Listen. Illinois got smoked. Like, not just beaten, but decimated. Beckman made a promise, and I think it’s likely time for him and his wife to get down to brass tacks. Bring the players to …
Posts by Seth Fein:
Re:Decatur launches
A few months back, I got an email from a fella who wanted to know dirty trade secrets. How does SP work? How do we function? What’s the structure? Naturally, I was all like, “What? …
Carmon’s becomes The Wedge
If you passed by Washington and Neil yesterday, you saw that the iconic Art Deco neon sign that played host to three different permutations of Carmon’s had been removed. There was good reason for it. …
Forbes magazine puts Khan on the cover
Shahid Khan, the self-made billionaire and owner of Flex-n-Gate is about to take on his biggest challenge yet: taking the least popular NFL franchise, which has been hemorrhaging money for years, and turning it into …
Grandkids listed as Best of What’s Next in PASTE
Personally, I concur. Wholeheartedly. Read here (but you have to subscribe).
Illinois to play Washington at Soldier Field in 2013
Badass: Illini Will Host Washington at the Home of the Chicago Bears on Sept. 14, 2013 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – University of Illinois Director of Athletics Mike Thomas announced that the Fighting Illini will play the …
Samuel Music makes the Top 100
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) recently announced that Samuel Music Company has been selected as a Top 100 Dealer. This is the second year in a row that Samuel Music has earned this …
“Next Lebron” Jabari Parker leaves Illinois off his list
Jabari Parker and his family had a pretty great relationship with former Illini Men’s Basketball coach, Bruce Weber. When Weber was fired earlier this year, part of the familiar line of questioning was whether or …
Sign of the Times… er, Tribune
Will CISaves.com be offering a similar deal for the Gazoo, soon? Hard to say, but if this is an indicator, we’re likely hearing a faint death rattle, somewhere out in the ether…
Founding SP editor Lindsey Gates-Markel featured in the N-G
She’s basically the best: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/people/2012-06-17/getting-personal-lindsey-gates-markel.html