MLB
Chicago Cubs def St. Louis Cardinals 8-0
Chicago White Sox def Arizona Diamondbacks 7-3
CHAMPAIGN, Ill.– History was made for Fighting Illini Basketball on Wednesday night, as freshmen Kasparas Jakucionis (Vilnius, Lithuania) and Will Riley (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) became the first-ever one-and-done players for the Illinois program. The Illini stars were selected back-to-back in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft, with Jakucionis taken at No. 20 overall by the Miami Heat and Riley going to the Washington Wizards the very next pick at No. 21 as part of a trade with Utah. Illinois stands as one of just three programs with multiple first-round picks in this year's draft, along with Duke (3) and Rutgers (2). This marks the first time in 20 years, and just the third time in school history, that Illinois has had two first-round picks in the same draft, joining 1989 (Nick Anderson and Kenny Battle) and 2005 (Deron Wiliams and Luther Head).
The NASCAR Cup Series heads to Atlanta on Sunday. Nascar Driver Christopeher Bell says the temperatures are going to be higher even during the night time. They will be maxing the car out with down force. Grip and car handling will matter in this race but spreading out will be much less during the night compared to the day…
Nascar Driver Christopeher Bell
CHAMPAIGN Ill. – The University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Wednesday that wrestling national champion Lucas Byrd and track & field All-American Tacoria Humphrey are winners of the 2024-25 Dike Eddleman Award, presented annually to the top Fighting Illini male and female athlete. The recipients were selected by vote of Illinois head coaches and DIA executive staff.
Byrd earned the 11th Eddleman Award in the history of the Fighting Illini wrestling program, and the first since fellow national champion Isaiah Martinez won back-to-back laurels in 2016 and 2017.
(Paxton–jc) The Paxton Pirates swim team defeated their Ford County rival in Gibson City last night at the Park District Pool. The final total was 257 to 135.
There is no swim team practice today.
MLB today
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals 1:15pm
Sox are off
