An Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball player took time to work on her other passion after she wasn't able to play basketball last year when the coronavirus pandemic shortened the season.

The head of a group that advocates for student athletes at Illinois State University says athletes are more willing to speak out because they feel the university is starting to listen.

A physical education major at Illinois State University who lifts weights. Not too much out of the ordinary — except that she just broke three state records with the United States Powerlifting Association.

An Illinois Wesleyan University softball player says she missed out on an entire season and two opportunities to study abroad because of the coronavirus pandemic.

One of the area's top high school swimmers wants to recruit more students to another sport that satisfies her love of water. U-High senior Olivia Haerr has qualified for state finals as a swimmer. Now she helped start a bass fishing program at the school in Normal.

A strength coach for Illinois State football hopes to become among a select few women to make it to the National Football League. Tessa Grossman just returned from a coaching fellowship with the Atlanta Falcons during that team's training camp.

A two-time cancer survivor from Normal says he's grateful he had one last chance to finish his baseball playing career, six years after cancer forced him to give up the game he loved.

Heartland Community College's men's and women's soccer programs felt very much like one team this season.

Illinois State University women’s basketball player Mary Crompton is on the five-year plan, but not the one many college students employ to get through…

The coronavirus pandemic gave student-athletes a lot of idle time over the past year as their sports were put on hold. Josh Vogel, a senior at Central…