
Ebert links to his Urbana home remained tight
Michael Esteves wakes up every day in the spot Roger Ebert called the center of the universe, and it isn't Chicago, New York or Cannes. Esteves owns ...

Boston Marathon bombs put world's cities on alert
With two high-profile events in the days ahead — Margaret Thatcher's funeral and the London Marathon — British officials are looking anew at security ...

Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts
From the World Trade Center and Times Square in New York to the White House and sports venues across the country, police patrolled in packs and ...

Indiana becomes latest No. 1 to fall
Indiana's latest run as No. 1 didn't last long, abruptly halted by a loss to unranked Illinois. Duke was bumped from the top spot twice in three weeks

Illini buzzer-beater upsets No. 1 Hoosiers, 74-72
At this rate, no one will want to be No. 1. Indiana became the fifth straight top-ranked men's college basketball team to lose, falling to unranked ...

Michigan makes case for No. 1 with 74-60 win
Possible No. 1 ranking? Yeah, that's nice, Michigan's Trey Burke said Sunday outside the locker room at Illinois' Assembly Hall. But after the win ...

Illinois off to hot start no one saw coming
Last weekend, Illinois' surprising unbeaten start was 4.4 seconds away from running head-on into a wall. Gardner-Webb, an opponent any Big Ten school ...