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RIP, James Van Der Beek 🙏 Moved his family to Texas in 2020 and became a soccer fan in Austin when MLS first arrived. He banged this drum at @Q2Stadium right before his cancer diagnosis. A few months earlier during the World Cup, he sat down with @MenInBlazers at @acllive.

Andrej Stojakovic with a game-high 21 pts off the bench to lead the Fighting Illini to the Sweet 16 🔥 Illinois will face Houston next for a spot in the Elite Eight 👀

Incredible take from Charles Barkley on Tom Izzo: "The media, who don't know anything about sports, say 'Why is he yelling his players?' That's called coaching... if parents & friends get mad because you're getting yelled at, get better parents & better friends."

@FOXSportsPR Ratings for ALL sports are up in the past year, mostly due to changes in measuring metrics. Personally it felt like the buzz was significantly LESS than the previous tourney.

A legendary game calls for a legendary viewership number as 10,784,000 viewers watched the #WorldBaseballClassic final on FOX and FOX Deportes - the most-watched #WBC telecast ever 🏆 The 2026 WBC averaged 1,294,000 viewers across FOX, FS1 and FS2, making it the most-watched #WBC in its 20-year history across English language networks.

@200ColumnsRy * MAC Tournament titles. Groce won with Ohio U, too, before trying B1G boy level basketball with Illinois which failed miserably.

1st coach and team to ever win 3 straight MAC titles.

@TumiTemo @PEMDAS66 @IraninSA @CyrilRamaphosa x.com/visegrad24/sta…

@PEMDAS66 @IraninSA @CyrilRamaphosa

We received the letter of condolence from H. E. @CyrilRamaphosa following the martyrdom of Imam Khamenei. Iran and South Africa have deep-rooted friendship.

@Reign_C0C0 @IraninSA @CyrilRamaphosa We are celebrating the end of an unelected mass-murdering Ayatollah dictator. Do you know any Iranians?

@IraninSA @CyrilRamaphosa On behalf of all native South Africans, we would like to extend our condolences to the entire nation of Iran. We are with you all in these times of sorrow

@changezkhaneth You're not Iranian, bisharaff. Stay in your lane.

Japanese football legend says his opinion prompts US company to cancel advertising campaign before FIFA World Cup. aljazeera.com/sports/2026/3/…

@AJE_Sport Iran's unelected evil "supreme leader" Ayatollah is now in the afterlife, and most us Iranians are happy about that. We want the Islamic Republic to be gone! Cc: @kskgroup2017

@BashDherman @CBSSportsGolazo The unelected Ayatollah regime has been waging war on us Iranians for 47 years, including slaughtering thousands of our youth only 2 months ago! But go and tell us how air strikes on the IRGC terrorist infrastructure is so bad.

@CBSSportsGolazo It’s not a war in Iran. America is carpet bombing Iran.

The 2026 Finalissima between 2023 UEFA Nations League winners Spain and the 2024 Copa America winners Argentina, originally scheduled to take place this month in Lusail, Qatar, has been cancelled due to safety concerns regarding the recent war in Iran and an inability to agree on a suitable replacement venue

@CBSSportsGolazo No reason to have it in Qatar in the very place first. Was just another money-grab event.

@JonRothstein 'Midnight Snack in the WAC' one last time 🥹

Cal Baptist/Utah Valley. Standalone Game.

@TheFieldOf68 Last WAC game ever??

Utah Valley misses a wide-open dunk to lose the WAC championship and a chance at their first-ever tourney berth 🤯😳

@Castellani2014 Wright was vanilla and boring.

Going from Jay Wright to Bruce Pearl in that CBS analyst role is a big downgrade.

@NoisyHuevos That's what happens when you don't have any players from Chicago on your active roster. Crazy as that sounds...

My relationship with Illinois was hot/heavy until February. After the strong initial physical attraction wore off, annoying tendencies arose. They’re too much finesse and not enough toughness. Lack athleticism. Lack junkyard dogs. Lack a killer instinct. Can’t slam doors.

Hall of Fame names. Legendary voices. Don't miss Dick Vitale & Charles Barkley teaming up to call a First Four game this coming Tuesday in Dayton 🤝

@KedPrince4 Wow is that MG? Awesome. He's very good with his analysis. Keep him coming on!

Illinois blows a 15-point lead and falls to Wisconsin, 91–88. The #Illini allowed two #Badgers players to score over 30 points. A frustrating finish. Join us on I on the Illini what are your thoughts? x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@raney_david @wischlist Spot on. 🎯

@wischlist You don’t get many free throws chucking up threes whether you make or miss them. No Shannon to jam it down there throat.

Wisconsin outscored Illinois 25 to 9 on free throws. This game was lost at the line — both by questionable/bad calls and by Illinois choking on its foul shots down the stretch.

@ttinanguyen I hope you're wrong, Tina. But our coach cannot coach and we have no clutch gene with this squad. That said - losing only to Top 25 teams in OT isn't a horrible sign. Just need to learn to close out!

Hear me out. What if... #Illinois is not a Final Four team. Elite 8, at best. They are collapsing down the stretch. *dodges*

@JonRothstein Illinois with Morez would be a 1 seed. Instead we have a squad built in Serbia instead of Chicago.

Wisconsin's win over Illinois moves the Illini to the 3 line in my bracket. Iowa State moves to a two. Nick Boyd and John Blackwell combined for 69 of the Badgers 91 points today in Chicago. This is March.

@JWerner247 Playing in Chicago, at the UC, with no local players, no dawgs and no athletes.

FINAL: Wisconsin 91, Illinois 88 OT Four of the #illini's last five losses have come in overtime. They're limping into the NCAA Tournament and should fall to the No. 3 seed line. Team has failed to step on throats.