Longtime college basketball analyst Billy Packer has died, his family announced Thursday night. Packer, 82, spent 34 years on Final Four broadcast teams, 27 of them with CBS as its Emmy award-winning college basketball analyst before his last Final Four in 2008.
Legendary college basketball analyst Billy Packer, who called 34 Final Fours, dies at 82
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Court ruling could return sanity to school bathroom battle over gender identity
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Late Friday, December 30, 2022, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals published an opinion that many in the parents’ rights movement had been waiting for with bated breath. In Adams v. School Board of St. Johns County, the full appellate court held that the school board’s policy of segregating bathrooms based on a student’s biological sex – that is the sex of the student at birth and not the gender the student may at some point identify with – did not violate the law because a student does not have a constitutional or statutory right under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to use the bathroom of the opposite sex.
Salukis Picked for ESPNU Telecast February 11 at Drake
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Southern Illinois men’s basketball program will play in front of a national television audience for the fourth time this season with ESPNU picking up the Drake and SIU game on February 11 in Des Moines. The game will tip off at 1 p.m. CT inside the Knapp Center.
The Salukis currently sit atop the Missouri Valley Conference standings at 9-2 and 17-5 overall — the best start for the team since the 2006-07 season. A front-runner for the Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year Award, senior forward Marcus Domask is leading the Salukis with 16.9 points, six rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game. Domask ranks fifth in the MVC in scoring, seventh in assists, seventh in field goal percentage, and 12th in rebounding.
SIU begins a two-game road swing on Sunday with a trip to Illinois State before traveling to Bradley for a Wednesday tilt with the Braves.
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Du Quoin man sentenced to four years in prison for sexual abuse
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Larry Vancil, 74, of Du Quoin, was sentenced by Perry County Circuit Court Judge James W. Campanella on Wednesday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony.
Past US presidents, VPs asked to recheck for classified docs
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Archives has asked former U.S. presidents and vice presidents to recheck their personal records for any classified documents following the news that President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence had such documents in their possession.
Gas prices are up 40 cents this month, an unusual jump for January. Here’s what to expect in the months ahead.
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
Normally, prices at the gas pump drift lower during the dead of winter as lousy weather keeps Americans off the roads. But something unusual is happening this year: Gas prices are rocketing higher.
Bittle breaks Marion’s all-time girls scoring record in win over Meridian
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
MARION — Jerzy Bittle came into the game needing 10 points to break the Marion all-time girls scoring record. She got that and one more in the first quarter to lead the Lady Wildcats to a 61-29 win over Meridian in a non-conference girls basketball game at Virgil “Cuss” Wilson Gymnasium on Thursday night.
Republicans seek broader TikTok ban
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
(The Center square) – A bill introduced by a pair of Republican lawmakers seeks a broader ban on the use of the social media platform TikTok in the U.S.
FCA Impact Play: Go Against the Flow
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
As you progress in your sport and move on to higher levels in high school and college, the pressure to violate your values gets more intense.
DA: 5 Memphis cops ‘all responsible’ for Tyre Nichols’ death
January 27, 2023 By Leave a Comment
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Five fired Memphis police officers were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes in the killing of Tyre Nichols, a Black motorist who died three days after a confrontation with the officers during a traffic stop.
