MLB

Chicago Cubs def Atlanta Braves 7-1

LA Angels def St. Louis Cardinals 7-2

Chicago White Sox def Washington Nationals 2-0

IHSA Baseball Regionals

GCMS def Illinois Lutheran 15-1

Armstrong Potomac def Fisher 8-0

St. Joe Ogden def Oakwood 4-1

Monticello def Warrensburg Latham 3-2

Unity def St. Thomas More 12-1

Maroa Forsyth def Prairie Central 4-3

IHSA Softball Regionals

Heyworth def Fisher 1-0

Herscher def Hoopeston Area 6-4

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Watseka 6-4

Lexington def Prairie Central 5-0

Unity def Monticello 10-4

(Urbana–jc)  Incoming Fighting Illini freshman Morez Johnson Jr. has been selected as one of 30 players set to compete at the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s U18 National Team training camp, beginning May 23 at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center. Johnson, a 6-foot-9-inch, 225-pound power forward, will compete among the best players in the nation in the graduating classes of 2024, 2025, and 2026, vying for a spot on the 12-member team that will represent USA Basketball at the 2024 Men’s U18 AmeriCup, June 3-9, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A native of Riverdale, Ill., Johnson was selected as the 2024 Illinois Mr. Basketball and Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year following his senior season at Thornton Township High School. As a senior, he averaged 20 points, 15 rebounds, four assists and three steals while leading the Wildcats to a 25-9 record. Johnson signed with the Illinois program last November.

(Indianapolis–jc)  The 108th Indy 500 is set for SundayMay 26th. Here is today’s Trackside Update…

(North Carolina–jc)  Nascar’s Cup Series All-Star race is set for this weekend in Wilkesboro North Carolina. How will the track be for racers…Nascar Driver Chase Briscoe says…fast…

Nascar Driver Chase Briscoe

WPXN has the races live on Saturday and Sunday.

(Buckley–jc)  The 20-24 E I Baseball league starts its regular season on Sunday. This year the league features 6 teams. They are Buckey, Royal, Paxton. Decatur, Arcola and Danville. E I League Commissioner Trent Eshleman says fans can expect another year of competitive wood bat baseball…

E I League Commissioner Trent Eshleman.

Double Headers on Sunday start at 1:00pm

IHSA
Baseball

1-A Regional semi finals

At Ridgeview

4-30pm Heyworth vs Leroy

At Grant Park

4-30pm Milford vs Grant Park

At Armstrong

4-30pm St Anne vs Danville Schlarman

2-A Regional semi finals

At Bismarck Henning

4-30pm Watseka vs Bismarck Henning

At Unity-Tolono

4-30pm Paxton Buckley Loda vs Westville

MLB

Atlanta Braves def Chicago Cubs 7-0

St. Louis Cardinals def LA Angels 7-6

Washington Nationals def Chicago White Sox 6-3

Chicago White Sox def Washington Nationals 4-0

IHSA Baseball regionals

Fisher def Cissna Park 7-6

IHSA Softball regionals

Seneca def Iroquois West 15-0

GCMS def Tri County 10-0

Milford def Schlarman 12-4

Villa Grove def Armstrong Potomac 15-0

Tuscola def Arcola 9-1

(Undated–jc)  –  It’s Nascar’s All Star race this weekend. The race is set for North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. Nascar Driver Chris Buescher says grip on that track will change  during the races and that is a major challenge for drivers and their teams…

Nascar Driver Chris Buescher.

Sunday’s All star race has a 4pm start time on WPXN

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Football team will take on Eastern Illinois University on August 29th at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. With the spring practice time complete, University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema talks about the progress of some quarterbacks on the team…

University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema

WPXN will, again, carry all the U of I Football games this year.

MLB

6-20pm Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves

8-07pm L A Angels vs St Louis Cardinals

1-10pm Washington Nationals at Chicago White Sox

Illinois

The University of Illinois  Men’s Golf team continues in N-C-A-A Regional play in the Stanford Regional.

MLB

Atlanta Braves def Chicago Cubs 2-0

St. Louis Cardinals def LA Angels 10-5

Sox were postponed

IHSA Softball Regional

Hoopeston Area def PBL 6-1

Armstrong Potomac def Broadlands 10-0

IHSA Baseball Regional

Oakwood def Iroquois West 12-1

Prairie Central def Bloomington Central Catholic 3-0

Watseka def Hoopeston Area 6-3

St. Thomas More def Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 12-2

Tuscola def Georgetown Ridgefarm 14-11

(Indianapolis–jc)  The 108th running of the Indianapolis 500 is set for May 26th. Here is your daily trackside update…

(Darlington–jc)  One Nascar driver is changing teams in 20-25. Nascar Driver Michael McDowell is leaving Front Row Motorsports for Spire Motorsports next year…

Nascar Driver Michael McDowell

(Urbana–jc)  The first football game for the University of Illinois is a Thursday night game against Eastern Illinois University on August 29th. The University of Illinois coaching staff  now has Dre Brown, as the Director of Player Personnel. Brown is a former player and comes back to Illinois with some major recruiting and coaching  achievements at Notre Dame and Tennessee, says University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema…

University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema

MLB

6-20pm Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves

8-38pm Los Angeles Angels vs St Louis Cardinals

3-30pm Washington Nationals at Chicago White Sox–Game two to follow

Tonight on WPXN its Nascar Live. Get the latest news of Nascar from 6pm to 7pm 

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 10 innings

St. Louis Cardinals def Milwaukee Brewers 4-3

Cleveland Guardians def Chicago White Sox 7-0

Illinois Baseball

Sunday…

Illinois 6 Iowa 3

The Illini baseball team is in first place in the division with road games at Purdue to finish out the regular season. The Big 10 Baseball tournament starts next week

The Illini are 15 and 6 in Big 10 play this season.

(Darlington–jc)  The Nascar Cup Series was at Darlington, South Carolina. M-R-N was there and so was Brad Kesolowski…

(Indianapolis–jc)  It was Grand Prix racing at Indianapolis on Saturday. Mark Jaynes has more…

MLB

6-20pm Chicago Cubs at Atlanta Braves

8-38pm St Louis Cardinals at L.A Angels

6-40pm Washington Nationals at Chicago White Sox

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news of Nascar from 6pm to 7pm.

MLB

Milwaukee Brewers def St. Louis Cardinals 7-1

Chicago White Sox def Cleveland Guardians 3-2

Cubs were off

IHSA Baseball

GCMS def Bloomington Central Catholic 5-4

St. Joe Ogden def Mattoon 7-5

Bishop Mac def St. Thomas More 5-3

Mahomet Seymour def Tri Valley 13-5

IHSA Softball

Salt Fork def PBL 13-0

(Darlington–jc) It’s a special theme weekend for Nascar fans in Darlington, South Carolina. Nascar Driver Josh Berry says themes like grassroots racing go back to the history of Nascar…

Nascar Driver Josh Berry.
You can hear the Xfinity race on Saturday at Noon and the Cup Series race on Sunday at 1pm here on WPXN. 

(Champaign–jc)  –  The University of Illinois men’s basketball team got taller and added talent this past week. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says the addition of Ben Humrichous brings a player that can play several positions with the system and a very good outside shooter…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

MLB

5-40pm Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates

7-10pm Milwaukee Brewers vs St Louis Cardinals

6-40pm Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians

Saturday on WPXN its Xfinity series racing with the Crown Royal Purple Bag Project 200 from Darlington at noon. 

Sunday on WPXN its NASCAR Cup Series racing with the Goodyear 400 from Darlington Raceway at 1pm.

San Diego Padres def Chicago Cubs 3-0

Chicago White Sox def Tampa Bay Rays 4-1

Cards and Mets were postponed

IHSA Baseball

Iroquois West def Gardner South Wilmington 10-9

GCMS def Tri Valley 2-0 

Peotone def Milford 5-1

LeRoy def St. Thomas More 4-1

Westville def Mahomet Seymour 5-2

IHSA Softball

Bloomington Central Catholic def PBL 18-0

Tri Valley def GCMS 7-1

St. Joe Ogden def LeRoy 10-0

Watseka def Momence 12-0

(Darlington–jc)  Darlington is difficult, says one Nascar Driver. The conditions change all the time, says Nascar Driver Denny Hamlin…

Nascar Driver Denny Hamlin

(Champaign–jc)  –  The University of Illinois Men’s basketball team got a bit taller and larger over the past week. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood talks about the versatility of  Ben Humrichous…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

Humrichous is a 6-foot-9-inch, 220-pound forward from Tipton, Indiana. He played three seasons at NAIA Huntington (Ind.) University before making the jump to NCAA Division I last season at Evansville,

MLB

640pm St Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers

6-40pm Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians

Chicago Cubs have the day off

MLB

Chicago Cubs def San Diego Padres 3-2

NY Mets def St. Louis Cardinals 7-5

Tampa Bay Rays def Chicago White Sox 5-1

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Watseka 13-5

Fieldcrest def Fisher 8-0

Milford def Georgetown Ridgefarm 7-5

Heyworth def St. Thomas More 10-4

IHSA Softball

Watseka def PBL 11-1

Bloomington def Rantoul 1-0

Westville def GCMS 4-0

St. Joe Ogden def Danville 14-4

Milford def Georgetown Ridgefarm 6-0

Monticello def Mahomet Seymour 13-2

(Champaign–jc)  Winning and building relationships is the combination to building a successful college basketball program. The University of Illinois has seen that in the Brad Underwood era. U of I Coach Brad Underwood introduced several new players today with the hopes of continuing to win and go after a national championship…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

The team added Tomislav Ivisic and Ben Humrichous officially this week. 

WPXN will carry all Illini Men’s games live again this year

(Darlington–jc)  Darlington South Carolina is the next track in the Nascar Cup Series this weekend. Nascar Driver Noah Gragson says Darlington is his favorite track…

Nascar Driver Noah Gragson

You can hear the races live on WPXN this weekend

MLB

San Diego Padres def Chicago Cubs 6-3

NY Mets def St. Louis Cardinals 4-3

Tampa Bay Rays def Chicago White Sox 8-2

IHSA Baseball

PBL def GCMS 7-6

Lincoln def Rantoul 10-0

Salt Fork def Iroquois West 9-6

Tremont def Fisher 4-0

Monticello def St. Joe Ogden 9-5

Watseka def Milford 9-5

Armstrong Potomac def Hoopeston Area 3-1

IHSA Softball

LeRoy def Rantoul 6-4

St. Joe Ogden def Tuscola 6-3

Watseka def Milford 9-5

Hoopeston Area deef Armstrong Potomac 9-2

(Champaign-dg)-Illinois Head Basketball Coach Brad Underwood has announced the signing of 7-1 Center Tomislav Ivisic (TOM-is-lahv EE-vee-sitch) from Croatia. He joins the Illini after three seasons with SC Derby in Podgorica, Montenegro.

(Undated–jc)  How has developing with Drew Blickensderfer gone? That is the question for Nascar Driver Noah Gragson…

Nascar Driver Noah Gragson

(Champaign–jc)  – You only get better at football by playing football. The spring practices are now complete for the University of Illinois football team. University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema says each position is a different type of training to get ready for the fall schedule…

University of Illinois Football Coach Bret Bielema.

The University of Illinois football team opens up the fall campaign at home against Eastern Illinois University on August 29th at Memorial Stadium in Champaign. 

MLB

6-40pm Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres

6-45pm St Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets

5-50pm Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays

Tonight on WPXN its Nascar Live.Get the latest news of NASCAR from 6pm to 7pm

MLB

Chicago Cubs def Milwaukee Brewers 5-0

Chicago White Sox def St. Louis Cardinals 5-1

College-Sunday Baseball

University of Illinois 12 Ohio State 2

Illinois won 2 of three games over the weekend against the Buckeyes.

(Kansas–jc)  –After the start was delayed due to mother nature, fans at Kansas Speedway were treated to one of the best races of the season and the closest finish in NASCAR’s history…

Kyle Larson edged out Chris Buescher by one one-thousandth of a second…the closest finish in NASCAR history.  The Motor Racing Network will return Sunday, May 12th with coverage of the Goodyear 400 from Darlington Raceway beginning at 1 PM on WPXN.

(Champaign–jc) The building of the next University of Illinois basketball team continues. University of Illinois Men’s basketball Coach Brad Underwood says the addition of Orlando Antigua is one key for a positive future for Illinois…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

MLB

6-40pm Chicago Cubs vs San Diego Padres

6-45 St Louis Cardinals vs New York Mets

5-50pm Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays

Tonight on WPXN its Fast Talk. Get the latest news of NASCAR from 6pm to 7pm.

MLB

NY Mets def Chicago Cubs 7-6 11 innings

Cards and Sox were off

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Pontiac 8-5

GCMS def Fisher 2-1

St. Joe Ogden def Unity 12-5

Olympia def Prairie Central 8-2

Westville def Watseka 10-0

Mahomet Seymour def Heyworth 13-1 

IHSA Softball

Monticello def Rantoul 16-1

Iroquois West def Kankakee Trinity 16-2

St. Joe Ogden def Unity 2-1

Westville def Watseka 10-0

(Kansas–dm)The Advent Health 400 at Kansas Speedway is this weekend's NASCAR race.  Driver William Byron explains why racing at Kansas has been so good the past few years.

Nascar Driver William Byron.

Race broadcast on Sunday on WPXN begins at 1pm

MLB

1-20pm Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs

7-20 St Louis Cardinals vs Chicago White Sox

Saturday morning on WPXN its our Live action Auction. Bid Buy and Save starting at 8am

Sunday on WPXN its NASCAR Cup Series racing with the Advent Health 400 from Kansas Motor Speedway at 1pm.

MLB

Chicago Cubs def NY Mets 1-0

Detroit Tigers def St. Louis Cardinals 4-1

Minnesota Twins def Chicago White Sox 10-5

IHSA Baseball

Westville def Cissna Park 15-0

Iroquois West def St. Anne 10-1

Fisher def St. Thoms More 4-3

St. Joe Ogden def Herscher 15-1

Monticello def Tuscola 10-0

Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def Milford 4-0

Oakwood def Armstrong Potomac 2-1

Watseka def Georgetown Ridgefarm 11-3

IHSA Softball

Iroquois West def St. Anne 16-0

Champaign Central def Rantoul 14-5

Fisher def Milford 14-4

Watseka def Donovan 10-0

Tri-Valley def Mahomet Seymour 8-3

(Champaign–jc)  – Looking forward to building the next championship type team is the goal for the University of Illinois Men’s Basketball team. University of Illinois Men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood says the addition of Orlando Antigua is a good start…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

(Kansas–jc)  Nascar Driver Jimmy Johnson is retired from full time racing, but will race in 9 events in the Nascar Cup Series this year. One of those tracks is Kansas Motor Speedway. Johnson says it is one of those tracks his Legacy Motor Club is looking to gain experience on…

Nascar Driver and Co-Owner of Legacy Motor Club, Jimmy Johnson

(Undated–jc)  It’s just the start of May, but some schedule information has been released for the University of Illinois Men’s basketball team. WPXN’s Joel Cluver has the story…

MLB

12-10pm Chicago Cubs at New York Mets

MLB

NY Mets def Chicago Cubs 4-2

St. Louis Cardinals def Detroit Tigers 2-1

Detroit Tigers def St. Louis Cardinals 11-6

Minnesota Twins def Chicago White Sox 6-5

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Westville 8-7

Mattoon def Rantoul 5-0

Watseka def Cissna Park 14-0

Oakwood def Iroquois West 18-5

GCMS def Milford 15-6

Armstrong Potomac def Salt Fork 10-0

St. Thomas More def Tuscola 10-3

IHSA Softball

Tri Valley def PBL 19-4

GCMS def Salt Fork 19-0 

Milford def Oakwood 9-8

Watseka def Georgetown Ridgefarm 10-3

MLB

6-10pm Chicago Cubs at New York Mets

12-10pm St Louis Cardinals at Detroit Tigers

1-10pm Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins