College Sports
College Football Week 11: B1G Summary + ND
Ohio State routs giant-killer Purdue, Michigan makes it out of Happy Valley, and Greg Schiano has Rutgers' sights set on a bowl game. Here are the B1G stories of the week.
Sports News
White Sox
White Sox pick up Craig Kimbrel's $16 million option
Even if Kimbrel doesn't return to his dominant form, the White Sox could still look to move him to a team in need of a closer.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks fire coach Jeremy Colliton after rough start
Colliton went 87-92-26 with Chicago. He was dismissed exactly three years after he got the job.
MLB
Braves win first World Series title since 1995
Shaking off the disappointment of Game 5, when they squandered a 4-0 lead and a chance to celebrate in front of their home fans, these Braves romped past the Houston Astros 7-0 to finish off the World Series four games to two.
College Sports
Illini's Kofi Cockburn, pre-season All-American, to sit 3 games for selling items too early
In addition to the missed games, Cockburn will repay the amount generated from selling apparel by making a donation to a charity of his choice. It wasn't immediately clear how much that would be.
College Sports
College Football Week 9: B1G Summary + Notre Dame
Kenneth Walker III made his case for the Heisman in the Paul Bunyan game and ran MSU into playoff contention, Ohio State survived a test against Penn State, and Iowa stumbled again.
Preps
2021 Illinois High School Football Playoffs Scores & Brackets
See all the scores and playoff brackets for all classes of Illinois High School Football.
Sports News
Joel Quenneville resigns as Florida Panthers coach
The announcement was made shortly after Quenneville met with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman in New York to discuss his role in what happened in Chicago during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, when a player named Kyle Beach said he was sexually assaulted by then-Blackhawks assistant Brad Aldrich.
Preps
Final Illinois High School Football Poll for 2021 Regular Season
All classes are shaken up after the final week of the regular season of Illinois High School Football. The Illinois High School Football Playoffs start this Friday, October 29, 2021.
Sports
Bowman out as GM of US men's Olympic hockey team
USA Hockey announced the move Tuesday, saying a replacement would be named in the near future.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probe
The news comes after an independent review in response to two lawsuits filed against the franchise: one alleging sexual assault by then-assistant coach Brad Aldrich during the team's Stanley Cup run in 2010, another was filed by a former student whom Aldrich was convicted of assaulting in Michigan.
Cubs
Cubs hire Astros exec Bokhari as assistant general manager
Bokhari was a visiting assistant professor in the statistics department during the 2014-15 academic year at the University of Illinois, where he earned his master's degree in statistics in 2011 and doctorate in quantitative psychology in 2014.