Illinois will get its one game at Penn State this season not at regularly empty Bryce Jordan Center, but at Rec Hall instead — a first for the Nittany Lions in Big Ten play since it changed basketball ...

More than three decades later, the wound still hasn’t fully healed, and Deon Thomas made that clear again this week as Illinois prepares for the Final Four. Speaking about Bruce Pearl and his presence ...

Head coach Jimmy Collins of the UIC Flames during the Flames' 78-53 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Illinois basketball ...

Bruce Pearl took serious liberties with his television time before and during the NCAA Tournament, particularly in lobbying for his son Steven's Auburn Tigers to make March Madness despite a 17-16 ...

He understands life is supposed to be fun and embraces it with open arms. “Every day is a joy, my friend,” Thomas said. “When you hear people say they are living the dream, I am living the dream.” ...

Anisa Khalifa: That’s rapper Deon Thomas—aka Young Tali. Like many musicians, he’s driven to make art by a hope for connection. Deon Thomas: For people to be able to listen to something and be able to ...

Deon Thomas knew he learned from good teachers in Bob Hambric, Lou Henson and Jimmy Collins. Yet Thomas never expected to follow those role models into coaching.

Deon Thomas, right, had lunch in Omaha,Neb., with longtime friends Mark and Bonnie Goldenberg (second and third from left(. They were joined by The News-Gazette’s Bob Asmussen, wife Julie and son Hank ...