Chicago DeLaSalle’s 6’8″ power forward Mike Shaw announced this afternoon that he’ll play college ball at Illinois. Shaw chose the Illini over West Virginia, DePaul and Marquette. That makes four 4-star recruits in the Class …
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Consider the write-in: Jerommie Smith for Sheriff
Despite being seemingly hamstrung by the system, Jerommie Smith is putting up a solid fight to win the vote on Election Day. One issue: he’s a write-in.
O&B Scrimmage Report
In their first public scrimmage of the season, the Illini showed the 6,000+ fans why about 10,000 more will be showing up come mid-November. The report and more pics inside.
Illini basketball starts Sunday
The annual Orange and Blue scrimmage is tomorrow, and with the team ranked at #16 to start the season, it’s time to get excited, officially.
The kids are all right
By now, most everyone knows that the Illini basketball team’s Midnight Madness was a bit of a flop. But that doesn’t mean that there weren’t major potential recruiting successes to come out of it.
People v. Charles Cribbs hearing set for 1:30 pm
Today at the Champaign County courthouse, the people will look for the State’s Attorney Julia Rietz to come down on Charles Cribb with an iron fist. Rob contends it’s not just the right thing to do, it’s the only thing.
Media Day 2010 marks start of the season
Go behind the scenes with Rob McColley to find out about who is the Illini’s center of attention, who cringes while getting flu shots, and what problems might already be arising.
Madness back to Huff Gym
Without using the terms “abysmal failure” or “tail between its legs” the DIA made a good, pragmatic change of direction this week — returning Illini Basketball’s kickoff event to the intimate confines of Huff After …
Atheism v. Champaign: The Movie
One of our finest local filmmakers-gone-national has a new documentary out. Jay Rosenstein’s latest will get its Champaign premiere on Thursday at The Art Theater.
A few new faces in the crowd
Even if the Illini football team couldn’t get it done Saturday, Bruce Weber was hard at work on the future of Illini hoops.