In January of 2026, about 40 new players joined the Eastern Illinois football team, followed by head coach Chris Wilkerson ...

The Beautiful Lives Project and Eastern Illinois University hosted their third annual Football Field of Dreams event on ...

On a chilly and sunny spring morning, a handful of EIU football players stood on the EIU logo right in the middle of O’Brien ...

CHARLESTON — Season tickets for the back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference football champion Eastern Illinois Panthers are to go on sale on Monday morning. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the ...

EIU football coach Chris Wilkerson and EIU athletic director Tom Michael were guests and Mahomet native Lexi Tieffel sang the national anthem at 'The News-Gazette Sports Page' radio show the Esquire ...

Each season teams highlight what they need to do to have a successful season. Sometimes it's get good quarterback play. Other times it's play better on defense,\ or run the ball better. The same is ...

Last season, Indiana State faced the eventual FBS national champion Indiana Hoosiers, and the Sycamores’ upcoming 2026 season schedule includes a road game at another Big Ten Conference in-state foe, ...

Chris Wilkerson is entering his fifth season as the Eastern Illinois football coach. Keaton Wagler leads the Illinois men’s basketball team with 50 three-pointers this season before the Illini host ...