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Balanced attack lifts No. 5 UConn over No. 13 Illinois
Solo Ball scored 15 points to lead a balanced attack as No. 5 UConn held on for a 74-61 nonconference victory over No. 13 Illinois on Friday afternoon at Madison Square Garden in New York City., ,Malachi Smith notched 14 points and nine assists off the bench and Alex Karaban added 12 points as the H...

Labaron Philon Jr. lifts No. 11 Alabama over No. 8 Illinois
Labaron Philon Jr. scored 10 of his team-high 24 points in the final 2:24 as No. 11 Alabama held off No. 8 Illinois for a 90-86 nonconference victory on Wednesday night in Chicago., ,Philon drove for a layup, tipped in his own miss, swished a 3-pointer from the top of the key and zipped into the pai...

Washington rolls over No. 23 Illinois behind Demond Williams’ 4 TDs
Demond Williams passed for four touchdowns, Denzel Boston caught a score and passed for another, and the Washington Huskies rolled to a 42-25 win over No. 23 Illinois on Saturday in Seattle.,The Huskies (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten Conference) jumped ahead with a pair of time-consuming touchdown drives in the ...
Ohio State’s Defense Dominates Again in 34-16 Win Over Illinois
Ohio State’s defense dominated once again in a 34-16 win over Illinois, while the offense continues to search for consistency heading into the stretch run....

Missouri faces rival Illinois riding 10-game winning streak
Two weekends ago, when Missouri had a chance to knock off the No. 1 team in the nation in a home game, the Tigers came through with a nine-point win over Kansas.,Last weekend, when Illinois had a chance to beat the No. 1 team in a home game, the Illini lost on a layup at the buzzer by Tennessee's Jo...
Northern Illinois Upset of Notre Dame Plants a New Flag for Huskies & MAC
Northern Illinois upset Notre Dame as 28.5 point underdogs, they've now changed the landscape for themselves and the Mid-American Conference as a whole....
Nebraska Football and Other Big Winners From College Football Week 2
Week 2 of college football is in the books, and Nebraska football, Alabama football and Northern Illinois walked away as big winners....
Terrence Shannon Jr. Has Grand Theft Auto Cheat Code Tattooed on Arm
Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Terrence Shannon Jr. has a cheat code for unlimited ammp from the video game Grand Theft Auto tattooed on his arm....
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Terrence Shannon Jr. taking Illinois to court, seeks reinstatement [Update]
Updated Jan. 9: Terrence Shannon Jr. is seeking legal action against the University of Illinois which would allow him to return to the basketball team while facing a rape charge....

The Hinsdale basketball lawsuit and why you should read past the headlines
Let’s cut right to the chase: The state of media literacy in this country is dire. Probably more dire than us having a United States Senator who can’t name the three branches of government and spends all his time holding up military promotions. And because so few people actually bother to read beyon...
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Sergio Brown arrested in connection with his mother's murder [Updated]
[Update]: The Maywood Police has released the following statement:...

Northwestern’s decision to keep Pat Fitzgerald’s assistants is proof that Northwestern isn’t a serious place
The “intellectual elite” are failing in Evanston. In the same week in which we discovered that Northwestern’s head football coach Pat Fitzgerald’s laughable two-week suspension should have led to his eventual firing for running a program that’s “allegedly” allowed hazing and racism to run rampant fo...
