Bob Asmussen | Seeing Red Grange story, celebration prompts more tales about Grange
I've lost count of the number of stories I have written for The News-Gazette since 1989. Feels like a bazillion, but is likely less than that. Of all the columns and stories, none produced the kind of ...
A football fan’s Valhalla: Red Grange christened Memorial Stadium 100 years ago and became an Illini legend
One hundred years ago this week, Red Grange took the opening kickoff of the Illinois-Michigan football game and zigzagged ...
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Remembering Red Grange, the 'Galloping Ghost' who made a Caitlin Clark-like impact on football in 1924
Illinois legend Red Grange's most famous game came 100 years ago when he lit up Michigan. The Illini will honor the star this ...
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Ghost Stories | ‘Oversized stars from Frank Gifford to Joe Namath to Peyton Manning to Travis Kelce owe a huge debt of gratitude to Red Grange’
"Grange helped lay the foundation for the popularity of the NFL, and with large contracts negotiated by an agent, endorsement ...
Column: Illinois football took on the past — and the present — in a history-making win over Michigan
Illinois football got to notch a piece of history themselves by beating Michigan on Saturday — this time, in their favor.
CBS Pays Tribute to 1924 Michigan-Illinois Game With Old-Fashioned Intro, Outfits
As the Wolverines and Illini reconvened Saturday 100 years and one day later, CBS paid tribute to the 1924 game with an ...
College football fans torched Illinois for its icky 1920s throwback uniforms
No. 22 Illinois will roll out new throwback uniforms at home on Saturday as the team plays No. 24 Michigan, the team ...