Jeff Dalessio

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@PW_R2800 @MeghanMcCain @RealJanePauley @CBSSunday Wrong show. Wrong network.

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By night's end, 4 members of @Gponce_Schools' 7-person @Unit4Schools leadership team will be in place: Dan Casillas as deputy superintendent, Alecia Bell as chief of schools, Alejandro Gomez as chief HR officer & Jake Flowers as chief academic officer. https://t.co/2BckK8AX30

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In @news_gazette: The state fair doesn't spring for alcohol, so it didn't have to foot the bill for the combined 23 bottles of bourbon, brandy, gin, scotch, tequila, vodka & whiskey; 10 bottles of wine; and 258 bottles/cans of beer in 6 acts' riders. https://t.co/w1G52DMTt8

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Here’s a sampling of what @UofIllinois Chancellor Charles Isbell Jr., women’s basketball's Shauna Green and football's Bret Bielema had to say over a 3-day stretch on @news_gazette Radio, powered by @GTPSinsurance. https://t.co/aM5dvSVP1E

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Thx for making time for @news_gazette: @amanpour @danbalz @AnnCurry @maureendowd @SteveOsunsami @brianmrosenthal @miketirico @eringriffith @jeremyschaap @rayadverb @kenpaulson1 https://t.co/FS2O8rYJDz

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Terrific insight from @IlliniWBB coach @Shauna_Green, 2-time World Series champ/#Illini Hall of Famer Scott Spiezio and difference-making locals Aush Knox and Lindsay Aikman

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@BretBielema & his brother “were named after Bart & Bret Maverick on ‘Gunsmoke.' I just find it incredibly appropriate that right now in my life, there has never been a time that has been more wild, wild west than what we’re living in." https://t.co/ZMoOdlcvRO

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@BretBielema & his brother “were named after Bart & Bret Maverick on ‘Gunsmoke.' I just find it incredibly appropriate that right now in my life, there has never been a time that has been more wild, wild west than what we’re living in." https://t.co/kFmtBsLQ2I

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@BretBielema & his brother “were named after Bart & Bret Maverick on ‘Gunsmoke.' I just find it incredibly appropriate that right now in my life, there has never been a time that has been more wild, wild west than what we’re living in." https://t.co/kFmtBsLQ2I

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Why does @FOXSports' @cjacobsen23 have @IlliniMBB No. 1 in his early 2026-27 Top 25? We asked him on today's episode of @news_gazette Radio, powered by @GTPSinsurance, on @wdws1400 and @nowdecatur. Have a listen. https://t.co/6wZ848m0MN

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Head to our Facebook page to view hundreds of @IlliniMBB fan-submitted photos and videos, including this image of Matt Kuntz's handiwork at the Middle Fork River Preserve. https://t.co/9kE7KXEkrk

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Joining Monday's @news_gazette Radio show on @wdws1400/@nowdecatur: Fran McCaffery, whose Penn team was blitzed by @IlliniMBB in the NCAA opener; @logan20423698; the @MarchingIllini alum who stars in a viral video & the @IndyIlliniClub's comms director. https://t.co/vt8XZRYJnd

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Our compilation of 213 photos — from pregame, in-game and postgame, from Taiwan to Tuscola, watch parties to weddings — as the Illini advanced to the Final Four for the first time since 2005. https://t.co/v2GiO3bBUS

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@KendallG13's one shining moment: "When Jim Turpin said: ‘FINAL 4! FINAL 4! FINAL 4!’ after we beat Syracuse. Whenever I’m in a down mood, I’ll play that." Also on @news_gazette Radio Wednesday: Kevin Harlan, @JimDeshaies & Benita Rollins-Gay. https://t.co/GGXqY8oYE4

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@KendallG13's one shining moment? "When Jim Turpin said: ‘FINAL 4! FINAL 4! FINAL 4!’ after we beat Syracuse. Whenever I’m in a down mood, I’ll play that." Also on @news_gazette Radio Wednesday: Kevin Harlan, @JimDeshaies & Benita Rollins-Gay. https://t.co/GGXqY8oYE4

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Among those weighing in on @IlliniMBB to @news_gazette: Derek Harper, Kofi Cockburn, Kendall Gill, Brian Cook, Bruce Douglas, Marcus Griffin, Marcus Liberty, Jerry Gee, Deon Thomas, Bill Small, Tony Wysinger, Rob Judson, Victor Chukwudebe & Ervin Small. https://t.co/OQe6Lok6qr

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Calling into Monday's @news_gazette Radio show: @RegisUniversity president-to-be & @Urbana116/@EDUatIllinois alumna Shawna Cooper Whitehead, new Urbana alderman @Vj3_217, '05 @IlliniMBB super sub Jack Ingram & Project 47 Smokehouse's Justin Taylor. https://t.co/Caqg9bYPmc

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Calling into Thursday's @news_gazette Radio show on @wdws1400 & @nowdecatur: 5-time Grammy winner Robert Cray, Neil St. Blues owner Gayle Starks, @giesbusiness assistant professor Jason Satchell & former manager @ILL_Texan, on @IlliniMBB past & present. https://t.co/CaYjJv3Fr7

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Can @IlliniFootball keep the good times rolling under @BretBielema? "I really think they’re going to just keep going. I think they’re just getting warmed up," former Illini and major donor Stu Levenick said on @news_gazette Radio on @wdws1400. https://t.co/uaEnwXXldQ

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Thanks for joining @news_gazette Radio on @wdws1400: @logan20423698, @CharlieCreme, @UWChampaign's Sue Grey and former @IlliniMBB manager Blake Woodard. https://t.co/GMrWvVZ6uZ