Illinois parts ways with Ron Turner
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Champaign, IL (Sports Network) - The University of Illinois has fired head football coach Ron Turner. Turner just completed his eighth year at Illinois, compiling a 35-57 record with just two winning seasons.
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Illinois was supposed to get its first major test of the season in the John R. Wooden Tradition on Saturday. Instead, the fifth-ranked Illini turned it into another rout.
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By Mike Monson, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Sep.
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Illinois football players Jody Ellis and Derrick McPhearson &#151; accused of stealing wallets, cell phones and laptop computers &#151; were kicked off the team Monday just hours after pleading not guilty to felony burglary and theft charges.
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SAN DIEGO -- Norv Turner got his third shot at an NFL head coaching job when he was hired Monday by the San Diego Chargers, a week after the surprise firing of Marty Schottenheimer.
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SPRINGFIELD -- In a departure from months of acrimony, Illinois&#39; top Democrats resisted taking potshots at one another Wednesday and focused an Illinois State Fair rally on the party&#39;s fall ticket, including ...
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LUBBOCK, Texas - Bob Knight left when he wanted to this time. Eight years after he was fired by Indiana, the school he led to three national championships, Knight walked away yesterday from college basketball in midseason.
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Illinois coach Ron Turner said repeatedly he hopes to stay. His players all want him to come back. Now it's Illinois athletic director Ron Guenther's turn to have his say. "Of course I'm concerned," Turner said after the Illini's 28-21 overtime loss to Northwestern left them 3-8, their third straight losing season.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Ron Zook took over Illinois&#39; struggling football program Tuesday, returning to his roots and promising to turn around a team that has sunk to the bottom of the Big Ten since winning a league title in 2001.
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Longtime Chicago Cubs analyst Steve Stone announced yesterday he was leaving WGN-TV, less than one month after coming under fire for on-air comments he made criticizing the team.
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His scowl could intimidate the best of hitters. His fastball once killed a bird in flight. Randy Johnson leaves the Arizona Diamondbacks with a six-year legacy unmatched by any athlete the state has known.
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URBANA, Ill. -- The University of Illinois swept aside the last vestiges of Chief Illiniwek Tuesday, voting to retire the mascot's name, regalia and image.
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The University of Illinois Monday fired Ron Turner, who has coached the football team for eight seasons. Illinois, which finished the 2004 schedule with a 3-8 record,won just
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Illinois apparently is going to spend a little longer at No. 1 this time.
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Parties Swap Senate Seats in Ga., Ill. As Isakson, Obama Win; Sen. Bunning Struggles in Ky. WASHINGTON Nov 2, 2004 - Republicans and Democrats swapped seats in Georgia and Illinois Tuesday night as they
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Poor tackling, missed opportunities and turnovers plagued Illinois through a 1-11 season last year and all were factors again in Saturday&#39;s 35-17 loss to UCLA.
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Former Duke lacrosse coach Mike Pressler said yesterday that several factors -- including pressure from the Duke faculty, outcry from several community special interest groups and public attacks from Durham County (N.C.) District Attorney Mike Nifong -- led to the school's decision to part ways with...