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The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: May 4, 2024
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 4 hours agoThe Illinois men's tennis team did just that on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament, beating Toledo 4-1 in Lexington, Ky. Next up? A 3 p.m. second-round match against host Kentucky ...
FCC approves CIMG's acquisition of Decatur, Danville radio stations
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoMay 1—CHAMPAIGN — Champaign Multimedia Group has completed its acquisition of eight downstate radio stations and is changing its name to Central Illinois ...
The News-Gazette's girls' soccer Top 5: Mahomet-Seymour lands at No. 1
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 5 days agoApr. 29—1. Mahomet-Seymour Previous ranking: No. 2 Record: 7-3-3 Bulldogs beat Danville 6-0 in lone match last week and get set to host Apollo Conference foe Mattoon on Tuesday. Coach Jeremy ...
The News-Gazette's softball Top 10: Westville stays at No. 1
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoMay 3—With the calendar flipped to May, Sports Editor Matt Daniels has the latest area rankings as the regular season winds down and postseason play is fast approaching: 1. Westville Previous ...
Top of the Morning, April 30, 2024
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoApr. 30—Pancho Moore had his own marathon Saturday. After working the finish line at Memorial Stadium for The News-Gazette, he lugged his cameras to another ...
Friday's prep highlights: Go ahead and celebrate Mahomet-Seymour, Monticello and Westville
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 4 hours agoMay 4—➜ . Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin went up 2-0 in the bottom of the third inning, increased its lead to 5-0 in the fifth and then held on for a home Vermilion Valley Conference win despite ...
Coleman Hawkins will enter transfer portal
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoApr. 30—CHAMPAIGN — Coleman Hawkins said he was 100 percent set on the 2024 NBA draft when he declared as an early entrant on April 23. That playing at Illinois the past four ...
Falcons draft Illini Washington in sixth round
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 7 days agoApr. 27—DETROIT — Illinois receiver Casey Washington became the fourth member of the 2023 team to be selected in the NFL draft. Washington went in the sixth round to Atlanta, No. 187 overall ...
Piatt's OT: Taylar Mercer plays softball ... and fights fires
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoMay 3—SULLIVAN — Taylar Mercer currently leads the Sullivan softball team with a batting average in the mid-.400s. But that's where the sports references stop for Mercer, a junior in high school ...
New kids on the block
The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoMay 1—These future Big Ten men's basketball players have already had hits before in their career. It's why they were so coveted in April during the wheelings and dealings of the always changing ...