IHSA jump-starts prep sports
— January 28, 2021Let the games resume. The Illinois High School Association has unveiled a crowded high school sports schedule that crams competition in 25 girls and boys sports into a 20-week sprint…
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Homecoming for new NIU head football coach
— January 23, 2019Thomas Hammock has come home. The 37-year-old Baltimore Ravens assistant was introduced as Northern Illinois University’s new head football coach during a Jan. 18 on-campus press…
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BICENTENNIAL 2018: The Chicago Bears NFL franchise began in Decatur as the Staleys
— September 20, 2018A.E. “Gene” Staley’s successful corn manufacturing company in Decatur was already producing starch, glucose, sugar and syrup in 1919 when it added professional football to the…
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Football coaches support new IHSA safety rules
— August 9, 2015Batavia has never been a football program that did a lot of hard hitting during practice the week leading up to games, so the Illinois High School Association’s new limits on full…
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Former NFL standout Don Beebe to coach Aurora U. football
— November 25, 2018Aurora University not only moved swiftly to find a new head football coach, it also got a legend in the process. Just days after dismissing Rick Ponx and most of his staff, AU announced…
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NIU Huskie’s opening night
— September 6, 2017The Northern Illinois Huskies football team made their 2017 debut last Friday at home amid hoopla, tailgating and action on the field…
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