Even someone on the Green Bay Packers is acknowledging the Bears will need to be contended with going forward.Their last regular-season game should have told them this much, with a 24-22 Bears win, ...

Illinois pitching coach Mark Allen has died at 49. Illinois issued a release Thursday saying his family had announced that Allen had died on Wednesday.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Mark Allen, who had been Illinois’ pitching coach for the last five seasons, has died. He was 49. Illinois said in a statement Thursday that Allen died Wednesday ...