(MLB-cf)-- Baseball is back! The MLB and the MLBPA hashed the final details of the 60 game season yesterday afternoon, meaning all players will return to training camps July 1st. Teams will go through two weeks of workouts, with the season getting underway July 23rd. 

 

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(MLB-cf)-- The Chicago Cubs signed their first round draft pick Ed Howard to a minor league deal that has over 3 million in incentives. The 18 year old Howard from Mount Carmel High School was drafted 16th overall in this year's draft. 

 

 

(Urbana-cf)-- The IHSA Boys state finals has moved back to the location where it started in Champaign Urbana. Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman says that the young men playing on the State Farm Center floor will never forget the moment. Much like when he played at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette… 

 

 

University of Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman. 

 

 

(Urbana-cf)-- The IHSA returning to Champaign Urbana has received a lot of positive feedback from not only Champaign Urbana but from surrounding communities as well says IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson… 

 

IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson

 

NASCAR

The FBI has determined that NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace was not the victim of a hate crime.It was determined through photographic evidence that a pull rope fashioned like a noose had been on a garage door at Talladega Superspeedway since as early as October.