2008 Woodie Awards
Illini Media
WPGU
buzz
Illio
Technograph
>
GD Jones leaves as team's leader
11:41 AM 5/4/2007 — It was the semifinals of the Big Ten tennis tournament, a rematch with a Michigan team that had already beaten Illinois once, and GD Jones was playing a third set in a position to clinch the win. And he was serving underhand.
A week earlier, Jones had been cruising through his match against Iowa when he yanked something in his shoulder.
0
Ready 'oar' not, new club team takes to the water
4:37 AM 5/4/2007 — "All eight! Squared and buried at the catch ... Sit ready ... And full! Half! Three quarters! Full!"
The coxswain's voice echoes over the 80 acres of the vacant Homer Lake in Homer, Ill., as the Illini crew team heads full-speed in a practice-race start.
2
DI Blogs Sports Sounds Off
Police say Cardinals' Josh Hancock was drunk, talking on cell phone at time of fatal crash
6:49 PM 5/4/2007 — ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock was drunk and talking on his cell phone at the time of his fatal accident, and marijuana was found in the sport utility vehicle he was driving.
Medical examiner Michael Graham said at a news conference Friday that the 29-year-old reliever was dead "within seconds" from head injuries in the crash early Sunday on Interstate 64 in St.
0
Illini lose to Iowa, get sixth seed in Big Ten tournament
5:21 PM 5/6/2007 — The Illinois softball team needed two wins at Iowa this weekend to get the fourth seed in the Big Ten tournament. But a Hawkeye extra inning walk-off home run spoiled Illinois' chances, as the team fell 7-6. The Illini (30-24, 7-8 Big Ten) weren't given a chance to rebound Sunday, as rain caused the game to be canceled.
0
Baseball prepares for final road series
6:42 PM 5/4/2007 — The Illinois baseball team will take its show on the road for its final Big Ten series away from Illinois Field this season.
The Illini will play their final Big Ten regular season road games this weekend against Michigan and will look to get out of their recent slump in Big Ten games.
0
Women's softball clobbers Bradley in a 5-0 victory
9:29 PM 1/14/2008 — Claire Devreese allowed two hits in seven shutout innings Thursday night in the Illinois softball team's 5-0 win against Bradley.
The Illini jumped in front early, scoring all five runs in the first two frames. Catcher Lana Armstrong clobbered a three-run home run in the first that would have reached Florida Avenue had it not hit a tree.
0
How to enjoy end of college
2:50 PM 5/4/2007 — This column goes out to all of my fellow seniors.
Well guys, it's all over.
After four glorious years here at the University of Illinois, it's time for us to leave our security blanket of college and venture out into the real world.
When we walk across our respective graduation stages next Sunday, everything we've ever worked for, everything we've ever known, will be over.
1
Putting four great years in perspective
11:46 PM 5/3/2007 — As a sophomore assistant sports editor, I distinctly remember the first time I read "good-bye" columns from each of our five senior columnists. Back then I was the newbie, the one who thought she knew what it meant to be an editor, and the one who had no idea what was to come in the next two years.
0
