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Illinois gives six-year contract extensions to football coach Bret Bielema and basketball coach Brad Underwood, securing both ...

Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema has agreed to a new six-year contract with the university. Bielema will make $7.7 ...

Bielema earned the contract extension by turning the forever-inconsistent program into a winner and providing hope for more ...

Navy-and-orange billboards line I-74 through central Illinois from near the Mississippi River on the west to the Indiana ...

ELIDA — Parker Crim of Elida, the Western Buckeye League’s reigning defensive player of the year, announced via social media ...

Illinois has locked in its football and men’s basketball coaches for the long term, agreeing to six-year contracts with Bret Bielema and Brad Underwood. Illinois rewarded Bielema ...

Unfortunately for the Illini, though, they will have more to prove as CBS Sports' post-spring rankings have the Illini ranked ...