Author: tristenkissack
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Illinois upsets No. 7 Penn State in historic 9-OT game
No college football game in FBS history had ever gone eight overtimes. This one went nine, and Illinois emerged victorious. In front of a national audience at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pa., the Illini went back and forth with Penn State with the Illini coming out on top, 20-18. The victory marked Illinois’ first…
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Illinois Football Player Hosts Free Kids Camp
CHAMPAIGN – University of Illinois football player Tailon Leitzsey and more than two dozen of his Illini teammates are holding a free camp for kids ages 6-13 on July 17 at Zahnd Field in Champaign. Leitzsey, a senior from Laurel, Md., graduated with a degree in Kinesiology in Dec. 2020 and was put on scholarship…
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A Groundbreaking Self-Driving Test Track Could Be Coming To Central Illinois
RANTOUL — An autonomous test track may soon be on its way to the village of Rantoul and the decommissioned Chanute Air Force Base. An intergovernmental agreement, which establishes the lease and purchase of the land, is expected to be reached on Tuesday between the village of Rantoul and the University of Illinois Board of…
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Restoring History
One of the seven wonders of Illinois is getting a face lift. Constructed in 1900 as his own private estate, artist and philanthropist Robert Allerton spent decades curating art from all across the globe to display at his mansion nestled deep in the woods near Monticello. Then in 1946, he donated the entire 5,500-acre estate to…
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Illinois’ late-game heroics snap 15-game losing streak to Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — It’s something about six points. Oct. 19, 2019. Illinois Football trails No. 6 Wisconsin at halftime by six points. The Illini pull off the improbable and shock the Badgers on Homecoming, 24-23. Jan. 8, 2020. Illinois Men’s Basketball trails Wisconsin at halftime by six points. The Illini pull off the improbable and…
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Illinois upsets No. 6 Wisconsin, 24-23
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — James McCourt says he couldn’t breathe at the bottom of the pile. A day that started with Illinois sitting as 31-point underdogs ended with a dogpile on the Illini’s kicker, who redeemed himself with a last-second field goal to cap the biggest upset of the season in college football: Illinois’ 24-23 win…
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At Big Ten Media Day, Frazier and Jordan set to lead Illini
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Brad Underwood’s first year as head coach at Illinois was a long one to say the least. The Illini dropped multiple winnable games and struggled in conference play. The roster turnover this offseason reflected just how much of a toll that season took on everyone. “Last year, we had a couple situations…
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Shot clock debate leaves Illinois high school coaches split
Only eight states have adopted the shot clock at the high school level. Illinois isn’t one of them. To understand the history of the shot clock, one must go back roughly 70 years. In the early 1950s, the NBA was just being founded, but struggling to garner the national attention that the MLB commanded. Teams…
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Champaign City Council preps for marijuana legalization
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – When the clock strikes midnight this New Year’s, there will be a few new changes around the city of Champaign. The video gaming industry is looking to add an additional sixth terminal to businesses, but arguably the biggest will be the legalization of recreational marijuana for adults over the age of 21.…
Tristen Kissack 