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Leroy coach Mark Edmundson HS golfers of the year at at the NG on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2025. Leroy coach Mark Edmundson HS ...

Joey Wright hosts hour #2 of SportsTalk live from the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign along with sportswriters Matt ...

Several people spoke against the appointment during the time for public comment, citing Cervantes' involvement in the April ...

More than 450 student-athletes visited our Champaign headquarters for Faces of Fall on Aug. 10 — including a host of boys' ...

Six Illini football recruits are in the IHSA playoffs this weekend. ... Former EIU pitcher delivers late-game heroics for the ...

Leroy coach Mark Edmundson HS golfers of the year at at the NG on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2025. LeRoy boys’ golf coach Mark ...

Joey Wright hosts hour #2 of SportsTalk live from the Esquire Lounge in downtown Champaign along with sportswriters Matt ...

Gazette’s 2025 All-Area boys’ Golfer of the Year, finished sixth place at last month’s Class 1A state tournament in ...

Illinois guard Kylan Boswell (4) dribbles the ball past half court during the Illini team’s season opener exhibition against the Illinois State University Redbirds Sunday afternoon, Oct. 19, 2025, at ...

The spookiest time of the year is upon us once more as our attention turns to jack-o’-lanterns, black cats and things that go ...

Easton Friedman would have loved to cap off his high school career with a state championship, and he gave it a pretty good ...