Michael Ellars

Sports fanatic. Anything and Everything Sports. Hooked on twitter. Cardinals. Falcons. Illinois.

[Matt Lucas @Matt_LucasNG]

Final scores from today’s Urbana Tiger Kick-Off Classic at UI’s Blue Course in Savoy.

@maroonathletics wins 1st with 296 and John Timmons (71, -1) is the medalist. @MSHSBulldogs is 2nd with 309. @SagesAthletics takes third with 316.

[St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals]

History made

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

Here's #Illini head coach Bret Bielema on the backup quarterback battle between Carson Boyd and Michael Clayton.

He also notes Dane Eisenmenger has "very impressive."

[Michael Ellars @michaelellars]

It amazes me how broadcasts were so great in the past cause this home run derby is awful. Missed the guys swinging and zoom in too far

[Brendan Tobin @Brendan_Tobin]

Bam Adebayo threw more punches in Vegas this weekend than Conor McGregor

[Jeremy Werner @JWerner247]

2026 Position primer: #illini quarterbacks preview

🔸 Three big questions
🔸 2025 in review
🔸 In the spotlight
🔸 Must step up
🔸 X-factor
🔸 Newcomer to watch
🔸 Realistic expectations

https://t.co/X4Qu1RCE1N

[Alex Roux @a_roux]

Freese pulled a Younghoe Koo hesi and that is probably curtains

[Ariel Epstein @ArielEpstein]

Idk why people can’t watch this. It’s fantastic. Every year. Must watch tv.

[Josh Hart @joshhart]

FROM NOW ON ADDRESS ME AS CHAMP! 🧡💙

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

Well Done, ESPN.

[Illinois Football @IlliniFootball]

Welcome to the FamILLy, @Dan3isenmenger

[Jeremy Werner @JWerner247]

COMMIT: #illini add 2026 Tolono Unity QB Dane Eisenmenger (@Dan3isenmenger) to Class of 2026

Why it matters & how he fits: https://t.co/jxpIM39dOg

[Matt Daniels @mdaniels_NG]

End of seven: SJ-O 4, Unity 4. Rockets tie it up on throwing error by the Spartans, their third of the game. Jordan Harmon and Rylan Wolf with clutch singles for Unity

[Matt Daniels @mdaniels_NG]

SJ-O 3, Unity 2 going into the bottom of the fourth. Fitch with a two-out single for the Spartans, but that is all Henry allows as he gets three groundball outs

[Matt Daniels @mdaniels_NG]

FINAL: Unity 4, Maroa-Forsyth 1.

Rockets (26-8) advance to play St. Joseph-Ogden (36-2) at 11 am on Saturday in Class 2A sectional title game

[Michael Ellars @michaelellars]

@DKSports 37 pra

[DraftKings Sports @DKSports]

The fun isn't over yet. We’re turning every Saturday bucket into bonus bets 😈

Follow + comment who’s scoring the most threes.

Every 3-pointer across both games adds to the total bonus bets.

[Michael Ellars @michaelellars]

@DKSportsbook Jared McCain

[Glenn Kinley @glenn_kinley]

Barring any last minute changes, #Illini women's basketball is set to return its ENTIRE rotation from the 2025-26 season.

Illinois had eight players average 12+ minutes. None of that group graduated and none have announced plans to enter the portal - which closed on Monday.

Even better news: Only two of them will be seniors in 2026-27.

Hard to explain how special this level of retention is in this era of college sports. Shauna Green continues to build in Champaign.

(Photo from Illinois Athletics)