll, I had the Illini at No. 20 on my preseason ballot. Before this week, the last time I ranked them – and the last time they appeared in the poll – was ...