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This week's edited conversation between Ron Zook, who coached 49ers top draft pick A.J. Brian Murphy: Murphy: Hey, Ron, we appreciate you coming on to tell us about A.J...Murphy: For you, is his most dominant attribute just his speed, or am I missing
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Theres a moment just before the football is snapped when Illinois defensive end Michael Buchanan says he knows the play is about to begin. The offensive tackle, likely aware hes about to have to try to stop one of the more dangerous sack artists in
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CDT , April 11, 2012 Illinois coach Tim Beckman described Saturday's spring game at Memorial Stadium as a fierce competition. Until he brought up the postgame meal for the losing side. "We're playing this game as if it's a real game," he said. "We're
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For the first time in more than a decade, there are no recruits for Zook to pursue, no boosters to glad-hand, no media to rip him, no fans to flame the message boards and no websites to call for his job. The negativity or the "noise in the system,"
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Now you really can't afford missing out on blue-chip Chicago recruits or finishing in the middle of the Big Ten after proclaiming you will spend whatever's necessary to get back on top. Now you better not get outbid for hot coaches such as Shaka
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Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas announced the firing of basketball coach Bruce Weber after nine seasons Friday morning, ending months of speculation as the team's fortunes rapidly declined. Thomas thought was irreversible under Weber. "In
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Belleville East junior Malcolm Hill has been on an offensive tear, but on Tuesday, it was Hill's defense that made the difference. Hill blocked Collinsville senior Daryn Foster's shot in the lane with three seconds to play, sealing the Lancers' 57-56
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Mike Thomas was hired as athletic director at Illinois in August. Since then he has fired Fighting Illini coach Ron Zook, surprised many with the hiring of Toledo's Tim Beckman as Zook's replacement, and is now fending off a chorus calling for the
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Former Illinois star Deron Williams said he would be "very disappointed" if coach Bruce Weber were fired, and he believes blame for the team's problems lies with the players. "He's in a tough situation," Williams said by phone Thursday after scoring
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The media, if not the sporting world, regularly calls for honesty. But there seems to be no room for that these days, not if you want to stay employed, anyway. Weber pretty much called out Meyers Leonard by name, giving the feeling that the Illinois
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