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Blue Team Wins in Illini Spring Football Game

After the Illini blue team won 13-12, the Orange teams missed extra point in the first quarter came back to haunt them. The running game and defense were especially important in Saturdays Illini spring…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

Meyers Leonard Declares For NBA Draft

Sophomore Illini Center Meyers Leonard has declared that he will forgo his junior and senior seasons to enter the NBA draft this summer. Leonard improved greatly in this past year, going from averaging…Read More

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 John Kravetz and defeated Indiana 7-3, improving their record to 16-12. Kravetz gave up two runs…Read More

Illini Sweep Mississippi Valley State

The Illini baseball team outscored the Mississippi Valley State Devils 34-11 in this weekend’s three game set, and took all three games improving their record to 15-10. In the final game of the series,…Read More

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Illinois Fighting Illini vs Maryland Terrapins – a poor man’s basketball preview.

It’s always a great sign when the B1G-ACC Challenge rolls around. Basketball season is rounding…Read More

Illini Football Coaching Candidate A: Mike Leach

With the recent firing of Ron Zook, Fighting Illini football is on the hunt for a new coach. This is…Read More

Illinois 17, Wisconsin 7 Halftime thoughts – Bungled punts that don’t really hurt you (and may have actually helped!)

Some random musings from halftime of the Fighting Illini – Badgers football matchup. -Nice to see…Read More

Illinois Fighting Illini vs Lipscomb Bisons – 8 p.m., Assembly Hall – a basketball preview.

Tonight, the Fighting Illini continue their quest for the Cancun Challenge championship with this tilt…Read More

11/15/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini – related stories from around the media landscape

The Dump is back after a long hiatus with all of your Fighting Illini news. Er… at least some…Read More

Michigan at Illinois: A Football Preview

Michigan and Illinois have a rich shared football history. Red Grange inaugurated Memorial Stadium with…Read More

11/11/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape

Eleven. Eleven. Eleven. Best number 11 in Fighting Illini history? Dee Brown. So on to basketball….…Read More

11/10/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape

No riots here: Yesterday was signing day for the Fighting Illini. The basketball team picked up one…Read More

11/9/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape

A chill is preparing to descend over the Midwest, as we finally begin the inevitable slide towards winter.…Read More

Fighting Illini Basketball vs Quincy College Live Blog

Looks like we’ll get to see another couple of Illini debut tonight-Sam Maniscalco and Myke Henry Chat…Read More

11/5/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini-related stories from around the media landscape

What to do on a Fighting Illini football -less Saturday? We’ve got a couple of victorious fall…Read More

Fighting Illini / WSC individual player reports, now with plus/minus!

A few quick notes before we move on to the Fighting Illini individual player reports… Subs were really…Read More

Painful….

The Fighting Illini coughed up yet another game, this time to Penn State. There certainly could be a…Read More

10/27/11 Morning Dump- a quick rundown of Illini related stories from around the media landscape

On this, the 300th day of the year, we’ve got the first injury of the Illini basketball season,…Read More

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