University of Illinois
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Big Ten, SEC super conferences moving full speed aheadJul 03, 2022 12:00 pm - The bolt of lightning metaphor was never more appropriate than what happened Thursday in the world of college sports. Everything was coasting along as normal and a few h...
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Hardy falls to Hall in playoff at NV5 InvitationalMay 29, 2022 1:00 am - For one of the first times in his life Nick Hardy showed up at a professional golf event expecting to win. Not hoping or praying. Expecting. He attacked from the first ...
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Hardy hoping to get right with 'rehab start' at Glenview's NV5 InvitationalMay 26, 2022 1:00 am - Home sweet home. That's where Nick Hardy is this week as the Glenbrook North High graduate elected to enter the Korn Ferry Tour's NV5 Invitational at The Glen Club. Hard...
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Momentum kicks in at the right time for Illini men's golfersMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - The University of Illinois men's team earned its 15th straight appearance in NCAA regional play, which starts on Monday. That was no surprise after the Illini won their ...
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Jim O'Donnell: Fighting Illini's extension of Underwood comes with predictable risk to programMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - FIRST, BEGIN WITH a clear acknowledgment: Few "Fan Nation" bases in America - students, alumni, former co-op record store owners still living in Champaign - deserve an N...
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Moore scores 21, Houston hammers Illinois to make Sweet 16
Mar 20, 2022 1:00 am - PITTSBURGH - Once back in their locker room, Houston's players emptied their water bottles on coach Kelvin Sampson, who peeled off his shirt for the celebratory dousing....
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Jim O'Donnell: For local college hoops, March tourneys are uncertain and the end always nearMar 18, 2022 11:00 pm - WHEN BIDDING ADIEU, the great Phil Georgeff was fond of borrowing from Shakespeare to puckishly say, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” But then, “The Voice” would always a...
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Illini's Cockburn can be counted on for a laugh, but he's serious about deep tourney runMar 18, 2022 5:30 am - PITTSBURGH - The smile is wide and bright, like everything else about Kofi Cockburn. The Illinois center, a man mountain and one of the most dominant interior players in...
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Illinois edges Chattanooga in final seconds to advanceMar 18, 2022 1:00 am - PITTSBURGH - The result didn't make sense to Brad Underwood. For the better part of 39 minutes Friday night, the Illinois coach watched his fourth-seeded team chasing 13...
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Mark Gonzales: Expectations or not, Loyola and Illinois are where they belongMar 16, 2022 1:00 am - The sheer appearance of Loyola in the NCAA's men's basketball tournament turns heads, based on the Ramblers' run to the Final Four in 2018 and their upset of top regiona...