By Jackson Janes, Sports Editor
• September 18, 2021
Friday night was ugly.
After taking the lead for the first time in the game just under one minute into the fourth quarter, the Illini couldn’t hang on, with a combination of poor decision making,...
Indiana is as big of a basketball school as you get. Bobby Knight. Isiah Thomas. Five national championships. Assembly Hall. But can you tell me much of their football history? From 1995 to 2013, they...
By Jackson Janes, Sports Editor
• September 11, 2021
It’s no secret that the Illini struggled defensively under former head coach Lovie Smith. In his final year in Champaign, Illinois ranked last in the Big Ten in passing yards allowed, with opposing teams...
After going 2-6 and changing head coaches, everyone knew things would — and needed to — change.
A defense that ranked among the worst in the Big Ten, an offense that managed just over 20 points...
When Kofi Cockburn entered the transfer portal on July 1, Champaign was in shock.
The college basketball world had been shaken up by the transfer portal this offseason, with a record number of guys...
Dear Kofi Cockburn,
Your impact on the Illinois basketball program cannot be overstated. Your sheer size, talent and dominance down low lifted a program resting in the Big Ten’s basement to national...
Ayo Dosunmu didn’t have to come to Illinois. The former four-star prospect took a chance on his state’s flagship school, and the results — albeit a tough end — gave Illini fans hope that this...
In Major League Baseball, if a player gets a base hit three out of 10 times, fame and fortune follow.
While Illinois isn’t quite at that mark, the Illini have a combined batting average of .286, the...
It was March 14. It didn’t matter that the Big Ten had Michigan — which Illinois beat by 23 — as the Big Ten regular season champion. Illinois had just won its first Big Ten tournament title and...
Mark Emmert’s NCAA presidency has been a trainwreck. And it’s never been more evident than right now.
Emmert has been the NCAA’s president since 2010. He’s been dunked on several times for his...
Sports often are a mirror of society. The wage gap persists, and, according to the Center for American Progress, for every dollar a white man makes, Asian women make 90 cents, white women make 79 cents,...
When I envisioned my time as sports editor at The Daily Illini, I pictured flying to a bowl game for the football team, hosting big Super Bowl watch parties with my staff and traveling to Indianapolis...
