Banks seeking to halt a new Illinois law that bars credit card interchange fees on taxes and tips succeeded on one front, but not another, at least for now.

He vividly remembers the first time he came to central Illinois from his home in Virginia. Malachi Poindexter had just been picked up at the airport by one of the Redbird assistant coaches. And he was wide-eyed as they drove to Normal.

Virginia reinforced its offensive line with a third addition from the transfer portal this offseason as former Illinois and Michigan State offensive lineman Kev

Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston wants the nearly three-dozen Illinois counties that have voted to secede to consider redder pastures. Among those, two counties that border Vermilion County, Iroquois County to the north and Edgar County to the south.

Kansas dropped four spots to No. 11 after losing a nailbiter to West Virginia and blowing out UCF. The Jayhawks were followed by Houston and Illinois — the biggest climber this week, moving up nine spots — along with Mississippi State and Oregon.

Michigan State football lost Kevin Wigenton to the transfer portal during the coaching change before last season. Wigenton, who started six games at right guard in 2023 for the Spartans, ended up at Illinois.

Nevada Sports Net columnist Chris Murray is one of 62 voters in the college basketball AP Top 25 poll. Here is his ballot this week.

Virginia football added a transfer offensive lineman for the second time in two days, picking up a pledge from ex-Illinois and Michigan State offensive lineman Kevin Wigenton II.

The rotation of top teams may finally have settled on Illinois and Michigan State. But there is plenty of company for the chase for the double byes in the Big Ten tournament. Expect Michigan, Purdue,

The Wildcats continued their rise in the AP Top 25 rankings, while preseason No. 1 Kansas dropped out of the top 10