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26 years after they played what was then known as the Assembly Hall during their Dixie Chicks days, the fiftysomething fruit-loving trio of Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer is still a draw. news-gazette.com/arts-entert…
Top 5 for public school enrollment: Texas A&M, UCF, Florida, Ohio State, UIUC ... Quentin Coleman climbing mock drafts ... 20 Chief portrayers back this weekend ... Alum spotlight: 2010 grad's behind-scenes role for Brewers, Alan Ruck honored. news-gazette.com/news/illini…
“South Florida football, it’s different. He got some tough coaching from me because that’s what we do around here but he ain’t scared of nothing. I know most of you say ‘This freshman’s going in? Oh man, he’s going to (struggle).’ Not one of my kids.” news-gazette.com/news/as-hea…
In Tuesday's @news_gazette: We reconvened a panel of 33 proud @IlliniMBB-playing alums and asked: What’s the one word that best sums up how you view this year’s team? news-gazette.com/news/may-we…
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The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legislation is the strongest effort yet by Congress to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their name, image and likeness and how often they can transfer. news-gazette.com/news/protec…
The long-awaited Protect College Sports Act just passed the Senate by a 77-22 vote. Dick Durbin was a "yes," Tammy Duckworth a "no." Next stop: the House of Representatives.
Everything you need to know about FBS-vs.-FCS matchups like Saturday’s in Champaign, culled from a couple dozen open records-generated game contracts and other documents. In @news_gazette: news-gazette.com/news/moneyb…
As is customary when major-conference programs host heavy underdogs from Division I’s lower levels in so-called “buy games” this time of year, the contract calls for the visitor to be cut a seven-figure check. news-gazette.com/news/going-…
Ascending. Auspicious. Credible. Those were just a few of the adjectives a panel of 43 @IlliniFootball alums offered when @news_gazette asked for 1 word that best sums up how they feel about the state of the program entering Yr 6 of the @BretBielema era. news-gazette.com/news/may-we…
What would ADs tell senators about the urgency of @SenTedCruz/@SenatorCantwell’s Protect College Sports Act? We asked 25 of them, inc. @TroyDannen @IASTATEAD @mikebroeker @EdKullStJohnsAD @JeffMitchellBSU @ShawnHeilbron @KlassyDogs @ZackLassiter @SteveEig news-gazette.com/news/the-en…
Make men's basketball officials pass a physical fitness test ... Come up w/ new ways to recruit refs & challenge calls in women's hoops ... Enforce dress codes ... Shorten TV timeouts ... Make wrestling a 1-semester sport ... raise the rims 6 inches ... news-gazette.com/news/100-fi…
How have supersized conferences impacted team travel? UCLA's men's basketball team spent $424,083.70 on a January trip to Penn State and Ohio State; the Illini women dropped $311,718.49 for a two-game trip to the Pacific Northwest. news-gazette.com/news/100-fi…
Illinois' Shauna Green: "It’s hard to go in and beat Texas on their home court or Vandy on their home court or UConn on their home court in order to get to that Sweet 16." Maryland's Brenda Frese: "We don't have to copycat the men." news-gazette.com/news/100-fi…
“When one organization sits at the center of a multibillion-dollar industry with no real competitors and no meaningful pressure to evolve, you get what we see today: an organization that behaves more like a cartel than a regulator," @RepKamBuckner says. news-gazette.com/news/100-fi…
When early voting kicks off less than 6 weeks from now, Unit 4 taxpayers will be asked whether they support a $192 million referendum that would rebuild 1 Champaign middle school, renovate another and add a new one at a site TBD. From @news_gazette: news-gazette.com/news/in-7-0…
Weighing in as part of @news_gazette's 16-page special section: @CoachBillSelf, @HuskerFootball legend Tom Osborne, @Jennnna_Smith13, @finebaum, @LenElmore, @gopacknow, @rudytomjanovich, Kevin Hambly, @RickGeorgeCU, @eiu's Jay Gatrell & @maureencweston. news-gazette.com/news/100-fi…
Ten mid-major ADs — including @JeffMitchellBSU, @NathanC_AD, @scottkull, @KentHaslam, @SeanTFrazier, @Wselig006, @kylemoatsEKU, @AndyFeeUCSD — weigh in for @news_gazette 16-page special section: news-gazette.com/news/100-fi…
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The referendum would add a 4th middle school, rebuild Franklin at its current site, make $13M worth of special ed improvements, build a 6-8 addition onto IPA and do away with the 8 portable classrooms sitting outside 2 old, overcrowded middle schools. news-gazette.com/news/coming…
