Bret Bielema and the Fighting Illini are building one of the nation's best classes with its 2026 recruits. Here is a running ...

With World War II raging, the 1944 National Football League Draft was officially called the “1943 Preferred Negotiations List ...

Florida Gators The Illinois Fighting Illini football program, affiliated with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, competes at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. A pioneering ...

Tanner Heckel stared down Michigan’s Semaj Morgan on a punt return last October, and the Illini sophomore may have an even ...

Apr. 10—CHAMPAIGN — My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: "Let's go" and "my knee hurts." Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows some others: Ichiban, sake and Sapporo.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago State University has hired its first football coach in the school's history. It's one of the first ...

Apr. 10—CHAMPAIGN — My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: "Let's go" and "my knee hurts." Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows some others: Ichiban, sake and Sapporo.