Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...

Illinois football has had an impressive run when it comes to recruiting, and some of the targets aren’t in the immediate future. With the class of 2025 buttoned ...

House panels are exploring ways to cover the cost of extending and expanding tax cuts passed in President Donald Trump's ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema has a new assistant coach on board for the 2025 season. College Football Reporter/Columnist Illinois football coach Bret Bielema has a new assistant coach on board ...

With the Big Ten now establishing itself as the premier conference in college football, there are a number of teams that will ...

NIL, the transfer portal portal and the CFP have changed the college football landscape, and it feels like teams can have a ...

A Whiteside County jury has found a Freeport man guilty of attempted predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim younger than 13 in connection with a reported assault at a Sterling school playground ...

Indiana opens its season with four straight home games. It begins its Big Ten slate on Saturday, Sept. 20, against coach Bret ...

In recent years, college football has transformed. In the days of yesteryear, you could go a decade or longer with the same ...

While the Illinois football team is putting together an impressive class of 2026, more names are starting to emerge as ...

As Nebraska slowly builds its next class, a Citrus Bowl imbroglio helped Bret Bielema and Illinois break out on the 2026 ...

Rock Falls has issued a snow emergency effective at 10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, through 8 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13. Sterling’s ...