July 2002
Subscription renewal time near
This is just a reminder that subscriptions to Illini SportsFacts Online from the 2001-02 season will expire on Aug. 5, 2001.
If you have already resubscribed, youre all set for another year of University of Illinois results, features and commentary.
If you havent resubscribed yet, you can do it online by using the link from the left side of the SportsFacts page.
This area allows for encrypted transmission of your credit card information using the Verisign system and is secure.
If you use this online method, your SportsFacts account will be active immediately.
You can also telephone your renewal in at 217-351-5696.
The SportsFacts season goes from Aug. 5, 2002 through April 30, 2003. Full- and half-season subscriptions are available. The rate will remain the same as the last three years: 35 cents per day for non-subscribers to the newspaper and 25 cents a day for subscribers. As usual, full-season subscribers get next summer for free.
Illinois, Self frozen out of Alaska tournament
Illinois'' November just got warmer, but the change is leaving Bill Self cold.
The Illini are out of the Top of the World Classic in Fairbanks, Alaska, victims of a judge''s ruling on an injunction regarding exempted tournaments for NCAA basketball teams.
Tate: Predictions don´t make much sense
L et''s see now. Your favorite football team ... humiliated Purdue 38-13 in November at West Lafayette, Ind., and prevailed for the sixth time in eight trips to Ohio State, 34-22.
finished the Big Ten with aseven-game winning streak and was the Big Ten''s highest-ranked team after the bowl games.
Subscription renewal time near
This is just a reminder that subscriptions to Illini SportsFacts Online from the 2001-02 season will expire on Aug. 5, 2001.
If you have already resubscribed, youre all set for another year of University of Illinois results, features and commentary.
If you havent resubscribed yet, you can do it online by using the link from the left side of the SportsFacts page.
This area allows for encrypted transmission of your credit card information using the Verisign system and is secure.
If you use this online method, your SportsFacts account will be active immediately.
You can also telephone your renewal in at 217-351-5696.
The SportsFacts season goes from Aug. 5, 2002 through April 30, 2003. Full- and half-season subscriptions are available. The rate will remain the same as the last three years: 35 cents per day for non-subscribers to the newspaper and 25 cents a day for subscribers. As usual, full-season subscribers get next summer for free.
Ex-Illini Butkus, Fitts, relish opportunity at Bears'' camp
BOURBONNAIS Luke Butkus and Steve Fitts sign autographs for eager fans just like the rest of their Chicago Bears teammates.
They eat meals in the same dining hall and play cards with the same veterans that have built a solid Chicago team.
UI freshmen lead way
Incoming Illini Dee Brown and Deron Williams combined for 28 points to lead the United States to a 71-65 victory Sunday against Argentina in the bronze medal game at the COPABA Men''s Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament in La Asuncion, Venezuela.
The Americans, along with Argentina, Puerto Rico and Venezuela, earned berths in the 2003 FIBA Junior World Championship.
Recruiting´s a tall order for tall Texan
Kalee Carey''s summer is just what you''d expect for a player ranked No. 22 in the nation by one scouting service.
Hectic.
I always play this much during the summer, said the 6-foot-4 center from Canyon, Texas, but going through the recruiting process, it''s been a little crazy.
Big as Texas: Footbal still king, but state is bubbling with hoops talent
You might think of Dubya or the Cowboys. Or maybe of oil fields and J.R. Ewing.
If you''re unenlightened enough, you might even picture pickup trucks and shotgun racks.
Big Ten: It''s only fitting that honesty has become an issue
It was scheduled to be a usual Sunday team meeting during an unusual week of preparing for Illinois'' trip to the Sugar Bowl. But Illini football coach Ron Turner added a twist in December.
In front of the players and staff, he walked into the squad room wearing his Pacific letterman''s jacket. It was a tight fit that drew a lot of laughs, but it was also a funny response to a serious situation.
Self plans to make European tour - if he´s healthy
He''s still not 100 percent healthy. But if Bill Self has his way, his recent surgery isn''t going to limit the rest of his summer.
Back on the recruiting road after sitting out the first evaluation period of July, Self still intends to coach the Big Ten''s European Touring Team in August.
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