October 1998
Tate: History has been kind in series
"We have great respect for Illinois. They've more than held their own against Ohio State. I still have a losing record against them."
– Ohio State coach John Cooper
Cooper knows, but legions of rabid Buckeye fans are probably unaware Illinois stands 6-4 against OSU in the Cooper years.
Flying Illini tribute
With the 10th anniversary of Lou Henson''s Final Four team fast approaching, The News-Gazette wants to know what your favorite memory of the 1988-89 season was. Let us know, in 100 words or less. We''ll pick out the best ones and run them throughout the basketball season as part of our tribute to Anderson, Battle, Gill & Co.
sports@news-gazette.com, fax us at (217) 351-5374 or write to Final Four Tribute, P.O.Box 677, Champaign, IL 61824-0677 and give us your opinion.
Illini fall to Badgers in soccer
Illinois gave another established soccer team fits on its own field Sunday. But for the second time in three days, the Illini fell one goal short.
Illini have one to grow on
CHAMPAIGN – No flag waving. No cartwheels. No salutes.
One day after a breakthrough win against Northwestern, the Illinois football team went back to work.
Rossow: Do-everything Illini freshman owed a salute
EVANSTON He carries the football all afternoon long and never fumbles.
He catches passes. He returns kickoffs. He fields punts.
For all we know, he showed the Illinois bus driver a shortcut through Chicago traffic on the way out of town Saturday night.
UI junior takes fifth
CARBONDALE – Junior Scott McClennan took fifth place to pace the Illinois men's cross-country team to third Saturday at the Saluki Invitational.
Illini bounce back
CHAMPAIGN – Mary Coleman would like to protest an omission in the box score from Saturday night's Illinois-Ohio State volleyball match.
If anyone deserved to be credited with an assist, the Illini outside hitter said, it's Stephanie Stewart.
UI, Kish haunt Wildcats
EVANSTON Tim Kish rode the jets with Northwestern to Rose and Citrus bowls earlier in this decade.
He helped develop the defensive schemes that won consecutive Big Ten championships.
Kittner becomes confidence man
EVANSTON It wasn''t a pass or a handoff or a quarterback sneak that won over his teammates Saturday at Northwestern.
It was a smile. A second-half, in-the-middle-of-an-Illinois-huddle, game-on-the-line grin from Kurt Kittner.
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