Neil Milbert

Redshirt freshman cornerback Darnell Ray has been kicked off the Illinois football team for the rest of the season for an unspecified violation of team rules. "Darnell will not be...

Coach Ron Turner says his decision to replace Jon Beutjer with redshirt freshman Chris Pazan in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 49-14 loss to Michigan State shouldn't suggest that he's...

Rotation, a standardbred co-owned by Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin, made a powerful stretch move to score a 4 1/2-length victory in Saturday night's $215,000 American-National aged trot at...

Illinois coach Ron Turner wants his players to loosen up and play to win Saturday against Michigan State. In studying the films of last weekend's 43-10 loss at Purdue, Turner...

Illinois is 1-5 after losing 43-10 to Purdue. Next are four straight games against Big Ten teams ranked in the Top 25. That doesn't faze linebacker Matt Sinclair. "I love...

With only a prayer of being invited to a bowl game, coach Ron Turner of Illinois (1-5) may give some of his promising underclassmen more playing time in hopes of...

Illinois coach Ron Turner considers Michigan State's Jeff Smoker "maybe the best quarterback we'll see this year." Turner said Smoker "has a very quick release, a very strong arm and...

Quarterback Jon Beutjer was only 12-of-23 for 107 yards passing in Saturday's 43-10 loss at Purdue. That performance ended a streak of eight games in which he had thrown for...

Time: 3:30 p.m. TV/radio: ESPN, WSCR-AM 670. Line: Purdue by 14. Records: Illinois 1-4, 0-1; Purdue 3-1, 0-0. Series: Illinois leads 41-33-6. Last meeting: Illinois won 38-31 in overtime on...

Purdue has the Big Ten's top two returning receivers in John Standeford and Taylor Stubblefield, but Illinois cornerback Christian Morton in undaunted. "Any defensive back would love to play Purdue...