The top-ranked Bruins lost 71-60 to sixth-ranked USC and JuJu Watkins on Thursday night, ending their school-record run of 23 consecutive victories to open the season. They were the nation's ...

Mason Zadina enters this week’s Metro Conference championship as the top-seeded swimmer in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly and recently broke a 40-year-old school record. All achievements that ...

Bret Bielema came away from his Saturday visit to central Illinois very impressed. The Illinois head football coach addressed the media Sunday, heaping on some high praise for the talent of the ...

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It is an awesome effort. And nobody can say he is wrong. Though I will quibble later. Bret Bielema's 2024 team made it for four games, all wins. At No. 71 is a game I might have put a bit higher ...