Highschool Hoops

Teams are doing more tournament hopping at Christmas than ever before. Why? It seems that a team will move to a Christmas tourney because they play one or none of the teams to get more new games on their schedule. Other teams get out and it creeps to two or four. Time to move on […]

College Hoops

The Big Ten this year has lost to these schools :
Tennessee St. Miami (OH) Xavier Bradley Utah State
Louisiana-Monroe Drake Butler (twice) Western Kentucky
Harvard Central Michigan Brown
Rider Central Florida St. Joseph’s WoffordMy last Illini rant said INEXCUSABLE.
This time it is PATHETIC.
Another loss to a lowly. Bruce Weber has lost his magic… his whatever to make this […]

NBA

Nice.
What a way to treat an employee. Especially since GM John Paxson call Skiles a friend. Sure I know it is a business. But Paxson was quoted as saying he is not going to fill the coaching position until AFTER the season. They will use an interim (Pete Myers) for the remaining season.
SO, why couldn’t […]

NFL

The Bears.
They dominated.
They dominated twice vs the Packers.
But they can’t win many other games. How good is Kyle Orton? Well, he did win this week. I believe he is the best of the three QB’s the Bears have started. time will tell.
Today, […]

MLB

Let’s look at our favorite teams and some money issues.
This is INSANE!
St. Louis Cardinals
A group led by Bill DeWitt Jr. bought the Cardinals for $150M in 1995.
Forbes magazine valued the club at $460M in April, 2007.

Opening Day payrolls for 25-man roster
(salaries plus pro-rated signing bonuses):

2007: $90,286,823 *

2006: $88,891,371

2005: $92,106,833

2004: $83,228,333

2003: $83,786,666

2002: $74,660,875

2001: $78,538,333

2000: $63,900,000

Chicago Cubs
The […]

Peoria Sports Online

We’d like to introduce everyone to the new look of Peoria Sports Online. What do you think?

Peoria Sports Online - Online magazine by the fans… for the fans!
The new header was designed by the very professional and talented GerbProductions.com! A special thank you goes out to them. As you can see, we include Jim […]

College Football

It’s amazing to think about how far this Illini football program has came in the last few years. From bottom of the barrel to the Rose Bowl? Crazy! I was excited to read the J Leman and Reshard Mendenhall were named as All-American’s recently. Read the rest at FightingIllini.com
University of […]

Rivermen

The Blues were shutout at home for the second time in a row. Now that is worrisome for the Blues. If you can’t win and score at home then problems persist. I feel a crumble coming to another St Louis team
Sharks Bite Blues
The Blues, who were blanked at home for the second straight game, have […]

Peoria Chiefs

So Mr. Ryne Sandberg is back in Peoria Chiefs pinstripes this season. The former Chicago Cub hall of famer led the Chiefs to a 71-68 mark in his first year managing the team. I don’t think they expected him back - but he is.
“This is a very unexpected turn of events for us,” […]

Miscellaneous

Well the three days are over. It can seem long at times, but overall the tournament passes by quickly. I was able to afford much more rest during this year’s tournament. Last year, I broadcasted 14 games from Western Hall (two from the consolation bracket at MHS). This year I called […]