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Jenkins, Mercilus Taken in First Round
On Thursday night former University of Illinois defensive end Whitney Mercilus and former Illini wide receiver A.J. Jenkins were both taken in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft. Mercilus was picked…Read More
#20 Tennis team loses to Indiana
The tennis team lost its 7th match of the year and 4th in the last 6 matches to Indiana 5-2 on Friday, despite Senior Dennis Nevolo winning in both singles and doubles. The #20 duo of Nevolo and senior…Read More
Illini End Four Game Losing Streak, Win Two Straight
The Illini ended their four game losing skid with seven straight runs against Illinois State yesterday and won again today against Eastern Illinois. Yesterday, the Fighting Illini found themselves down…Read More
Illini Top Eastern Illinois, Improve to 18-12
After another incredible pitching performance the Illini baseball team defeated Eastern Illinois 10-3. This time it was Brain De La Torriente who pitched seven and a third innings and struck out six while…Read More
Illini win 11-6 over Indiana
After giving up five runs in two innings, the bullpen, led by Mat Milroy, picked up Josh Ferry by only allowing one run in their seven innings of work. Matt Milroy shut down the Hoosiers, striking out…Read More
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Illini Even Series, Beat Indiana 7-3
After falling behind in the first inning 2-0, the Illini fought back with a phenomenal effort from pitcher…Read More
Illini Sweep Mississippi Valley State
The Illini baseball team outscored the Mississippi Valley State Devils 34-11 in this weekend’s three…Read More
John Groce Named Illinois Head Basketball Coach
On Thursday, the University of Illinois announced former Ohio University coach John Groce as their new…Read More
Fighting Illini vs Quincy Individual Player Reviews with Plus/Minus
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10/26/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini related stories from around the media landscape
And now fall sets in for real….talking about frigid temperatures for the Fighting Illini’s…Read More
Three takeways from the surrender in West Lafayette: Boilermakers 21, Fighting Illini 14
Well, that was a wretched experience. The Fighting Illini have now lost back-to-back games in the B1G, probably ending any delusions we might have had about contending for the Leaders Division title.…Read More
Homecoming? We INVENTED Homecoming. An Illini-Purdue preview.
On Every Day Should Be Saturday, the seminal college football blog over at SBNation, each school has a meme attached to it in the comments section. Ron Zook is, pretty obviously, the fulcrum for Fighting…Read More
In defense of 2ook, er, Zook
The Fighting Illini are 6-0 thus far this year. It’s been partially the result of favorable scheduling, and partially the result of growth by the team. However, I would posit that we’re one…Read More
Former Illini Jereme Richmond Charged with Battery
According to a report by the Daily Herald, former Illinois basketball player Jereme Richmond was charged today with three felonies including aggravated battery. The report claims that Richmond and a…Read More
Big Ten Media Days Recap
This past weekend, the Big Ten held its annual Media Days event where coaches and players from every Big Ten school, along with Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, meet in Chicago to discuss the upcoming season…Read More
ESPN Talks Weber, Illinois Basketball
Just wanted to share a few interesting links that ESPN had on the Illini today. ESPN Chicago writer Scott Powers, who I previously had the privilege to collaborate with discussing Illinois football…Read More
McCamey Signs With Turkish League
Reports were confirmed Thursday by Demetri McCamey’s agent Roger Montgomery that the former Illinois point guard has signed a one-year deal with Mersin in Turkey. In an interview with Scott Powers…Read More
Illinois through Nebraska’s Eyes
Just a short post today. I thought that this is something people might find interesting. The Lincoln Journal Star, a paper in the town of new Big Ten member Nebraska, has been running a series introducing…Read More
Renovation Plans for Assembly Hall Moving Forward
Some interesting news regarding the Assembly Hall renovations has surfaced. As reported by Illinois Loyalty, the renovation of the 48 year old building is almost ready to begin. A construction manager…Read More
Leonard, USA Fall to Croatia
The U.S. team lost for the first time at the U19 World Championships in Latvia today. The United States (5-1) will move on to quarterfinal play despite a 87-85 loss to Croatia. Illinois sophomore Meyers…Read More
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