Losing streak over. "They had the best player on the court tonight," Illinois coach Brad Underwood said of Brice Williams.

Heinrich Haarberg threw a ball off the backboard, caught it as he elevated, and slammed it home with his right hand, windmill-style.

Nebraska has a Republican trifecta and a Republican triplex. The Republican Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and the upper chamber of the state legislature ...