The Illinois Fighting Illini football team is debuting special helmets for its game at Wrigley Field against Northwestern on Saturday. The orange helmets depict ivy creeping up the sides and along ...

The helmets are a solid Illini orange, with a single white stripe (outlined by narrow blue stripes on either side) down the middle, stretching front to back. The Illinois script, featured on both ...

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Illinois track and field showed out during the team’s third meet of the indoor season: the Fighting Illini Challenge. Its deep roster excelled when it mattered most during the weekend and helped push ...

So much so that he tossed his helmet, thinking he'd likely cost Illinois a win due to his false start penalty. No matter that his heroics had largely carried the Illini to a chance just to have a ...