This is a series of stories about Western Illinois University students, alumni and community members, highlighting their experiences during our 125th anniversary celebration. We will feature 125 ...

You might not know it, but some of the helmets you seen worn by players on Sunday, Saturday and Friday nights during football ...

Lee Corso is retiring after nearly 40 years as host of 'College GameDay.' Here is his headgear record and if he ever picked Illinois football to win.

The Illinois Fighting Illini are gearing up for an exciting 2025 season. With Bret Bielema steering the program toward ...

Kodiak Brush doesn’t mince words when it comes to the state of football helmet design. “Most helmets today are designed to win lab tests, not protect players on the field,” he tells me over ...

The Illinois basketball team is navigating the transfer portal this offseason better than I thought so far. While we haven’t landed a new face just yet, the Illini have done a good job keeping a ...

Football aficionados and safety advocates alike have reason to celebrate, as LIGHT Helmets, a California-based sports equipment manufacturer, has achieved a major breakthrough with its new Apache ...

He played last season at Highland Community College, a junior college in Freeport, Illinois. Last season, Chapman played in nine games and recorded three sacks and 14 tackles. It appears he ...

Now entering its sixth season, the WNFC is a semi-professional tackle football league. Players suit up in pads and helmets, and the women are here to win. They travel to play teams in their division ...

The 2025 SEC Football Helmet Schedule is now available. The PDF schedule features the team helmets, date, and opponent for each SEC team. The 2025 season will be the second for the SEC as a 16 ...

The helmet logo also changed from two lightning bolts intersecting to a capital "D" with a star inside it. The Defenders brought those uniforms to the UFL last season and it's the same this time ...