The Illinois volleyball team will play its first home match in a month on Thursday night against No. 2 Nebraska at Huff Hall. CHAMPAIGN... Scott Richey covers college basketball for The News-Gazette.

With two days until the No. 2 team in the country comes to town, Illinois volleyball is already bringing in extra bleachers.

Opening up Big Ten play couldn’t have gone much better for the No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team. Welcoming in a pair of new conference foes from the sunny shores ...

The No. 9 Penn State Nittany Lions (3-0) host a Big Ten showdown against the No. 19 Illinois Fighting Illini (4-0) on ...

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Illinois hockey looks to increase its current two-game win streak this weekend against the visiting Minot State Beavers. The ...

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Quad-City residents had plenty of options for celebrating Labor Day. Concerts, parades, end of summer festivals, kart racing, all made appearances in various communities in the area. But one of ...

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Sometimes, the college football gods simply smile on fans with a week that will shake up everything in the AP Top 25 rankings ...

Henry volleyball player Lauren Harbison was voted the Journal Star athlete of the week in Peoria, Illinois, on Sept. 27, 2024 ...