College Sports

Blake Corum declared it was “natty or bust,” before the college football season kicked off and reiterated his bold statement before helping Michigan beat Alabama to put the school within a win of its first national championship since 1997.

Illinois takes on No. 1 Purdue and big man Zach Edey in its first big test since Terrence Shannon Jr.'s suspension after a rape charge.

Des Watson’s 24 points helped the Loyola Chicago men’s basketball team defeat Saint Louis 80-73 on Wednesday.

No one had a bad word to say about Joey Meyer because he treated everyone with respect and kindness. Following in the same footsteps as a legend is always hard. When that legend is your dad, the degree of difficulty becomes magnified.

The Chicago Bulls are juggling injuries, Aneesah Morrow is racking up double-doubles for LSU and Illinois prepares to face No. 1 Purdue.

The college football bowl season was a resounding success. But it took two instant classics in the CFP semifinals to get us to appreciate it all.

Cam Spencer scored 20 points to lead No. 4 UConn to an 85-56 rout of DePaul on Tuesday. It was the Huskies’ 17th straight win over the Blue Demons.

Marcus Domask scored 32 points to lead No. 9 Illinois to a 96-66 win over Northwestern on Tuesday in the Illini’s second game without suspended star Terrance Shannon Jr.

Top-ranked Purdue should be tested in Big Ten play this week when the Boilermakers face a tough trip to Maryland before a high-profile showdown with ninth-ranked Illinois on Friday night.

ESPN has apologized for a video clip of a woman baring her breast that was shown during the broadcast of the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans.

Blake Corum rushed for a 17-yard touchdown on the second snap of overtime, and No. 1 Michigan advanced to its first College Football Playoff championship game with a 27-20 victory over No. 4 Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Saturday.

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is confident he can lead the nation’s most prolific offense into the post-Jayden Daniels era.

Liberty rolled through its sixth season as a Division I program undefeated. Awaiting the Flames in the desert are the big, bad Oregon Ducks.

The old saying in boxing is styles make fights. If that’s so, the Citrus Bowl matchup between Tennessee and Iowa will be an interesting tussle on New Year’s Day.

Mackenzie Holmes scored 13 of her 30 points in the fourth quarter, Yarden Garzon was clutch in the closing seconds and No. 16 Indiana ran its winning streak to 10 with a 77-71 win over Illinois on Sunday.

Carson Beck passed for 203 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 6 Georgia routed previously undefeated and fifth-ranked Florida State 63-3 in the Orange Bowl on Saturday in a matchup of teams missing out on the College Football Playoff.

Let’s be honest: Neither the fourth-ranked Florida State Seminoles (13-0, No. 5 CFP rankings) nor the sixth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (12-1, No. 6 CFP) really wanted to be here, for obvious reasons.

Auburn can cap coach Hugh Freeze’s first season back in the Southeastern Conference with a winning record in the Music City Bowl.

The Peach Bowl matchup of No. 10 Penn State and No. 11 Mississippi would be a good pairing in the 2024 debut of a 12-team playoff.

Ty Rodgers had 10 points and 15 rebounds to lead No. 11 Illinois to a 104-71 rout of Fairleigh Dickinson on Friday night, the Illini’s first game without leading scorer Terrance Shannon Jr.

Ty Berry scored 20 points, Ryan Langborg added 17 and the pair combined for nine 3-pointers in Northwestern’s 74-63 victory over Jackson State on Friday.

Joey Meyer guided DePaul to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first five seasons. The Blue Demons reached the Sweet 16 in 1986 and 1987.

Officials at Illinois said they were surprised to learn that star basketball player Terrence Shannon Jr. had been charged with rape in Kansas.

Steve Angeli passed for 232 yards and three touchdowns, guiding No. 15 Notre Dame to a 40-8 victory over No. 21 Oregon State in the Sun Bowl on Friday.

The Sun Bowl matching No. 15 Notre Dame and 21st-ranked Oregon State is more about who isn’t playing than who is.