Peter Hanson

“Seems like a nice young man,” - Nico Hoerner • Reporter for @WCIA3 • Former : @bigtenplus • @670TheScore • @champaign_room

[Peter Hanson @_peterhanson]

I was filming a homecoming story at Papa Del's and guess who walked in to do a pizza review.

@stoolpresidente on tomorrow's Big Noon Kickoff:
"It's a test of the student body whether they can be up early and ready to go..."

More of what Portnoy said tonight at 6 on @WCIA3.

[Peter Hanson @_peterhanson]

The best ever.

[Patrick Norton @patdnorton]

As the crowd chants his name, Pete Crow-Armstrong delivers a walk-off base hit.

Pat Hughes’ call from the Cubs’ come-from-behind win:

(🔈@thescorechicago )

[Tristan Thomas @TristanThomasTV]

Grant Beerman with a big hit on Jeremiah Smith near the end of the trailer 👀 #Illini

[104.3 The Score @thescorechicago]

When Moises Ballesteros first joined the Cubs, Nico Hoerner and teammates asked Ballesteros how he learned to hit.

"My dad," Ballesteros told them.

"Did he play baseball?" someone asked.

"No," Ballesteros responded.

"That's awesome," Hoerner says.

[Robert O'Neill @RobertONeill31]

gonna be late for work tomorrow because i have to call 670 the score and holler about how the cubs shouldn't have let kyle schwarber go seven years ago

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

How what I thought may be a throwaway question turned into a national story, and one of the more interesting ones of the Final Four thus far, IMO. 🧵

[Peter Hanson @_peterhanson]

I asked Illinois legend Dee Brown who he thinks would win in a matchup: the '05 Fighting Illini or this '26 Final Four team.

For more of what he says about the current Illinois squad, tune in tonight at 6 on @WCIA3

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

BALKAN JAKE:

"Kind of Balkan, just American... something Balkan in him."

"40% Balkan"

"Gotta be a little bit crazy."

The Euro #Illini have adopted the kid from Indiana. Why? And how will they repay him for being so helpful as they got acquainted a long ways from home?

My story:

[Amanda Brennan @amandabrennantv]

NEW: City of Champaign announcing another round of alcohol sale restrictions ahead of the Final Four.

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

Here's a sneak peak to the story I'm putting together on Jake Davis becoming an honorary Balkan with the #Illini.

Tomislav Ivisic: "He's like 40% Balkan now. We're looking for his wife, a Croatian one."

Says he needs to work on the language, but the Balkans plan to bring Jake to their home countries this summer.

[Peter Hanson @_peterhanson]

Scenes from the U of I aerospace engineering department’s “launch watch” for Artemis II.

Hear all about it tonight at 10 on @WCIA3.

[Jennifer Roscoe @WCIA3Jennifer]

Uhhhhh…hello??? #illini

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

The highest honor from Mirk

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

Kylan Boswell has a cowboy hat, a trophy and a net

[Ethan Holesha @Holesha_17]

Brad Underwood showing the Regional Championship trophy with David Mirković’s signature cowboy hat on @WCIA3sports #Illini

[Peter Hanson @_peterhanson]

Brad Underwood hoists the South Region trophy in a cowboy hat as the #Illini return from Houston @WCIA3sports

[Ethan Holesha @Holesha_17]

Big crowd here at Willard Airport waiting for the #Illini to return from Houston with some hardware.

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

Think this one means something to these guys?

Look at Kylan Boswell's face. The Champaign kid is going to the Final Four with his hometown team.

Sports are so cool.

(Photo from AP)

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

This was the scene on Illinois’s campus after they punched their ticket to the Final Four for the first time in 21 years.

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

So much to unpack here:

-Straight face Mirk

-Team trying to find Brad Underwood for the photo

-A message from Ty Rodgers

(Video from KXAN)