Neil Milbert

Senior Josh Norris has convinced once-skeptical Illinois coach Ron Zook that defensive line coach Tom Sims was right in insisting he should be a starting tackle. "[During preseason practice] I...

Junior middle linebacker J Leman earned Big Ten defensive player of the week honors for his outstanding performance in Saturday's 17-10 loss to top-ranked Ohio State. Leman, who leads the...

Barbaro's trainer, Michael Matz, returned to the scene of his greatest triumph Saturday and achieved another career milestone when Round Pond won the Breeders' Cup Distaff. But there was a...

A great thoroughbred owned by a sheik won Saturday's $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. But the horse wasn't Bernardini and the sheik wasn't Mohammed al Maktoum of...

Todd Pletcher will send out a record 17 horses in seven of Saturday's eight Breeders' Cup races at Churchill Downs. That's more than many of his fellow trainers have in...

Illinois freshman free safety Travon Bellamy is looking forward to facing Ohio State's Heisman Trophy candidate Troy Smith after getting his first collegiate interception last week at Wisconsin and returning...

When Frank Calabrese first set eyes on the frisky chestnut filly he felt a tug on his heartstrings. "Her coat was the same color as the hair of my sister,...

Illinois freshman quarterback Juice Williams is keeping tabs on his Indiana freshman counterpart Kellen Lewis. Both began the season as backups and earned starting jobs in late September. "I have...

Churchill Downs linemaker Mike Battaglia came close to making Dreaming of Anna the morning line favorite in Saturday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. But when the undefeated filly owned...

When Bernardini won the Preakness many believed he would be remembered as the answer to a trivia question. Who won the race in which Barbaro broke down? While Bernardini was...