Illini have strong showing at the Chicago Marathon
October 13, 2014
Just weeks after the United States Olympic Committee announced the University would be designated as a U.S. Paralympic training site, Illini wheelchair athletes proved once again why they are considered some of the best in the nation at Sunday’s Chicago Marathon. University graduate Tatyana McFadd...
Baseball is still as popular as ever
September 30, 2014
Editor's note: This column is written as part of a point-counterpoint. The other column, stating that baseball is losing popularity, can be read here. Baseball is called America’s pastime for a reason. It has always been there, and it always will be. Like any other professional sports league, the MLB has not stayed perfectly consistent in po...
Another defeat for Bears on Sunday in one-sided rivalry with Packers
September 30, 2014
Growing up, my older brother and I were always very competitive. Due to our love of sports, we frequently played one-on-one pick up basketball games, raced 100 meters and held various contests to compare our athletic abilities. We developed an intense rivalry. However, I could never beat my brother. He was always one se...
Illinois women’s cross-country finishes 18th at Roy Griak Invite
September 29, 2014
Fresh off of a win at the Illinois State Invite two weeks ago, the Illinois women’s cross-country team traveled to Minnesota on Sunday to compete in the Roy Griak Invite. The Illini finished in 18th place in what was their first time competing at the 35-team event. No. 3 Michigan State won and ...
News around the sporting world
September 8, 2014
Bears can’t hang on against Bills in 23-20 overtime loss The Bears were chasing the Bills for most of the afternoon Sunday at Soldier Field. In the end, the Bills prevailed 23-20 in overtime on a 27-yard field goal by Dan Carpenter. The Bills led 17-7 at the half as Carpenter kicked a 50-yard fiel...
Manny Ramirez not a mistake for Cubs
By Sean Neumann
May 27, 2014
The Chicago Cubs hired former MLB superstar Manny Ramirez to be a player-coach for the Triple A Iowa Cubs this past weekend and despite the gut reaction, it wasn’t a mistake. It was a shocking move for the Cubs to risk distraction for performance, but the latter doesn’t lie. He was at times contr...
McFadden wins Boston Marathon
April 22, 2014
University alumna Tatyana McFadden won the Boston Marathon’s women’s wheelchair division on Monday, her 25th birthday. The win comes eight days after McFadden won the London Marathon. McFadden is halfway to her goal of sweeping the four major marathons — London, Boston, Chicago and New York —...
McFadden wins silver medal in Paralympic sit ski sprint
By Philip Hersh
March 13, 2014
The redoubtable Tatyana McFadden has done it again. The young woman for whom nothing seems impossible joined the group of athletes who have won medals in winter and summer Paralympic competition when she took silver in Wednesday's sit ski sprint at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. "I can...
Former Illini Aja Evans wins bronze in women’s bobsled
February 21, 2014
SOCHI, Russia — The first time Aja Evans took a run down the bobsled track — a sensation she likens to being stuffed into a garbage can and pushed off a cliff — she wasn't sure she wanted to do it again. Her mother insisted: Do not give up. "She told me to fight through it," said Evans, a Chicago native ...
University student Jonathan Kuck finishes 19th in 5,000 meters at Olympics
February 7, 2014
Update (10:00 p.m.): University student Jonathan Kuck finished 19th overall in the 5,000 meters race with a time of 6 minutes, 31.53 seconds, more than 10 seconds off his time at the Olympic trials. Sven Kramer of the Netherlands, who Kuck was racing alongside, won gold in 6:10.76, an Olympic record...
Seahawks soars past Broncos to win 1st Super Bowl
By Bob Condotta
February 3, 2014
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Believe it, Seattle — after 38 years, the Seahawks are finally Super Bowl champions. In fact, by the time it ended, the only thing unbelievable about this one was how easy it was, as the Seahawks cruised to a 43-8 win over the Denver Broncos to take Super Bowl XLVIII in fron...
Live Blog: NBA Draft
By Gregory Zeck
June 24, 2010
Follow along as sports writer Greg Zeck live blogs the NBA Draft on Thursday at 6 p.m. Daily Illini NBA Draft Blog...
