College Sports
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Grieving O'Connell planning to play for Purdue in Big Ten title gameDec 02, 2022 10:00 am - Before taking the field last Saturday, Purdue quarterback Aidan O'Connell knew his older brother Sean had passed away unexpectedly. O'Connell waited until after the Boil...
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College of DuPage set to defend JUCO national titleDec 02, 2022 12:00 am - The College of DuPage will try to repeat as Division 3 junior college national champions when it hosts the Red Grange Bowl on Saturday in Glen Ellyn. DuPage will take on...
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Decision to stay home turns into blessing for Beebe, Aurora UniversityDec 01, 2022 2:00 pm - The distance between Aurora Christian High School and Aurora University is just 3 miles. So when former NFL wide receiver Don Beebe was looking for a career change a few...
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College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams in 2024 season
Dec 01, 2022 12:00 am - The College Football Playoff announced Thursday it will expand to a 12-team event starting in 2024, completing an 18-month process that was fraught with delays and disag...
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Northwestern fires three assistant football coachesNov 29, 2022 12:00 pm - Changes to the coaching staff seemed imminent after Northwestern finished off a 1-11 season with a lopsided loss to Illinois on Saturday. Head coach Pat Fitzgerald annou...
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Hawkins has triple-double, No. 16 Illinois thumps Syracuse
Nov 29, 2022 12:00 am - Coleman Hawkins had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and No. 16 Illinois thumped Syracuse 73-44 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday night in Champaign. Neither...
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WMU dismisses Lester after six seasons on jobNov 28, 2022 5:00 am - After his first losing season in six years on the job, Western Michigan fired head coach Tim Lester on Monday. Lester is the former Wheaton Warrenville South quarterback...
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Lincicome: This Buckeye misses the good old days of Michigan vs. Ohio StateNov 27, 2022 5:00 am - As I write this column, I do not know who won the Ohio State-Michigan game. Deadlines still nag in my world. It does not matter, not as it once did, when the calendar ha...
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NU should give Fitzgerald a chance to figure out flawsNov 25, 2022 2:00 pm - Thanks to Iowa's loss on Friday, there's a chance the Land of Lincoln trophy will be handed to the state's third Big Ten West champ of the last five years. For that to h...
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Wildcats suffer 1st loss of season, 43-42 to AuburnNov 23, 2022 12:00 am - CANCUN, Mexico - K.D. Johnson scored 12 points, Allen Flanigan made a contested go-ahead layup with 31 seconds left and No. 13 Auburn held on to beat Northwestern 43-42 ...