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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

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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,…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…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,…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…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…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…Read More

McCamey Signs With Turkish League

Reports were confirmed Thursday by Demetri McCamey’s agent Roger Montgomery that the former Illinois…Read More

Illinois through Nebraska’s Eyes

Just a short post today. I thought that this is something people might find interesting. The Lincoln…Read More

Renovation Plans for Assembly Hall Moving Forward

Some interesting news regarding the Assembly Hall renovations has surfaced. As reported by Illinois…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…Read More