Category Archives: Local Sports
Indiana-Purdue rivalry game canceled again
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - The Indiana-Purdue rivalry game has been canceled again. Both schools had to pull out of last week's regularly scheduled battle for the Old Oaken Bucket because of COVID-19 is...
Dec 16, 2020
Fields gets Big Ten honor
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields is the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year. The vote for Fields by the conference's coaches and media was hardly a surprise considering how ...
Dec 16, 2020
John A Logan Putting "Student" Ahead of "Student-Athlete"
Congratulations to the John A Logan men's basketball team as they finished the Fall semester with a 3.12 overall team GPA, the highest in program history. That included 2 players with 4.0 and 10 playe...
Dec 15, 2020
IHSA Puts Hoops On Hold Till January
The IHSA met on Monday to discuss winter sports. The Board continued to hold off on basketball and plans to meet with representatives from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Governor's o...
Dec 15, 2020
Bears Still With A Playoff Shot
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Bears can breathe a little easier after beating Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans 36-7 to snap a six-game losing streak. And as hard as it seems to believe, the Bears ar...
Dec 15, 2020
Ravens win with wild finish
CLEVELAND (AP) - Lamar Jackson came back in the nick of time to possibly save the Baltimore Ravens’ season. Jackson led two scoring drives after the two-minute warning and Justin Tucker nailed a...
Dec 15, 2020
Johnson responding to commands
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The University of Florida says forward Keyontae Johnson was "following simple commands" Monday after being transferred from Tallahassee Memorial to UF Health in Gainesville. S...
Dec 15, 2020
Big Ten Conference sports news 12/14/20
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has fired coach Lovie Smith with one game left in its ninth consecutive losing season. Smith became Illinois' first Black head football coach when he was hired by athle...
Dec 14, 2020
Chiefs wrap up division crown
UNDATED (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs turned the ball over four times, fell into an early 10-point hole and watched Patrick Mahomes taken down for a 30-yard sack. None of that stopped the Chiefs from ...
Dec 14, 2020
Illini fire Smith
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has fired coach Lovie Smith with a game left in its ninth consecutive losing season. Smith became the school's first Black head football coach when he was hired by athl...
Dec 14, 2020
