Entering his fifth season, expectations have never been higher around Illini football. And the man in charge is a main reason ...

Entering his fifth season, expectations have never been higher around Illini football. And the man in charge is a main reason ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema was the first to speak at the 2025 Big Ten Conference media day. Here is everything he said in Las Vegas.

Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman did the same later in the practice. Kaden Feagin at full speed is a force to be reckoned with on the football field. The 6-3, 250-pound running back — an Arthur ...

Scott Richey The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.

Big Ten crew Bret Bielema spent a few minutes during the start of Wednesday's practice giving the lowdown on his team to the BTN trio of Gerry DiNardo, Howard Griffith and Yogi Roth. Griffith, of ...

Oher leagues and institutions that once were bullish on private equity have backed off, but the Big Ten is patiently ...

"The conversation is still very much alive," Josh Whitman said Tuesday in Las Vegas. The Illinois athletic director is chair of the NCAA Division I Council. "I think the question around the most ...

"And more than anything, Josh Whitman, our athletic director here. I walk a daily walk with him on this journey at Illinois football.

The Illinois schedule ahead poses challenges, but head coach Bret Bielema and athletic director Josh Whitman see a manageable path — and a chance to build something lasting.