The Illinois High School Association individual state wrestling championship matches will start at 113 pounds this year. The weight class was determined by a blind draw at the IHSA office Tuesday afternoon. Don Welch, CEO of the Peoria Area Convention...
The prospect of a National Title in Volleyball has Illini fans giddy.
A look at how Illinois basketball beat writer — and Associated Press Top 25 voter — Scott Richey's men's poll compared with that of the AP:
DEC. 11 IN JOURNAL STAR SPORTS HISTORY 50 YEARS AGO (1968)Bergan’s swim team scores a 56-35 victory over Woodruff as Greg Norman and Gary Blackburn are double-winners.40 YEARS AGO (1978)Western Illinois football players Bill Huskisson and Bill Sibert...
Wisconsin drops to 2–7 all-time in regional finals
Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 12:30pmThis week's chat will come to you live from Minneapolis in the hours before Illinois volleyball faces Nebrsaka in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament. Beat writer Scott Richey plans on spending most of the week in...
This has been one of the most interesting Illinois basketball teams in recent memory. I don’t mean interesting in a good or bad way. I just mean that thi...
The Illini are only two games away from a national title. Can they pull it off?
Eric Anderson, a former McDonald's All-American and Indiana University standout who played two years in the NBA, has died.
DEC. 10 IN JOURNAL STAR SPORTS HISTORY 50 YEARS AGO (1968)Former Spalding football player Al Shipman, a senior tackle at Memphis State, is named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Star team. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound Shipman helped Memphis State to the.
Badgers can’t get it done in Milwaukee
The Illinois basketball team rebounded nicely against UNLV as they came away with a win on Saturday afternoon. This game was actually pretty good throughou...
