University of Illinois Athletics

• Lovie Smith Gives Powerful Message with Mike Tirico Jun 5, 2020
  Illinois head football coach Lovie Smith joined Mike Tirico on NBC Sports Network's Lunch Talk Live to talk about
• Grad Transfer Jackson Raper Signs NLI with Illinois Jun 4, 2020
  Raper comes to Champaign from Division II Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C.
• Inside Fighting Illini Athletics Podcast | Lisa Joley Jun 4, 2020
  Courtside super fan Lisa Joley reveals her favorite moments - including getting thrown out of a game - and what it means to be an I FUND supporter.
• ‘She’ll Always be Remembered’ – Alice Martin’s Spirit Continues Through Illinois Softball Jun 3, 2020
  Alice Martin's Spirit Continues Through Illinois Softball
• Kirschsieper Named Freshman All-American Jun 3, 2020
  Kirschsieper was selected for the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman All-American team.
• Statement from Illinois Director of Athletics Josh Whitman Jun 1, 2020
  Although I have communicated privately with our student-athletes and staff, I have been slow to speak publicly on the tragedy in Minneapolis and the raw emotion that we have seen on stark display across our country, including here in Champaign-Urbana. My delay has not been because I lack feelings on the issue or because I […]
• 2019-2020 All-Sport Music Video May 30, 2020
  A look back at an unforgettable year of moments and memories for Fighting Illini Athletics
• Moe Gardner: Helping Scholars Study the African Diaspora Feb 28, 2020
  "Growing up in a working-class family, I spent a ton of time at the library," Gardner said. "It was always kind of a safe space for me."
• Govoner Vaughn: Illinois’s Groundbreaking Star Feb 26, 2020
  On Sunday (March 1), he turns 83, but most of legendary Fighting Illini basketball alumnus Govoner Vaughn's recollections about his days at the University of Illinois are still crystal clear. He even remembers the room numbers of the dormitories he stayed in during his four years on campus.
• TYRA PERRY: Big Ten’s only African American Softball Head Coach Feb 12, 2020
  "I make sure that, whenever we're out on the road recruiting, I try to connect with as many of the minority coaches as possible."