Wisch: Can Illini Afford To Stick With Beckman Too Long?
Illinois has a nearly two-decade tradition of retaining coaches at least one season too long.
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Illinois has a nearly two-decade tradition of retaining coaches at least one season too long.
Right now, Illinois football isn't going anywhere. But in the future? Well, it could be.
And this deeper dilemma affecting U. of I. athletics is so discouraging that after reading this column, you very well may be driven to drink yourself.
According to multiple sources, key Illini boosters have made it clear to Illinois Athletic Director Mike Thomas that Weber's $3.9 million buyout should not stand in the way of making a change.
Terry Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune joined The McNeil and Spiegel Show to break down college football.
The University of Illinois is on the clock. But it's Bruce Weber and Ron Zook who can hear theirs ticking. At about 5 p.m. this evening Illinois will be without an official athletic director for the first time since 1992.
The University of Illinois has hired the firm Parker Executive Search to help the school find the successor to retiring athletic director Ron Guenther.
Ron Guenther has served as the Director of Athletics for the University of Illinois for the last 19 years. On Monday, he announced that he would retire after the competition of his contract on June 30.
There was a fire in Champaign this week. Early Wednesday, a blaze started in a building on Green Street – the main Campustown drag – and destroyed a couple of popular restaurants.
This is the risk you run when you recruit eighth-graders.
The Illini aren't quite living up to expectations but coach Bruce Weber has a plan to fix the team's problems. The Athletic Director has confidence in Weber too.
The State of Illinois is caught in a blizzard. And the state of Illinois basketball is caught in a bind. So … which one digs itself out first?
As a University of Illinois season ticket holder, I've watched a lot of Ron Zook football during the past six years. Most of it bad.
Most Illini fans were pleasantly surprised by the team's 5-3 start. But with back-to-back loses, Ron Zook is beginning to hear the criticism.
Two weeks ago there was talk of Illinois winning as many as nine games and playing in a Post New Years' bowl game. Loses to Michigan and Minnesota in consecutive weeks have instead dampened those dreams and now the best the Illini can hope for is a 7-5 finish.
john Hooker was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a fine of $500,000 in U.S. District Court on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
Chicago police are warning about a rash of car break-ins and an armed robbery in residential and public parking garages in the Near South Side and South Loop.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to pause a lower court order that required the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees.
The states lost out on billions in funding for after-school and summer programs, teacher training and other initiatives.
An Air Quality Alert has been issued through Tuesday for the Chicago area from wildfire smoke coming in from Canada.
john Hooker was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a fine of $500,000 in U.S. District Court on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to pause a lower court order that required the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees.
The states lost out on billions in funding for after-school and summer programs, teacher training and other initiatives.
A Milwaukee man has pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed pistol outside the Republican National Convention's security perimeter last year. The incident happened just days after another person tried to assassinate Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
"We are very unhappy, I am, with Russia," President Trump said Monday while in a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
The listing came with flashy social media videos to market the place that property owner Frank Diaz wasn't even selling.
The federal tax credits, which are meant to get drivers behind the wheel of electric cars, end Sept. 30.
ComEd is launching a $10 million customer relief fund for lower-income customers having trouble paying for electricity as prices rise.
The Antioch, Illinois, family said they wanted to share their story so others don't make the same mistake.
The rideshare customer made it very clear that her frustration is not over the amount of money that was charged, but rather that she was charged at all without her permission.
Many Southeast, Southern and West Coast states are likely seeing an increase in COVID cases.
Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disease that affects more than 1 million people in the U.S. While some cases are caused by genetics, the cause is unknown in most.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority struck down the state's 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was superseded by a newer state law that criminalizes abortions only after a fetus can survive outside the womb.
The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.
Climbing the stairs to the top of the former John Hancock Center is a feat unto itself, but Laura Valentine did it just months after undergoing a very complicated double organ transplant.
Some of the fans who received the email have long histories with the team, and there are a lot of concerns.
The Board of Trade Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, and is closed on weekends and federal holidays.
Right now, it is not exactly clear how the tax will be passed onto the consumer. But vaping products and popular Zyn pouches will now be subject to a 45% tax — up from 15%.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has delivered a victory for environmentalists in the battle over the regulation of "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.
On Tuesday, July 1, the city's minimum wage will go up, along with wages for tipped workers, as part of Chicago's One Fair Wage Ordinance.
Guerrero talked recently about the challenges he has faced, and the full-circle moment that has led to his dream job as principal conductor of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in Chicago.
The winning bid for the original Birkin bag set a record for the most valuable handbag ever sold at auction, Sotheby's said.
Michael Madsen apparently went into cardiac arrest and was found unresponsive in his home in Malibu, California, on Thursday morning, according to his manager.
The verdict in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial comes after the high-profile proceedings started in May.
Jurors in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial continued their deliberations Wednesday on a racketeering conspiracy charge that they weren't able to agree over.
Video from the scene showed heavy smoke billowing from the significantly damaged houses. The fire spread to three other homes, including one commercial business that was located in the back of a home.
The 28-year-old is charged with two felony counts of threatening a public official and making a false bomb threat.
Studies show women are more likely than men to be seriously injured or die in a car crash, but crash test dummies used to test how vehicles perform in accidents are designed almost entirely around the male body.
Conditions forced teams to suspend their search for the nearly 170 people who still haven't been found since the devastating July 4 storms.
Rain chances return starting Tuesday afternoon, but only a 20 percent chance is expected.
Six Flags Great America and its Hurricane Harbor water park are bringing back their chaperone policy a week after shots were fired in the Great America parking lot.
The children left behind and the hidden toll of domestic violence in Chicago.
An Air Quality Alert has been issued through Tuesday for the Chicago area from wildfire smoke coming in from Canada.
The fire spread to at least two other buildings, including one commercial business.
john Hooker was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a fine of $500,000 in U.S. District Court on Monday, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
The children left behind and the hidden toll of domestic violence in Chicago.
Three Chicago pharmacies were hit by burglars overnight. Police have not yet connected the three burglaries, but small business owners said this crew has hit them more than once and cost them thousands in damage.
Chicago Public Schools interim CEO Macquline King sat down with us to discuss the district's precarious financial situation and how she plans to reassure parents after a tumultuous year.
Gilbert and Hester Mendez said police pointed assault rifles and handguns at them and their children, Peter and Jack, after raiding the wrong home in 2017.
Alds. Brendan Reilly and Scott Waguespack said they've been pushing for an ordinance for more than a decade that they believe could have prevented the shooting.
Right fielder Jermaine Dye was the World Series Most Valuable Player in that series. Dye, 51, was back with his teammates to celebrate this weekend.
The all-time series between the AL Central White Sox and Guardians is even at 1,130-1,130, with 17 ties.
Shota Imanaga led the Chicago Cubs to a 4-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday.
They're partying like it's 2005 on the South Side. The White Sox are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2005 World Series title all weekend long, and one of their players got a special gift from the team's most famous fan, Pope Leo XIV.
Kyle Manzardo hit a tiebreaking home run and All-Star Steven Kwan drove in two runs to help the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2.
A Milwaukee man has pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed pistol outside the Republican National Convention's security perimeter last year. The incident happened just days after another person tried to assassinate Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
Three juveniles were facing charges Sunday night in an armed robbery that led to a wild chase from the west Chicago suburb of Cicero to Chicago's West Side.
Pickup truck hits motorcycle, speeds off in Chicago's Park Manor neighborhood on Michigan Avenue off 71st Street.
A blue Audi sedan was traveling south on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Monroe Drive at a high speed, when its driver lost control and hit a pole.
The robberies have all happened in the early-morning hours when bars and restaurants have been closing in River North, police said.
