Aug. 28—➜ . The pair of area standouts are The News-Gazette's first high school Athletes of the Week for the 2026-27 school year. Read more about the duo on Monday at our website and in Tuesday's print edition.
➜ . The 28-year-old Champaign native got his first MLB win of the season on Wednesday night with the Rockies and should start again next week when Colorado hosts the Baltimore Orioles at Coors Field.
➜ . The venue in Urbana and home of the Illini will host the 2027 Big Ten women's tennis tournament from April 22-25, the Big Ten announced on Thursday.
pitches Bismarck-Henning graduate threw in recording four outs during two relief appearances for the Atlanta Braves during wins against the Dodgers this week. Dodd picked up the win — his fourth of the season — during Tuesday night's 4-3 victory when he only needed two pitches to get one out in the top of the eighth. Dodd was back at it Wednesday night in the Braves' 6-5 walk-off win as he recorded his 12th hold of the season by throwing a scoreless inning of relief in the top of the sixth.
➜ . The first of 11 nonconference matches and the first one of the 2026 season for the Illini happens at 7 p.m. on Friday at Huff Hall. Illinois is 37-13 all-time in its home openers, while Cincinnati is coming off a 15-13 record during the 2025 season.
➜ . The Parkland volleyball team is 7-0 on the season after rallying for a five-set road win against Lincoln Land on Wednesday night in Springfield, and is in Perrysburg, Ohio, for a two-day tournament this weekend.
➜ . Cissna Park volleyball, the reigning Class 1A state champion, will try to win its own tournament when it concludes Saturday.
➜ Pete Crow-Armstrong, Caleb Williams and Dylan Dodd.
➜ "American Dad!"
➜ Christmas.
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