AJ Bush Runs For 2 TDs, Passes For Another To Help Illinois Win
The three wins in a season ties the most for Lovie Smith in his two-plus seasons.
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The three wins in a season ties the most for Lovie Smith in his two-plus seasons.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Thursday named 25 people, including academics, activists, artists, scholars and scientists, who will receive $625,000 over five years to use as they please.
The University of Illinois campus senate is backing a Native American tribe's stance that the school's longtime Chief Illiniwek mascot is a degrading racial stereotype.
The Illini couldn't score on its final drive thanks to a sack by Tyrone Barber at the South Florida 25 with six seconds left.
The University of Illinois says it has a system-wide record number of students enrolled for the fall semester, including an eighth straight year of record enrollment at its main campus in Champaign-Urbana.
Former President Barack Obama launched his return to the political arena, two months before the midterm elections, blasting Republicans for "the politics of division and resentment and paranoia."
Obama stepped back into the political fray Friday, delivering a speech at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
President Barack Obama, to the chagrin of some Democrats, has spent much of 2018 on the sidelines to what top party operatives believe is a generational fight against President Donald Trump. That ends Friday.
More than 17 times as many University of Illinois students registered to hear a campus speech by former President Barack Obama as there are seats in the auditorium.
The University of Illinois will pay for eight semesters of tuition for incoming freshmen who are Illinois residents and meet certain income requirements.
Northwestern Wildcats and the Fighting Illini were spotlighted at Chicago's Big 10 College Football Media Day
Police say officers shot a University of Illinois student who was spotted near campus with a handgun and refused police to drop the weapon.
Illinois says it will spend $30 million on renovations to its 20-year-old basketball practice facility.
The Board of Trustees voted Thursday to approve funding for 10 projects, including new or renovated residential, research and classroom buildings.
Only those students who are admitted to the U of I will have to verify their scores before they enroll.
Tatyana McFadden has won the women's wheelchair race at the Boston Marathon. The 28-year-old from Maryland crossed the finish line on Boylston Street on Monday in an official time of 2 hour, 4 minutes, 39 seconds. It was the slowest winning time in 30 years.
"I'd do anything to give him his life back. I'd give my own life for him."
Jordan Bohannon scored 25 points and had six assists.
Illinois will take on either Northwestern or Iowa in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday.
Carsen Edwards scored career-high 40 points.
The Spartans have won 11 straight and can claim the conference title outright if they win at Wisconsin on Sunday.
There were six ties and nine lead changes during the game.
Leron Black finished with 20 points before fouling out and Kipper Nichols added 16 to lead the Fighting Illini.
Shep Garner scored 16 points, and Tony Carr had 15 points.
