Here’s some Champaign baseball-related news from The News-Gazette: On January 30th, Mayor Don Gerard’s exploratory committee will begin meeting and discussing the finer points of what it will take to bring a minor league to the Champaign area. Tony Johnston, vice president of Shelby Solutions, a software firm, will head…
Yesterday, I entered a team in the second annual Kiwanis Sports Trivia Championship here in Champaign. While we didn’t win, we had fun and it was for a good cause. Like last year, there was one Illinois baseball question among the 100 questions they gave us. And once again, Lou…
Some of you in the C-U area may be contemplating attending this Friday’s performance of “The Baseball Music Project” which is being held at the Krannert Center for Performing Arts. After all, Hall of Famer Dave Winfield will be there. UI professor Alan Nathan known for his expertise on physics…
Since the Illini were out of town and I still had the itch to shoot (photos, that is), I took in a few of the races of today’s Tour de C-U cycling event. I’m not sure if I ever attended let alone photographed a cycling race, so it was a…
For those in the Champaign-Urbana area, the local Kiwanis chapter is putting on a “Sports Trivia Championship” on Sunday, January 31 at the Hilton Garden Inn. The topics for the questions that will be asked seem to be locally driven: Illini basketball and football Cubs, Cardinals and White Sox Chicago…