Mark Sears' mother, Lameka, thanked NFL legend Emmitt Smith for his message to her son after getting benched as Alabama basketball faced LSU.

Alabama’s mens basketball team chalked up another win. The difference was the Tide beat LSU with no help from star guard Mark Sears. The usual playmaker for Alabama was held scoreless for the first half of the game and sat out on the bench for the second half.

The Illinois State Redbirds and North Alabama Lions have changed the date of their football game in 2025, it was announced Wednesday.

Nate Oats saw this movie before: a scoreless Mark Sears game but an Alabama win on the court. The Crimson Tide head coach was asked to compare the games: Saturday’s win over LSU and a November win over Illinois where Sears was held scoreless in both contests. Sears didn’t play the entire second half against the Tigers.

Paul Finebaum agrees with Illinois coach Bret Bielema when it comes to Jim Harbaugh. In fact, the SEC Network analyst took even further.

The Fighting Illini's Bret Bielema is the latest college football head coach to visit Dunlap's Mack Sutter this month.

Continuing a position-by-position examination of 2025's college football superstars, there is a plethora of dominant performers at wide receiver. Projecting college football's top 10 at the position is a numbers and production-based exercise that meets somewhere in the middle of potential and expectations.

Opinions vary widely on Alabama, LSU, Miami, Illinois and BYU when it comes to the Way-Too-Early Top 25 projections.

The University of Department of Athletics announced changes to the September portion of the 2025 football schedule on Thursday. These changes come

Dylan Mingo, On3's No. 1 point guard in the 2026 class, talks about this recruitment. The 6-foot-5 Mingo talks with On3's Jamie Shaw about Alabama, Auburn, Illinois, and Penn State while he breaks down his process.

Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.

Jan 26, 2025; Champaign, Illinois, USA; Illinois Fighting Illini guard Kasparas Jakucionis (32) drives the ball past Northwestern Wildcats guard Angelo Ciaravino (44) during the first half at State Farm Center. Mandatory Credit: Ron Johnson-Imagn Images / Ron Johnson-Imagn Images