Just weeks after the United States Olympic Committee announced the University would be designated as a U.S. Paralympic training site, Illini wheelchair athletes proved once again why they are considered...

Editor's note: This column is written as part of a point-counterpoint. The other column, stating that baseball is losing popularity, can be read here. Baseball is called America’s pastime for a reason....

Growing up, my older brother and I were always very competitive. Due to our love of sports, we frequently played one-on-one pick up basketball games, raced 100 meters and held various contests to compare...

Bears can’t hang on against Bills in 23-20 overtime loss The Bears were chasing the Bills for most of the afternoon Sunday at Soldier Field.  In the end, the Bills prevailed 23-20 in overtime on a 27-yard...

University alumna Tatyana McFadden won the Boston Marathon’s women’s wheelchair division on Monday, her 25th birthday. The win comes eight days after McFadden won the London Marathon. McFadden is halfway...

The redoubtable Tatyana McFadden has done it again. The young woman for whom nothing seems impossible joined the group of athletes who have won medals in winter and summer Paralympic competition when she...

SOCHI, Russia — The first time Aja Evans took a run down the bobsled track — a sensation she likens to being stuffed into a garbage can and pushed off a cliff — she wasn't sure she wanted to do it...

Update (10:00 p.m.): University student Jonathan Kuck finished 19th overall in the 5,000 meters race with a time of 6 minutes, 31.53 seconds, more than 10 seconds off his time at the Olympic trials. Sven...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Believe it, Seattle — after 38 years, the Seahawks are finally Super Bowl champions. In fact, by the time it ended, the only thing unbelievable about this one was how easy it...