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Nebraska's path to Big Ten title game clear
Nebraska coach Bo Pelini had a minor health scare in September, and his players have done little to lower his stress level. Except win. The Cornhuskers are 5-1 in the Big Ten, but only one victory came easily — and that was against Michigan. In the...
Tags: Illinois Fighting Illini, Minnesota Golden Gophers, College Football, Iowa Hawkeyes, Penn State Nittany Lions
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18 holes with … Tim Beckman
Tim Beckman faced a dilemma on the 14th hole at Olympia Fields' North Course: lay up or try to fly it 160 yards from the right rough to clear the scrub area. "You know me," the Illinois football coach said. "I'm not going to play it dang short." At...
Tags: Illinois Fighting Illini, Iowa Hawkeyes, Football, National Collegiate Athletic Association, U.S. Open (golf)
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SEC football needs to shed FCS cupcakes, schedule tougher nonconference games
The Southeastern Conference needs to go on a diet. Forget the cabbage. Put away the watermelon. Leave the grapefruit for the health nuts. What the SEC needs to avoid is the cupcakes. Not the sugary sweet ones that you find next to the deli at the...Tags: College Football, Oklahoma State Cowboys, College Baseball, South Carolina Gamecocks, Sacred Heart University
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You have to love Groce
Nothing on Valentine's Day says "I love you'' like a private jet whisking your date away to an exotic locale where you have dinner reservations. Still, Illinois coach John Groce realized asking his wife, Allison, to accompany him Feb. 14 on the...Tags: Illinois Fighting Illini, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Freedom of the Press, Twitter, Inc., ESPN (tv network)
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College hoops has already been hit with a heavy dose of madness
If March represents the madness that is college basketball, then February is the fever leading up to it. The season is in full swing and with less than a month until Selection Sunday, you don't have to be Gus Johnson to know it's been an exciting one....
Tags: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Television Industry, College Football, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Florida Gators
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College football could use a big dose of March Madness
Hopefully, the powers that be are watching. They saw the adulation and euphoria on the faces of the players from the likes of Harvard, Oregon, California and Ole Miss. They saw the look of disappointment on the faces of the fans who spent countless...
Tags: Oregon Ducks, College Football, South Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Florida Gators
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Better late than never for Illini's GodBold
Adrienne GodBold came to Champaign four years ago in the No. 3-ranked class of women's basketball recruits in the country. The group didn't stay together long. Destiny Williams left Illinois after one game as a freshman, going on to win an NCAA...Tags: Illinois Fighting Illini, Iowa Hawkeyes, Northwestern Wildcats, College Sports, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Collins can benefit from Fitzgerald's experience
Chris Collins and Pat Fitzgerald both grew up as sports stars in suburban Chicago. Both Collins and Fitzgerald are 38 and born in 1974 — Collins eight months earlier in April. Both enthusiastically view each day as an opportunity to improve and...
Tags: College Football, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, College Basketball, Northwestern Wildcats, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Time for NU and Carmody to part ways
Northwestern athletic director Jim Phillips is bunkered down and buttoned up regarding the NU men's basketball program. It's tough to fault Phillips for that. Northwestern basketball isn't a subject many people are willing to engage. Hell, I'm reluctant...Tags: College Football, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Wrigley Field, Dan McNeil, College Basketball
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Timely returns spark Illini women's soccer
The Illinois women's soccer team began this season without the coach who had made the program into a consistent winner over her 11 years in Champaign and the player who had scored one-third of the team's goals the previous two seasons. The Illini were...
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Illinois Fighting Illini, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Soccer, FIFA Women's World Cup
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Football recruiting notes | Normal Community senior recalls Friday's hostage situation
Normal Community senior Randy Heideman had a day Friday he won't soon forget.
Heideman was in close proximity to a hostage situation at the high school, where a 14-year-old student was arrested after he fired several shots into a ceiling before being...Tags: Shootings, College Football, Iowa Hawkeyes, Northwestern Wildcats, College Sports
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Northwestern athletic director did what he had to do
Jim Phillips began the toughest day of his tenure as Northwestern athletic director at 8 a.m. Saturday by telling the father of his son's seventh-grade basketball coach how much he respected him. The meeting with Bill Carmody lasted long enough to...
Tags: Illinois Fighting Illini, College Basketball, College Sports, Northwestern Wildcats, Sports
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