Erik Hall (he/him)

VP of Print/Digital for The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists — Once @TheDailyIllini & @CoMissourian — — [email protected]

[Erik Hall (he/him) @HallErik]

Thrilled to share the news that I’ve been elected to leadership for the Associated Press Sports Editors
https://t.co/J5JjonyHi4

[Erik Hall (he/him) @HallErik]

ICE detention of three Illinois teens — including a 16-year-old boy — leaves family searching for answers https://t.co/ypVO9wbTGJ

[Oklahoma Basketball @OU_MBBall]

One of the greatest to do it in a Sooners uniform. Forever in our hearts.

[David Kaplan @thekapman]

Absolutely devastated to hear that Stacey King has passed away at the age of 59 after a fall at his home. He made watching the Bulls, no matter good season or bad so much fun. God bless you, my friend. RIP. 😢💔

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

New statement from Scott Pelley:

There has never been anything in America like 60 Minutes.

The Sunday tradition is the most successful program of any kind in history. For more than a decade, its innovative growth on every major online platform has extended its reach to countless millions around the world. This spring, at the end of our 58thseason, 60 Minutes grew rapidly with an unheard-of 9% jump in viewers on CBS.

“60” has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories. When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

The waste is heartbreaking.

Last month, 60 Minutes lost its DNA when our entire senior leadership and two of our best on-air correspondents were cruelly fired without cause. Good people were silenced because they stood up for our audience. They stood for fairness against the forces of political bias; they stood for professionalism against chaos.

For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story. I’ve been told to include assertions that are unverified. To date, in every case, I have managed to ignore these instructions or refuse them. Recently, politicians have been invited to choose correspondents for interviews on the broadcast. Giving politicians control over 60 Minutes interviews is not how this is done. Finally, incompetence and unprofessionalism in the new management have wreaked havoc. In a case involving one of my stories, the entire program came within 19 minutes of not getting on the air at all.

At 60 Minutes, we have fought harder than anyone knows to save the program that became an American icon. We owed that to our millions of viewers. I am deeply moved by the thousands of wishes we have received to “keep up the good fight.” Most of the men and women of CBS News are still in that fight. But now the collapse of values at the top has become untenable. The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable. The principles I hold dear are gone, and so I must leave as well.

I depart after 37 years at CBS with one emotion—a heart brimming with gratitude for the men and women of CBS News who encouraged and enriched my work, very often at the risk of their own lives. I pray for a day when those people and their ideals are honored again—a day when sanity, competence, and courage return.

Scott Pelley

[NIU Baseball @NIU_Baseball]

The moment our name was called

Huskies are heading to Tallahassee for the NCAA Baseball regional

#GoHuskies | #HuskieBall

[Chuck Dunlap 🏈 @SEC_Chuck]

In a larger ‘first’, Sunday’s championship game will air on ABC. It will be the first time in NCAA history a regular season college baseball game has been broadcast on a national over-the-air network television channel - and first any game has outside of Omaha.

[Jon Rothstein @JonRothstein]

Valpo's Roger Power Jr. has received a multi-year contract extension, per release.

[Erik Hall (he/him) @HallErik]

@TheFiveStarters I’m now wondering why Toni Kukoc started this game instead of Dennis Rodman

[Illinois Men's Basketball @IlliniMBB]

Orange vs. Blue. 

Illinois will travel to Durham in 2026 and host in 2027.

[St Louis CITY SC @stlCITYsc]

Cream Abdul-Jabbar is in the house 🥽

Welcome back, Robbie!

[Erik Hall (he/him) @HallErik]

3 notable Friday night football games:
🐯 Mizzou at Kansas
🔷 Nebraska at Illinois
🔸 Illinois at UCLA

[FOX Sports PR @FOXSportsPR]

FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY returns bigger and better than ever this fall on FOX 🏈

Full schedule and more ➡️ https://t.co/o7umDkM6eL

[Illinois Men's Basketball @IlliniMBB]

Illinois House Resolution 867: Congratulates the Illinois Fighting Illini Men's Basketball Team on a remarkable season, their 28-9 overall record, and their advancement to the Final Four, and commends their dedication, achievement, and representation of the State of Illinois at the highest level.

Thank you to the Illinois House and Senate for celebrating our 2025-26 season!

[Minnesota Timberwolves @Timberwolves]

off to the Lone Star State. ✈️

[Bob Ryan @GlobeBobRyan]

I am going on record. The NCAA Tournament was perfect at 64. Anything else is shameful greed exhibited by power conferences. Anyone who loves the sport knows this is the gospel truth,

[Pat Forde @ByPatForde]

Everyone knew ncaa tournament expansion to 76 was inevitable. Almost nobody wants it. Those trying to argue its merits are gaslighting you. I’ve written it many times — it’s a lousy development that contributes to the erosion of what makes college sports great.

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

Tarps off in New Orleans 😳

[Brad Underwood @CoachUnderwood]

📍🌲 @AyoDos_11

[Illinois Men's Gymnastics @IlliniMGym]

WE'RE HEADING TO SUPER SIX

[Illinois Men's Gymnastics @IlliniMGym]

ILL 💙🧡

[Jeff Borzello @jeffborzello]

Illinois redshirt junior Ty Rodgers has entered the transfer portal, source told ESPN. Redshirted the 2024-25 season and then missed the 2025-26 season after suffering a knee injury last summer.