September was a busy month for local sports. Take a look back at some of the sporting highlights in our community.
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MACON -- The 73rd season of racing at Macon Speedway will have to wait one more week to get started, as Mother Nature’s spring wrath has cause…
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DECATUR -- Gene Vincent will never forget how his father's life changed after his cancer diagnosis.
DECATUR — It has always been Jordan Maxey's dream.
DECATUR — Marv Dampeer finds himself going back to the opening verse of Rudyard Kipling's poem "If."
DECATUR — Central Illinois athletic trainers say the widening Larry Nassar scandal is a lesson for future athletes, parents and medical profes…
DECATUR — Star athlete, mentor, rehab counselor, lawn care specialist, father, DJ.
Illinois' leading scorer Leron Black was hurt playing against UNLV on Saturday, and coach Brad Underwood said he may know today how severe his…
CHICAGO (AP) — Will Venable is leaving the Chicago Cubs front office to be their first base coach.
For years as a Kansas State basketball assistant, Brad Underwood attempted to persuade coach Frank Martin to implement his unique offensive scheme.
Each season teams highlight what they need to do to have a successful season. Sometimes it's get good quarterback play. Other times it's play …
CHARLESTON — The last two seasons Eastern Illinois University football coach Kim Dameron knew what he had on at the running back position. In …
CHARLESTON — Eastern Illinois University coach Kim Dameron hoped to keep wide receiver Alexander Hollins a secret from the opponents coming in…
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CHARLESTON — After Eastern Illinois University's first game against Western Illinois last season, it was evident Mitch Kimble had the necessar…
While instant replay reviews are common place at the FBS level, FCS conferences are still trying to implement reviews at their level. During t…
NASHVILLE — The media and the coaches/sports information directors both came to a consensus about where to put the Eastern Illinois University…
DECATUR — Eileene Pfeiffer was bowling in a league until 2011. No big deal, except that she didn’t zip her bowling bag closed for good until s…
MACON – I look at Bobby Pierce Jr. and I see a kid who could be a NASCAR chauffeur on Sundays.
MACON – Less than seven months ago Tony Stewart wrapped up his stellar career as a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver, retiring at the age of 45.
For nearly all of her days, from the time Gayle Nikovich was a little girl in Mount Zion through adulthood in Arlington, Texas, horses have ga…