100-Year Remembrance: Ghost Story
Memorial Stadium opened in 1923, but its formal dedication came a year later—at the next season’s Homecoming game. The mighty Michigan Wolverines hadn’t lost in two years, but after pregame
Sports Legends: Historic Hurdler
During a stellar track career, hurdler Perdita Felicien, ’04 AHS, ran in the Summer Olympics (twice), won a World Championship and captured three NCAA titles. But ask the U of
Great Sports Moments: The Best Battery in Baseball
In the spring of 1902, the Illini baseball team launched the most ambitious road trip in school history—two weeks on the East Coast, visiting the cream of the college crop:
Sports Legends: “We Want Dike”
As the greatest all-around athlete in U of I history, Thomas Dwight “Dike” Eddleman, ’49 AHS, excelled in three sports during the mid-to-late 1940s. In football, Eddleman set longstanding records
Student Athlete Interview: Luke Goode
Sophomore basketball forward Luke Goode played in 28 games last year; by season’s end, his 3-pointers off the bench helped power the Illini to the second round of the NCAA
Opposite Sides
Late in the football game against Purdue on Nov. 12, Illini star running back Chase Brown, ’22 LAS, suffered what appeared to be a significant leg injury. As the team’s
Great Sports Moments: The Big Upset
They’ve been playing football at the University of Illinois since 1890. That’s 132 years of touchdowns, takeaways and tackles. One iconic photo stands above the rest, and it followed the
2022 Hall of Famers
RON GUENTHER Football, 1963-66 Athletics Director, 1992–2011 Ron Guenther was an offensive lineman for the Fighting Illini from 1963 to 1966, earning team MVP, Second-Team All–Big Ten and First-Team
Student Athlete Interview: Diana Brown
The redshirt senior and starting Illini volleyball setter just graduated with a 4.0 GPA in cell and molecular biology. On the court, Brown, ’22 LAS, started all 34 matches during
One-two punch
U of I wheelchair athletes Tatyana McFadden, ’13 ACES, EDM ’19, and Daniel Romanchuk, who trained at the University for the 2016 and 2020 Paralympics, delivered two stellar performances in
