#Illini fan in Hawkeye country · Host of Oskee Talk podcast on @BleavNetwork · @Champaign_Room · @SBNation · QC native · @UIndy alum · Still mad about 2005
Join us in welcoming Jenna Hall back to Illinois as our head coach!
🔸 Two-time MAC Coach of the Year
🔹 2019 Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame inductee
🔸 NFCA First-Team All-American
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BREAKING: Illinois women’s track and field has signed Texas A&M transfer Sofia Yakushina.
She owns the NCAA freshman heptathlon record with her personal-best score of 6,260 points which would be the Illinois school record by nearly 300 points.
Unreal resume Yakushina includes Three-time All-American in combined events, SEC Outdoor Freshman Field Athlete of the Year this spring, SEC champion in heptathlon and more honors.
@Illini_tfxc_dir hinted at TWO huge #Illini additions this week, so we’ll stay tuned for more news on the way - but wow, this is a massive signing.
Smoking the hardest hit ball of your career (114.6 EV) to a section chanting “overrated” might actually be more disrespectful than telling someone to suck your dick.
SEC's Greg Sankey: "If you look at entirety of our (football) league. we are by far the most competitive, the strongest (in) football by far. The depth of this league - this league stands alone"
SEC athletic directors vote to play conference games on next to last week of regular season, starting in 2027. "That's the end of cupcake weekend," SEC commish Greg Sankey said
#illini to host Division-II transfer EDGE Ean Rhea.
He was the South Atlantic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and a Division-II First Team All-American after totaling 50 tackles, 17.5 TFLS, 12.0 sacks and three forced fumbles last season.
@MikeHotDogMayor Right? Are they suggesting McGwire is the greatest Athletic ever? To this day the first guy I think of when I think of the Oakland A's is Rickey
Drop whatever you're doing, folks
On this date in 2004, Randy Johnson went 27 up, 27 down in Atlanta, authoring the 17th perfect game in MLB history. He would go on to lead the league in WAR, K, and WHIP, among other things. He was 40!
Watch all 27 outs:
FINAL: Midwest Regional No.2 Game 7:
No.7 seed @UIndyBaseball 17, No.2 seed UIS 14
FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE SEASON, THE UINDY GREYHOUNDS ARE HEADED TO THE SUPER REGIONALS! @UIndyAthletics
UIndy came all the way back from the losers' bracket to win FOUR STRAIGHT games!
All nine UIndy starters had a hit.
UIndy scored in seven of the nine innings they batted and scored 2+ runs in five of those seven innings.
UIndy advances to the Midwest Super Regionals starting Thursday (5/21) where they will travel to Grand Valley State for a best-of-3.
#D2Baseball
Postseason baseball 🔜
The Illini head to Omaha as the No. 9 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will take on [8] Iowa in the opening round on Tuesday at 1 p.m. CT.