2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (655+ words) The Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals will play the second game of a three-game series on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. ET at Busch Stadium. Chicago is limping into the contest on a four-game losing streak. The away team had wound…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (159+ words) Sep. 12—Beat writer Scott Richey previews the Illini's showdown with Duke ahead of the kickoff at Gies Memorial Stadium in Champaign: Three major storylines Don't forget about second down Next man up worked at linebacker "His first play of college…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (852+ words) The Duke Blue Devils take on the Illinois Fighting Illini in Champaign, IL. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on FS1. Illinois is favored by -6 points on the spread with a moneyline of -230. The total is set at 51.5 points. Here's my Duke vs....

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (491+ words) We know ESPN's Football Power Index isn't the biggest fan of Illinois, but to be fair, it isn't alone. SP+, which was created by Bill Connelly (also of ESPN), is comparatively low on the Illini - though, notably, it wasn't going…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (443+ words) The Chicago White Sox (72-64) and the Houston Astros (69-68) open a 4-game series Monday at Daikin Park in Houston, Texas. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. ET. Let's analyze MLB odds around the White Sox vs. Astros odds and make our expert…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (213+ words) Illinois legalized video gaming terminals in 2009. The market that followed was still taking shape, with many operators treating video gaming as one part of a broader business. Jeff Rehberger looked at that landscape and saw something else: a regulated, scalable…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (253+ words) Gambling is nothing new in Chicago. Legal gambling is. City Hall’s handling of it still looks like the rackets of yore. With a suffocating debt and pension load, and another looming budget deficit, Chicago cannot afford incoherence on this important…...