PFL Chicago dropped last night (Sat., April 11, 2026) inside the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Ill., with former Bellator bantamweight champion, Sergio Pettisfacing an undefeated rising contender Mitch McKee in the main fight. When all was said and done, McKee scored one of the biggest wins of his career, eliminating “The Phenom” to win by…
Illinois entered the Final Four with the best offense in college basketball. It wasn’t enough Saturday to overcome UConn’s disciplined defense and inside-out attack. UConn disrupted Illinois’ normally efficient offense and mounted its own balanced attack to win 71-62 in Saturday’s first national semifinal. When Illinois threatened to rally from a 13-point second-half deficit, it…
Want more cover content? Add us as a preferred source in your Google account here. Long before March Madness reigned, the National Invitation Tournament was the largest basketball competition in the United States. Advertisement Established in 1938 by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, the NIT routinely drew the country’s best basketball teams to Madison Square…
All that talent in Arizona and Michigan. All that momentum and good vibes at UConn. And someone has to play the role of the “little” stranger. In next weekend’s Final Four, that role belongs, improbably, to Illinois. In a sign of the times, the Illinii, a Big Ten team with more conference wins over the…
The No. 1 seed Michigan Wolverines have looked impressive throughout the 2026 NCAA Tournament, winning every game by at least 13 points, including a 95-62 demolition of No. 6 Tennessee in the Elite Eight on Sunday afternoon to advance to the Final Four. There they will face No. 1 seed Arizona, which defeated second-seeded Purdue…
Michigan State football has been listed as a finalist for a priority senior defensive lineman from Illinois. Chicago’s Ohimai Ozolua has reportedly released his list of the “final five schools,” and Michigan State is at the top. The Spartans were joined by rivals Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Tennessee on Ozolua’s list of finalists. Advertisement…
The No. 9 Iowa Hawkeyes are proving to be the Cinderella story of March Madness, knocking off No. 1 Florida and No. 4 Nebraska in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. They head to the Elite Eight, where they will face No. 3 Illinois this Saturday at Rice University’s Toyota Center in Houston, TX. The game…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Andrej Stojakovic had 21 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to lead No. 11 Illinois to an 80-54 victory over Oregon on Tuesday night. David Mirkovic added 19 points and seven rebounds, and Keaton Wagler had 11 points, six rebounds and five assists for the Illini (23-7, 14-5 Big Ten)….
Entering Saturday, UCLA’s last two games had been lopsided losses to ranked teams. The Bruins accomplished something different against No. 10 Illinois. Down 94-93 in overtime, UCLA point guard Donovan Dent went coast-to-coast at the buzzer to upset the Illini and put his program back in the win column. This article will be updated with…
Mick Cronin wasn’t going to let the officials have the chance to eject center Steven Jamerson on Tuesday night. Instead, he simply did it himself. UCLA’s head coach ejected his own player from the 82-59 loss to No. 15 Michigan State on Tuesday after he committed a technical foul. Advertisement With about four minutes left…
