Illini softball, baseball gearing up for season openers; Illini volleyball going through spring workouts
Illini softball, baseball gearing up for season openers; Illini volleyball going through spring workouts
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Veteran coach in Hartleb brings back veteran group of players to Champaign this spring
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Twenty-three years ago Sunday — Nov. 13, 1999 — coach Ron Turner’s Illinois football team became bowl eligible with a 46-20 victory at Ohio State, its most lopsided win against the Buckeyes in 70 years.
Early signing period a positive for multiple Illinois teams
Exactly 143 years ago Sunday — Oct. 2, 1879 — as an extension of an oratorical competition between Illinois Industrial University (University of Illinois) and Illinois College, the two institutions faced off on the baseball diamond for what history reveals was the university’s very first int…
Happy Birthday today to three-time Illini volleyball All-American Jocelynn Birks.
These 10 Illini should see their names in the headlines often this upcoming school year
Big Ten expansion raises all sorts of questions — with no clear answers right now
Undrafted free agent Jacob Campbell could be first to hit minor leagues
Turns out Terence Mann was right when he said, 'If you build it, they will come.' At least when it comes to our veteran sports columnist.
It’s Year 25 for a league that allows children facing physical and mental challenges the opportunity to play baseball.
Left-handed hurler Cole Kirschsieper and first baseman Justin Janas each have spent three seasons at Illinois and were snagged in the draft's 12th round.
The AAU reputation of universities is a big factor for any future Big Ten expansion
From top athletes to top interviewees and everything in between, The News-Gazette sports staff takes a look back at the school year that was for Illinois athletics
High marks for men's basketball and men's golf; low marks for track and field and women's basketball
Instead of just shooting 18 holes Sunday, former Illinois men’s golfer Dylan Meyer may just try to celebrate his 27th birthday by playing an extra nine.
A yearlong look at some of the notable moments from the past school year regarding Illinois athletics:
Any way you view it, this is backstabbing at its worst. Every man for himself ... soulless haves leaving the have-nots floundering
Happy 246th birthday to America on Monday. On this patriotic day, we salute the “Fourth of July” Illini. Selected as the honorary captain of this patriotic unit is basketball legend Marcus Liberty.
Caleb Griffin, a former four-sport Danville High School star and a current kicker on the Illinois football team, is a constant presence at high school, college and pro sporting events
Nick Hardy not the only former Illinois athlete succeeding at the next level
Chance to catch a Cubs-Braves game in person — on Father's Day no less — brought about some satisfaction for our veteran columnist
OMAHA, Neb. — About the last thing Brooks Coetzee expected when he arrived at Notre Dame in 2018: a future trip to the College World Series.
Former Tuscola star transferring to Illinois
Multiple former area standouts have found a baseball home at Illinois
Five-year extension: 'Some things are just meant to go together, and that's how we feel about the Illini and WDWS and WHMS'
A closer look at the details of what a scholarship entails at Illinois
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