Andrew Bagnato

Illinois' most fabled team, the basketball "Whiz Kids" of the 1940s, played here. This is the building that gave birth to "March Madness," otherwise known as the state high school...

The best thing about Assembly Hall is that it can play host to much more than college basketball. That's also the worst thing about Assembly Hall, at least in the...

Illinois made it back to the NCAA basketball tournament last spring after a two-year absence. But this season Lou Henson's Fighting Illini, picked in the nation's Top 20 by many...

Illinois' 1993 homecoming slogan is "All Roads Lead to Home." They apparently don't lead to the Memorial Stadium box office. The Fighting Illini are in the thick of the Rose...

Big 10 Conference Commissioner Jim Delany won't rest until he has lined up bowl commitments for all of his teams for the remainder of time. At least it seems that...

The Illini buried the Michigan Stadium jinx with their first victory in Ann Arbor since 1966. That meant the death of the dreaded maize-and-blue "M" hat donned by coach Lou...

For the second time in four weeks, Illinois quarterback Johnny Johnson has been named Big 10 Offensive Player of the Week. Johnson, a sophomore from North Chicago, completed 22 of...

Illinois' rebuilding program was supposed to last until 1994. It actually took two weeks. Saturday's once-in-a-generation victory at Michigan, which followed a 49-3 rout of Iowa on Oct. 16, has...

It has been a long time since Iowa-Illinois meant so little. Most years, the collision between the bitter border rivals affects the Big 10 race, bowl lineups and even the...

It's showdown time for the Illinois women's volleyball team. The Fighting Illini (9-5 overall, 6-0 in the Big 10) square off this weekend with Penn State and Ohio State in...