One hundred years ago this week, Red Grange took the opening kickoff of the Illinois-Michigan football game on the Fighting Illini’s 5-yard line and zigzagged through 11 frustrated defenders to score ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Outside the west columns of 101-year-old Memorial Stadium sits Grange Grove, a prime tailgating spot filled to capacity with orange-and-blue tents on most Illinois game days.

On that historic day, Grange finished with 402 total yards and scored six touchdowns in a 39-14 victory over Michigan. The ranked matchup between No. 21 Illinois and No. 22 Michigan comes nearly 100 ...

October 18, 1924: The day a man became a ghost. It was on that day, in a game dedicated to the University of Illinois' newly erected Memorial Stadium, that Harold “Red” Grange – who came to be known ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Nov. 26, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. On Nov. 22, 1925, less than 24 hours ...

Red Grange, the greatest football player of them all, who is rusticating in Southern California while he moves for the movies, is to come to Redlands next Tuesday night and speak before the Redlands ...

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