Category Archives: Local Sports

For Wednesday, September 27th, a lot of local athletic teams may have the evening off, however the night in busy for both Eastern Illinois University and Lake Land College Volleyball! EIU is home and ...

Rick Pitino: Fraud Allegations A 'Shock' (Louisville, KY) -- Reports say University of Louisville head basketball coach Rick Pitino is telling his staff he expects to lose his job after allegations of...

Report: Wade Agrees To One Year Deal With Cavs (Cleveland, OH) -- Former Bull Dwyane Wade is reunited with Lebron James in Cleveland. Yahoo's The Vertical reports the Chicagonative has reached an agre...

Boys' golf: Mattoon hosts Tri-County, Windsor/Stew-Stras and Shelbyville, Effingham plays Taylorville, and Robinson hosts the boys' and girls' from Oblong, Lawrenceville and Olney   Volleyball: E...

Illini's Smith Encourages Players To Be Socially Active (Urbana, IL) -- University of Illinois football coach Lovie Smith says he tells his players to speak their minds and express their opinions. But...

Bears Preparing For Packers (Lake Forest, IL) -- The Bears are back to work preparing for Thursday night's road showdown with the rival Packers. Chicago is 1-and-2 after pulling out a 23-17 overtime w...

Cardinals Club Four Homers, Hold Off Cubs (St. Louis, MO) -- Matt Carpenter, Tommy Pham, Jed Gyorko and Randal Grichuk all homered as the Cardinals built an 8-3 lead and hung on to beat the Cubs 8-7 a...

Suburban Chicago School Cancels Varsity Football Among Hazing Probe (Skokie, IL) -- A suburban Chicago high school is canceling varsity football until police and school leaders get to the bottom of a ...

The fall season brings a jam packed week full of High School Sports. From Volleyball, Baseball, Golf and more follow along with some final scores throughout the area below.... Volleyball: -FINAL: Alta...

Bass Pro Completes $4 Billion Purchase Of Cabela's (Omaha, NE) -- The Cabela's sale to Bass Pro Shops is finally complete. Bass Pro acquired Cabela's for four-billion dollars after a year of negotiati...