It's old news, but anyone who hasn't seen the video of the surprise reunion between UI hoopster Meyers Leonard and his U.S. Marine brother, Bailey Leonard, will enjoy watching this. For those who do not know, Bailey Leonard, who was serving in Afghanistan, showed up in C-U last spring and popped into an Illini pre-game practice. Meyers was, to say the least, taken aback.

Shahid Khan first hit the big-time in Champaign-Urbana, when he struck gold in the auto parts manufacturing business. But the immmigrant from Pakistan kept a fairly low profile, with the exception of Champaign-Urbana and its environs. Locally, he has been a very generous philanthropist and businessman.

Texas Tech head basketball coach Billy Gillispie, a former assistant coach at the University of Illinois, is out of the hospital, but not out of the woods.
He remains on the hot seat, and his coaching career is in doubt following complaints by players to the school’s athletic director about player abuse and violations of NCAA rules on the length of practice.

It looks like Billy Gillespie, a key assistant under Bill Self at the University of Illinois, is in trouble again.

He's had issues with alcohol, including DUI arrests and a treatment program, but what's happening at Texas Tech goes beyond that.

This pseudo-intellectual isn’t much for recommending fiction. But I’ve grown fond of the mystery series produced by Michael Connelly and John Sanford.
Now I can add James Benn to that list. His “Billy Boyle” mysteries, set in the midst of the Allied High Command in Europe during World War II, are just different enough to past muster with this pseudo-discriminating reader.

Jim’s Pseudo-Intellectual Book Club — Vol. LIV
The mysterious events surrounding the November 1963 assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas continue to fascinate — hence, today’s recommendation.

Big changes are coming to major college sports, and not just in the form of new super-conferences.

It’s been nearly 50 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a visit to Dallas, Tex., but the case continues to fascinate.
How could such a thing have happened? More importantly, who did it?