MLB

Chicago Cubs def LA Angels 7-2

NY Mets def St. Louis Cardinals 4-2

Chicago White Sox def Miami Marlins 9-4

 

NBA

San Antonio Spurs def Chicago Bulls 129-114

 

NCAA Women Elite 8

Texas def Michigan 77-41

South Carolina def TCU 78-52

 

NCAA Women NIT Great 8

Illinois St. def George Washington 61-53

 

IHSA Baseball

PBL def Milford 10-3

Hoopeston def Fisher 5-4

Clifton Central def Watseka 10-0

Teutopolis def Mahomet Seymour 5-0

 

IHSA Softball

Milford/Cissna Park def PBL 7-0

Fisher def Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin 12-6

Unity def Oakwood 9-0

Watseka def Clifton Central 7-4

Bloomington Central Catholic def Mahomet Seymour 13-1

 

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda softball team is getting into a full slate of games for the Spring. They have 4  games this week.  2nd year Paxton Buckley Loda Softball Coach Cassie Sprout says her infield is filled with sophomores and juniors…

 

Paxton Buckley Loda Softball Coach Cassie Sprout

 

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Fighting Illini are in the Final4 of the NCAA Tournament. The games are set for Saturday and Monday in Indianapolis. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says winning a national championship is the goal of good programs, each year…

 

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood.

You can hear the Illini game live on Saturday starting at 4pm

 

(Paxton–jc)  The Paxton Buckley Loda Girls track team is preparing for the Paxton Buckley Invite on Thursday at the high school in Paxton. Paxton Buckley Loda Girls Track Coach Tyler Rubarts talks about one of his senior leaders in Olivia Rehg… 

Paxton Buckley Loda Girls Track Coach Tyler Rubarts

The PBL Invite is set for Thursday in Paxton at the high school

MLB Today

LA Angels at Chicago Cubs 6:40pm

NY Mets at St. Louis Cardinals 6:45pm

Chicago White Sox at Miami Marlins 5:40pm

 

NHL

Winnipeg Jets at Chicago Blackhawks 7:30pm

 

NCAA Men’s Basketball Elite 8

Illinois def Iowa 71-59

Arizona def Purdue 79-64

Michigan def Tennessee 95-62

UConn def Duke 73-72

 

MLB

Washington Nationals def Chicago Cubs 6-3

Tampa Bay Rays def St. Louis Cardinals 11-7

Milwaukee Brewers def Chicago White Sox 9-7

 

 

(Undated–jc)  –– Illinois Baseball secured its third straight Big Ten series win with a 6-0 road victory over Penn State on Sunday afternoon. Aidan Flinn and Reed Gannon combined for the three-hit shutout as the Fighting Illini improved to 6-6 in Big Ten play this season. Gannon earned the win, throwing five innings while only allowing one hit and striking out three. Flinn got the start and went four innings with three strikeouts. At the plate, J.R. Nelson went 3-for-4 with two RBI, while Will Johannes posted a 2-for-3 day with two runs scored and an RBI.

 

(Martinsville–jc)  It was the first “short track challenge of the season on Sunday in Martinsville. The Motor Racing Network was there…

 

(Urbana–jc)  The University of Illinois Fighting Illini Men’s basketball team is back in the final 4. The Illini will take on The University of Connecticut on Saturday in Indianapolis. University of Illinois Men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood talks about the feeling, getting to the final 4…

 

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

Coverage with the network begins at 4pm on Saturday from Indianapolis

 

NCAA Final 4- Indianapolis on Saturday

5:09pm University of Illinois vs University of Connecticut

7-49pm University of Michigan vs University of Arizona

MLB

6-40pm LA Angels at Chicago Cubs

6-45pm New York Mets at St Louis Cardinals

5-40pm Chicago White Sox at Florida Marlins

 

NCAA Women Basketball Elite 8

#2 Michigan vs #1 Texas 6pm

#3 TCU vs #1 South Carolina 8pm

 

NCAA Women Basketball NIT Great 8

Illinois St. vs George Washington 6:30pm

 

MLB Spring Training

St. Louis Cardinals def Washington Nationals 5-1

Chicago White Sox def Arizona Diamondbacks 4-2

 

NCAA Tournament

Big Ten Teams

TCU def Ohio St. 66-64

Nebraska def Troy 76-47

High Point def Wisconsin 83-82

Michigan St. def North Dakota St. 92-67

Michigan def Howard 101-80

Illinois def Penn 105-70

 

NBA

Cleveland Cavaliers def Chicago Bulls 115-110

 

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks def Minnesota Wild 2-1

 

(South Region–jc)  The University of Illinois Men’s Basketball team beat Penn University 105 to 70 last night in the opening round of the N-C-A-A tournament. University of Illinois forward David Mirkovic set the Illinois rebounding record for an NCAA Tournament game with 17, and tied the fourth-most points by an Illini in a tourney game with a UI freshman-record 29 points. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says their team pride showed in the locker room with praise for Mirkovic and his great game…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

 Mirkovic was the first Illinois player to record 20 plus points and 15 plus rebounds in an NCAA Tournament game since Nick Anderson had 24 points, and 16 rebounds in the 1989 Elite Eight vs. Syracuse 

 

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Women’s basketball team is back in the N-C-A-A tournament for a second consecutive year. University of Illinois Women’s Basketball Coach Shauna Greene says it is a testament  to the team with a large group of new players this year…

   

University of Illinois Women’s Basketball Coach Shauna Greene

The Illini women take on Colorado on Saturday. Tip is around 8-30pm

 

NCAA Tournament

Big Ten Teams

Iowa vs Clemson

Purdue vs Queens University

UCLA vs University of Central Florida

 

MLB Spring Training

Cincinnati Reds at Chicago Cubs 8:05 pm

St. Louis Cardinals at NY Mets 1:20pm

Chicago white Sox at LA Angels 2:10pm

Tonight on WPXN its IESA 1A 8th grade volleyball as St. Malachy takes on Augusta Southeastern. Pregame at 8pm with opening volley at 8:15. Derek Bohlmann on the call for WPXN Sports.

 

Saturday morning its On the Sidelines from 7am to 8am.  Our show is sponsored by Gibson Area Hospital Elite Fitness, Angel Auto Services in Onarga, MATCO Fire Protection Services in Paxton, the Roofing Dog and Shields Auto Group.

 

Then it's our Live Action Auction starting at 8am with Dan Mushrush and Jason Madden

Saturday evening its Fighting Illini Basketball as Illinois takes on VCU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Pregame at 5:50pm with tip off at 6:50pm.

On Sunday its NASCAR Cup series racing, with the Goodyear 400 from Darlington, South Carolina starting at 1pm.

MLB

Spring Training

Arizona Diamondbacks def Chicago Cubs 16-8

St. Louis Cardinals def Houston Astros 4-1

 

NBA

Toronto Raptors def Chicago Bulls 139-109

 

NCAA Tournament Play in Games

#16 Prairie View def Lehigh 67-55

#11 Miami (OH) def SMU 89-79

 

(Darlington–jc)  It’s Darlington on Sunday for the Nascar Cup series. Nascar Driver Kyle Larson talks about his expectations at the track…

 

Nascar Driver Kyle Larson

 

Coverage on WPXN begins at 1 on Sunday afternoon

 

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Men’s basketball team gets into the NCAA tournament tonight against Penn University. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball coach Brad Underwood talks about the match up with a familiar coach…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach  Brad Underwood

 

(Undated–jc)  The 20-25, 20-26  Illini Prairie All Conference boys basketball teams have been announced. WPXN”s Joel Cluver has the names…

NCAA Tournament

Big Ten Teams

Ohio St. vs TCU

Nebraska vs Troy

Wisconsin vs High Point

Michigan St. vs North Dakota St.

Michigan vs Howard

Illinois vs Penn

 

MLB

Spring Training

Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals 12:05pm

Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago White Sox 8:10pm

 

NBA

Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls 7pm

 

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks at Minnesota Wild 6:30pm

 

Tonight on WPXN it’s Fighting Illini Basketball as #3 Illinois takes on #14 Penn in the NCAA Tournament. Pregame at 7:30pm with tip at 8:35pm

 

MLB Spring Training

Chicago Cubs def LA Angels 8-6

Washington Nationals def St. Louis Cardinals 1-0

Chicago White Sox def Athletics 6-4

 

World Baseball Classic Championship

Venezuela def USA 3-2

 

NHL

Minnesota Wild def Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 OT

 

NCAA Scores

Play in Games

Howard def UMBC 86-83

Texas def North Carolina St. 68-66

 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.– Illini freshman guard Keaton Wagler has been named a second-team All-American by The Associated Press. Wagler is the first freshman in Illinois history to be named an All-American by the AP. He is the fifth AP All-American in the last six years of the Brad Underwood era, and the 22nd in school history.

 

(Champaign–jc)  the Field of 68 is set. The first play in games took placeTuesday and the University of Illinois men’s team is a number 3 seed in the South division. University of Illinois Men’s Coach Brad Underwood says Selection Sunday is one of his favorite days of the year…

   

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

 

(Darlington–jc)  It’s Darlington this weekend for the Nascar series. Nascar Driver Ryan Preece talks about horsepower  at the South Carolina track…

Nascar Cup Series Driver Ryan Preece

The race airs live on Sunday on WPXN at 1pm

 

 

(Champaign–jc)  The all state teams for basketball have been announced. WPXN’s Joel Cluver has the story…

 

(Paxton–jc)  It’s the indoor season for track at Paxton Buckley Loda High School. Paxton Buckley Loda Girls Track Coach Tyler Rubarts says the team continues to participate in meets,  but look to get outside too…

Paxton Buckley Loda Girls Track Coach Tyler Rubarts

 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – For the second-consecutive season Illinois wrestling has qualified eight wrestlers to the NCAA Championships in Cleveland on Thursday-Saturday (March 19-21). It's the first time the program has sent eight or more wrestlers to the national tournament since the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Championships.

[7] Lucas Byrd (133 pounds)

[7] Kannon Webster (157 pounds)

[9] Chris Moore (184 pounds)

[17] Braeden Scoles (165 pounds)

[18] Colin Kelly (174 pounds)

[18] Spencer Moore (125 pounds)

[25] Michael Gioffre (149 pounds)

[26] Luke Luffman (285 pounds)

 

 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois baseball's road game at Indiana State has shifted to today at 5-30 from Tuesday.  Cold conditions postponed Tuesday’s contest

 

MLB

Spring Training

12-05pm St Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros

3-10pm Chicago Cubs vs Arizona Diamondbacks

White Sox have the day off

 

NBA

Toronto Raptors at Chicago Bulls 7pm

 

NCAA Play in games

#16 Prairie View vs #16 LeHigh

#11 Miami (OH) vs #11 SMU

 

MLB Spring Training

Chicago Cubs def Cleveland Guardians 5-2

Texas Rangers def Chicago White Sox 3-2

 

World Baseball Classic

Venezuela def Italy 4-2

 

NBA

Memphis Grizzlies def Chicago Bulls 132-107

 

(Cissna Park–jc) Congratulations to the Rantoul St Malachy 8th grade girls volleyball team. They are headed to the Elite 8 state finals on Friday. The lady Eagles defeated a good Prairie View Ogden volleyball team 25-16 25-9 last night at the Cissna Park Sectional final. St Malachy plays in the Elite 8 on Friday night around 8-15 at the Fieldcrest state finals in Wenona. Congratulations to the team on getting to the state tournament this year. 

In IESA 8-3-A  Girls volleyball sectional action from Prairie Central, Monticello beat Iroquois West 25-15 25-13

 

Congratulations to the Pink Panther Special Olympic Basketball team on winning a state title in their division. The PBL Special Olympic “A” team finished 2nd in their division.

 

MLB

12-0h-5pm St Louis Cardinals vs Washington Nationals

3-oh-5pm Oakland A’s vs Chicago White Sox

8-oh-5pm LA Angels vs Chicago Cubs

 

NCAA Men’s 

Tuesday, March 17

540pm No. 16 UMBC vs. No. 16 Howard 

8-10pm No. 11 Texas vs. No. 11 NC State

 

NHL

Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks 6:30pm

 

World Baseball Classic

USA vs Venezuela 7pm

 

MLB

LA Dodgers def Chicago Cubs 14-8

St. Louis Cardinals def Washington Nationals 6-3

Kansas City Royals def Chicago White Sox 10-4

 

World Baseball Classic

USA def Dominican Republic 2-1

Advances to WBC final

 

(Clinton–jc)  Congratulations to the Cissna Park 7th grade girls volleyball team. They finished 4th in the 7-1-A state tournament on Saturday in matches held at Clinton Junior High. The Wildcats won their Elite 8 match on Friday, but fell 25-19, 25-19 to Decatur Unity on Saturday. Hailey Kaeb was named as a sportsmanship award winner for Cissna Park. 

 

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The bracket is officially set for the 2026 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Illinois (24-8) is an at-large selection, earning the program's sixth consecutive bid under head coach Brad Underwood. Illinois is the No. 3 seed in the South Region. The Fighting Illini open play in the First Round on Thursday in Greenville, S.C, taking on No. 14 seed Penn , who won the Ivy League Tournament championship under first-year coach Fran McCaffery, the former Iowa head coach. Game time is approximately 8:25 p.m. WPXN will have the game live on Thursday night. Illinois is one of only 10 teams nationally – including one of just three from the Big Ten – to earn a bid in each of the last six.

 

(Champaign–jc)-For the third time under head coach Shauna Green, the Illinois women's basketball team has earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament. The Fighting Illini have secured back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since making four consecutive trips from 1996-2000. Illinois is going dancing for the 11th time in program history. Illinois will face  Colorado  on Saturday, March 21, at 8:30 p.m.  Green's Illini will be the youngest team across the 68-team NCAA Tournament field.  Also in the field of women's teams in the NCAA tournament are the Clemson Tigers. They are coached by former Crescent City Cissna Park player Shawn Poppie. One of his assistants is former PBL Basketball player Corey Fox. The Lady Tigers take on U-S-C on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament.

 

(Champaign–jc)  It's now time for the NCAA Tournament. The University of Illinois men’s team is a number 3 seed. Per one of his players, University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says it's time to “let it rip”...

   

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

 

(Clinton–jc)  Congratulations to the Cissna Park 7th grade volleyball team. They finished 4th in the state tournament. Cissna Park 7th grade volleyball coach Nicole Trumble says the team continues to learn more about the game of volleyball and that was shown in their performance this year…

 

Cissna Park 7th Grade Volleyball Coach Nicole Trumble

 

IESA 8th Grade Sectional Finals tonight

6pm at Cissna Park 8-1-A

Prairieview Ogden vs Rantoul St Malachy

6pm at Prairie Central 8-3-A

 Iroquois West vs Monticello

 

Tonight on WPXN its the Brad Underwood Show. hear about the Illini and the NCAA tournament tonight from 7pm to 8pm

 

MLB Spring Training

Chicago Cubs def Seattle Mariners 7-4

St. Louis Cardinals def NY Mets 3-1

Chicago White Sox and SF Giants tie 3-3

 

NBA

LA Lakers def Chicago Bulls 142-130

 

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks def Utah Mammoth 3-2 OT

 

Big Ten Tournament

Ohio St. def Iowa 72-69

Wisconsin def Washington 85-82

Purdue def Northwestern 81-68

UCLA def Rutgers 72-59

 

IHSA Boys Basketball 

State 1A

Goreville def Lawrenceville 55-47

Chicago Marshall def Lanark 66-38

 

3rd Place Game

Lawrenceville def Lanark (Eastland) 61-43

 

2A

Peoria Manual def Unity 62-57

Quincy Notre Dame def Chicago Farragut 64-43

 

3rd Place Game

Unity def Chicago Farragut 86-61

 

(Vegas–jc) It’s Vegas racing on Sunday with the Nascar Cup series. Nascar Driver Kyle Busch is a Las Vegas native and talks about pressure at his hometown track…

 

Nascar Cup Driver Kyle Busch

 

(Cissna Park–jc)  The Cissna Park 7th grade Wildcats are in the State Elite 8 in volleyball this afternoon at Clinton Junior High. Cissna Park 7th grade Volleyball Coach Nicole Trumble talks about learning the sport of volleyball at an early age…

 

Cissna Park 7th Grade Volleyball Coach Nicole Trumble

The match today from Clinton airs live on WPXN after Illinois Basketball

 

(CHampaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Men’s Basketball team takes on Wisconsin in the quarterfinal round of the Big 10 tournament today in Chicago. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says his team is ready to compete with the best teams in the conference, but have to execute to get wins…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood. We have the game live starting at 12-30 today here on WPXN

 

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Women’s basketball team will be waiting on Sunday to hear where they will be going in the post season. University of Illinois Women’s basketball Coach Shauana Greene says this team continues to grow on  and off the court with a positive upside going forward…

 

University of Illinois Women’s Basketball Coach Shauna Greene. 

 

Big Ten Tournament today

Michigan vs Ohio St. 

Illinois vs Wisconsin

Nebraska vs Purdue

Michigan St. vs UCLA

 

MLB Spring Training

Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox 3:05 pm

Houston at St. Louis Cardinals 5:05pm

 

World Baseball Classic

Quarterfinals

Korea vs Dominican Republic 5:30pm

United States vs Canada 7pm

 

NBA

Chicago Bulls at LA Clippers 

 

Today on WPXN its Fighting Illini Basketball as Illinois takes on Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament. Pregame at 12:30pm with tip at 1:30pm

 

Then its IESA 7th grade Class 1A Volleyball as Cissna Park takes on LaSalle St. Acutis at Clinton Jr. High School. 

 

Saturday morning on WPXN its On the Sidelines from 7am to 8am.  Our show is sponsored by Gibson Area Hospital Elite Fitness, Angel Auto Services in Onarga, MATCO Fire Protection Services in Paxton, the Roofing Dog and Shields Auto Group.

On Sunday it’s NASCAR Cup Racing from Las Vegas with the Pennzoil 400 with a 2pm start time.

 

MLB Spring Training

Chicago Cubs def Kansas City Royals 9-8

Washington Nationals def St. Louis Cardinals 3-1

LA Angels def Chicago White Sox 8-4

 

Big 10 Tournament Scores…

Rutgers 72 Minnesota 67

Northwestern 74 Indiana 61

Washington 83 USC 79 OT

Iowa 75 Maryland 64

(Champaign–jc)  –The Illinois women's basketball team is hosting an NCAA Tournament Selection Show watch party on Sunday, March 15, that is open to the public. The community is welcome to join the Fighting Illini in State Farm Center as doors open at 6:30 p.m. CT for the free watch party.

Parking will be available in State Farm Center's Northeast and Southeast Quad Lots. Attendees can enter through the Main East Entrance of the arena.

The women's Selection Show begins at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN

 

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Fighting Illini Baseball junior Kyle Remington was named to the 2026 watch list for the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year award, the organization announced on Wednesday. The 142 pitchers on the watch list represent 26 different conferences and reflect the top mound performers to this point during the 2026 season. Remington holds a 2.77 ERA across his 13.0 innings of work and four appearances thus far this season. 

 

(Vegas–jc)  It’s Vegas racing on Sunday with the Nascar Cup Series. Nascar Cup Series Driver Shane Van Giesbergen says that race is “thrilling”...

 

Nascar Cup Series Driver Shane Van Giesbergen

 

(Vermilion County–jc)  The Vermilion Valley all conference teams have been announced. WPXN’s Joel Cluver has the story…

   

Big 10 Men's Tournament

11am Iowa vs OhioState

1-30pm Washington vs Wisconsin

5-30pm Purdue vs Northwestern

8pm UCLA vs Rutgers 

 

NBA

Chicago Bulls at LA Lakers 

 

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks at Utah Mammoth

 

MLB Spring Training

Texas Rangers def Chicago Cubs 8-3

NY Mets def St. Louis Cardinals 6-1

Athletics def Chicago White Sox 11-7

 

Big 10 tournament opening round Tuesday

Northwestern 76 Penn State 66

Maryland 70 Oregon 60

 

 

Illinois Baseball returned to winning ways with a 21-8 victory over Western Illinois on Tuesday night at Illinois Field. The Illini collected season-highs in runs and hits in the 13-run triumph, while the Orange and Blue pitching staff posted a season-most 13 strikeouts in the win.Four Illini recorded multi-hit days at the plate, led by AJ Putty, who tallied a 4-for-5 day at the plate while reaching five times, driving in three runs, and scoring three times.Nick Groves notched three hits and two RBI in the leadoff spot, extending his on-base streak to 27 games, while Will Johannes collected two hits, three runs, and two RBI. Brayden Mazzacano finished with a career-high four RBI, while J.R. Nelson went 2-for-5 with a season-best three RBI.

 

C HAMPAIGN, Ill. — Steven Koch has been named Illinois' assistant special teams coach, head coach Bret Bielema announced. Koch joins the Illini from New Mexico, where he was a special teams analyst in 2025. Koch has helped coach some of the top special teams units in the nation during his career. 

 

(Monticello–jc)  The Unity Rockets boys basketball team is in the final 4 of the Class 2-A State Championships on Thursday. Unity Rocket Boys Basketball Coach Matt Franks says the team is solid as a “team”...

 

Unity of Tolono Boys Basketball Coach Matt Franks

The rockets take on Peoria Manual Thursday afternoon at 2-30 at the State Farm Center in Champaign

 

(Vegas–jc)  Its Vegas racing this weekend for the Nascar Cup and O-Reilly Auto Parts series. Cup Driver Josh Berry won the spring race in Las Vegas last year. Berry talks about the win…

   

Nascar Cup Series Driver Josh Berry

The Pennzoil 400 cup race airs on Sunday at 2pm

 

Big 10 Men’s Tournament today

11am Maryland vs Iowa

1-30pm USC vs Washington

5-30pm Indiana vs Northwestern

8pm Rutgers vs Minnesota

 

MLB

Spring training

12:05pmWashington Nationals vs St Louis Cardinals

 

1:05pm

LA Angels vs Chicago White Sox

Kansas City Royals vs Chicago Cubs

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks def Utah Mammoth 3-2 OT

 

MLB Spring Training

Cardinals def Houston Astros 7-2 split squad

Houston Astros 10 def St Louis Cardinals 3 split squad

Chicago White Sox def Colorado Rockies 12-3

Cubs were off on Monday

(St Joseph–jc)  –The Paxton Buckley Loda 7th grade girls volleyball team fell in  a 3 match set last night in the I- E-S- A, 3-A Volleyball Section finals last night in St Joseph.  Monticello beat the Panthers 25-7 24-26 and 25-23. Paxton Buckley Loda Girls 7th Grade Volleyball Coach Tayler Walwer says the team was solid all year long from the front row to their serves…

 

Paxton Buckley Loda 7th Grade Volleyball Coach Taylor Walwer.

Congratulations to Coach Walwer and the 7th grade volleyball team on a great season. 

 

( Illinois–jc)  The Cissna Park 7th Grade Volleyball squad is heading to state action on Friday afternoon after winning the 1-A I E S A Sectionals final contest last night as they beat Champaign Next Generation 25-10 25-21. Cissna Park Girls 7th grade Volleyball Coach Nicole Trumble says each group of girls wants to repeat the success they saw in the teams before them…

Cissna Park Girls 7th Grade Volleyball Coach Nicole Trumble,

The Timberwolves take on LaSalle on Friday afternoon at 4-30pm in the Elite 8 Class 1-A state Finals at Clinton Junior High School. 

Major League Spring training

12-10pm

St Louis Cardinals at NewYork Mets

3-0h-5pm

Chicago Cubs at Texas Ranters

Chicago White Sox at Oakland Athletics

Illinois Baseball

The University of Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team starts a 4 game series against Western Illinois today at Illinois Field. First pitch this afternoon is set for 3-30pm

 

NBA

Sacramento Kings def Chicago Bulls 126-110

 

NHL

Dallas Stars def Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 OT

 

Big Ten

Illinois def Maryland 78-72

Rutgers def Penn St. 74-62

Michigan def Michigan St. 90-80

Nebraska def Iowa 84-75 OT

 

(Phoenix–jc)  On a beautiful day in the desert, the NASCAR Cup Series took to Phoenix Raceway for race 4 of the 2026 season. The motor racing network was there…

 

(Maryland–jc)  The University of Illinois Men’s basketball finished the regular season with a win at Maryland on Sunday afternoon. Final score was 78 to 72. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says it was a typical senior night game…

   

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

 

Illinois is the No. 4 seed in the 2026 Big Ten Tournament. The 11th-ranked Fighting Illini will open play at the United Center in Chicago in the quarterfinal round on Friday at approximately 1:30 p.m. CT on Big Ten Network.

Illinois will face the winner of Thursday's third-round game between No. 5 seed Wisconsin and either No. 12 Washington or No. 13 USC.

Illinois owns a record of 24-7 overall, notching the program's most regular-season victories in the last 20 years. Illinois was Big Ten runner-up at 15-5, tying the second-most conference wins in school history. Head Coach Brad Underwood now owns the top three, and five of the top nine, winningest B1G seasons in program history. This marks the fifth time in the last seven years that Underwood has led the Illini to a top-4 Big Ten Tournament seed and bye into the quarterfinals.

 

URBANA, Ill. – No. 11 Illinois improved its winning streak to eight matches, taking down Washington, 4-0, on Sunday at Atkins Tennis Center.

During that eight-match stretch, the Illini have won the doubles point in each of those contests. That trend continued for the Orange and Blue as they grabbed the point with wins on Courts 2 and 3. William Mroz and Hayden Jones got the action started with a 6-2 win over Daniel Bien and Nikola Plavsic of Washington. Zach Viiala and Sasha Colleu would soon follow with a 6-3 victory to secure the 1-0 lead for the Illini.

 

IHSA

Boys Supersectionals

1a at E I U
7pm Leroy vs Lawrenceville

2-A at Pontiac

7pm Unity vs Bloomington Central Catholic

 

Tonight on WPXN its the Brad Underwood Show. Get the latest in Illini Basketball from 7-8.

 

Big Ten Men’s Basketball

Indiana def Minnesota 77-47

Ohio State def Penn St. 94-62

Washington def USC 91-72

Wisconsin def Maryland 78-45

Purdue def Northwestern 70-66

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament

Illinois def Wisconsin 82-70

Indiana def Nebraska 72-69

Oregon def Purdue 82-64

 

IHSA Boys Sectionals

Class 1A

Decatur Unity def Ridgeview 44-39

 

Class 2A

Unity def Fairfield 51-32

Yorkville Christian def Pontiac 50–44

 

630am

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Fighting Illini sophomore outfielder/left-handed pitcher Brayden Mazzacano was named to the 2026 watch list for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award, the College Baseball Foundation announced on Wednesday.The award is presented annually to the most outstanding two-way player in college baseball. The 49 players on this year's watch list reflect some of the biggest names in college baseball this season.

(Paxton-jm) — The 2025-2026 boys basketball season is over for the PBL Panthers but the coaching staff is looking ahead to the 2026-2027 season. The team will be without 13 of the 15 players they had on this year’s roster due to graduation. Coach Quinton Hatfill says there are some big roles that will need to be filled….

   

PBL Panthers Boys Basketball Coach Quinton Hatfill.

 

(Tolono-jm) — The Unity Rockets have advanced to the sectional championship Friday night defeating the Mules of Fairfield last night. Unity’s defense was a key shutting down the Mules. Coach Matt Franks says that was their goal going into the game…

 

Unity Boys Basketball Coach Matt Franks. The Rockets will take on the Wooden Shoes of Teutopolis Friday night. We will have that game here on WPXN.

 

IHSA Girls Basketball Final 4

Class 1A

Brown County vs Mt Pulaski

Rockford Christian vs Deer Creek Mackinaw

Losers play tonight at 7

 

Class 2A

Breese Central vs Pleasant Plains

Byron vs St. Edward

Losers play tonight at 8:15

 

NBA Tonight

Chicago Bulls @ Phoenix Suns- 8pm

 

Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tonight

#3 Michigan @ Iowa

Rutgers @ #8 Michigan State

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament

USC vs Washington- 11am

Indiana vs Ohio State- 1:30pm

Illinois vs Michigan State- 5:30pm

Maryland vs Oregon- 8pm

 

NBA

Oklahoma City Thunder def Chicago Bulls 116-108

 

NHL

Winnipeg Jets def Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 OT

 

MLB Spring Training

San Diego Padres def Chicago White Sox 4-3

Cubs and Cardinals were off

 

Big Ten Men’s Basketball

Illinois def Oregon 80-54

UCLA def Nebraska 72-52 

 

IHSA Boys Sectionals

Class 1A

LeRoy def St. Thomas More 59-51

 

Class 2A

Teutopolis def Warrensburg Latham 40-39

 

Class 3A

Decatur MacArthur def Champaign Central 85-63

 

Congratulations to the PBL 7th grade girls volleyball team. They won the regional over GCMS.

 

(Chicago-jm) — Chicago Bears center Drew Dalman has informed the team he is retiring according to ESPN. Dalman is ending his pro career after five seasons. 

 

(Indianapolis–jm) – The Indianapolis Colts have taken the first step in ensuring that impending free agent quarterback Daniel Jones sticks around, placing the seldom used transition tag. The tag guarantees the Colts the right of first refusal for Jones, preserving the right to match any competing offer he might sign with an interested club. 

 

(Paxton-jm) – With the boys basketball season complete for the PBL Panthers, the coaching staff is looking ahead to next season. The team is losing 13 seniors and Coach Quinton Hatfill says it's time for the underclassmen to step up…

   

PBL Panthers Boys Basketball Coach Quinton Hatfill.

 

(St. Joseph-jm) – The St. Joseph Ogden Boys Basketball team made it to the regional finals before falling to Warrensburg Latham. The coaching staff is already starting to look ahead to next season. Coach Kiel Duval talks about some things they want to work on…

   

St. Joseph Ogden Boys Basketball Coach Kiel Duval.

 

(Tolono-jm) – The Unity Rockets take on Fairfield tonight in IHSA sectional action. Coach Matt Franks talks about his opponent…

   

Unity Boys Basketball Coach Matt Franks.

 

(Champaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Men’s Basketball team beat Oregon 80 to 64 last night at the State Farm Center in Champaign. University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood says the “little things” done well help the Illini to a win over a good team…

University of Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

The Illini finish up the regular season on Sunday at Maryland

Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tonight

Minnesota @ Indiana

Ohio State @ Penn State

Maryland @ Wisconsin

#15 Purdue @ Northwestern

USC @ Washington

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis

Indiana vs Nebraska

Wisconsin vs Illinois

Purdue vs Oregon

 

MLB Spring Training

Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Brewers 2:10

White Sox and Cardinals are off

 

IHSA Boys Sectionals Tonight

Class 1A

Ridgeview vs Decatur Unity

 

Class 2A

Fairfield vs Tolono Unity

Pontiac vs Yorkville Christian

Tonight on WPXN its Boys Sectional semi final basketball action from Monticello High School. Unity vs Fairfield Pre game 615 tip 6-30pm

 

IHSA Girls Super-Sectional Championship

Class 1A

Mt Pulaski def Edwards County 48-38

Deer Creek Mackinaw def Wethersfield 45-43

Brown County def Bluffs 51–39

Rockford Christian def North Shore 52-20

 

Class 2A

Breese Central def Teutopolis 46-33

Byron def Pontiac 66-40

Pleasant Plains def Tri Valley 54-37

St. Edward def Phillips 57-51

 

(Undated-jm) — Duke remains atop the AP 25 men’s basketball poll. Arizona is #2, Michigan is #3, UConn is #4 and Florida rounds out the top 5. Michigan State is #8, Nebraska is #9, the Illini come in at #11 and Purdue is #15. On the women’s side of the basketball UConn remains atop the women’s poll followed by UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and Vanderbilt. Michigan comes in #8, Iowa #9, Ohio State #11, Maryland #14, Michigan State #18 and Minnesota #19.

 

(Paxton-jm) – The PBL Panthers boys basketball season came to a close Friday night following a regional final loss to Pontiac. Coach Quinton Hatfill talks about the game…

   

PBL Panthers Boys Basketball Coach Quinton Hatfill.

 

(Champaign–jc)  With a new defensive Coordinator, the University of Illinois football team will have a new perspective. University of Illinois Defensive Coordinator Barry Hauck is known for a 3-3-5 defense, but says the scheme always depends on personnel…

 

University of Illinois Defensive Coordinator Barry Hauck.

 

(Campaign–jc)  The University of Illinois Men’s basketball team is home tonight for a Senior Night game against Oregon. University of Illinois men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood says the seniors and also support staff managers have helped bring the program  to where it is today. Underwood talks about AJ Redd and Ben Humricous…

Coach Underwood says the two years with Kylan Boswell playing in front of his home town have been a blessing…

University of Illinois Men's Basketball Coach Brad Underwood

THe game airs live on WPXN at 6-30 tonight

 

NBA Tonight

 

Oklahoma City Thunder @ Chicago Bulls- 7pm

 

NHL Tonight

Chicago Blackhawks @ Winnipeg Jets- 7pm

 

Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tonight

Oregon @ #11 Illinois

#9 Nebraska @ UCLA

 

IHSA Boys Sectionals

Class 1A

At Danville Schlarman

St. Thomas More vs LeRoy

 

Class 2A

At Monticello

Warrensburg Latham vs Teutopolis

 

Class 3A

At Mahomet Seymour

Champaign Centennial vs Decatur MacArthur

Tonight on WPXN its University of Illinois Basketball as the Fighting Illini host the Oregon Ducks on Senior night at the State Farm Center. Our coverage with the network begins at 6-30.
Following Illini basketball its Bonus coverage of the IHSA 2-A Sectional Semi finals with Warrensburg Lathem and Teutopolis. Derrick Bohlman on the call for WPXN Sports.

NBA

Chicago Bulls def Milwaukee Bucks 120-97

 

NHL

Chicago Blackhawks def Utah Mammoth 4-0

 

Big Ten Men’s Basketball

Michigan def Illinois 84-70

Ohio State def Purdue 82-74

Michigan State def Indiana 77-64

Nebraska def USC 82-67

Penn State def Iowa 71-69

Northwestern def Oregon 63-62

Minnesota def UCLA 78-73

Wisconsin def Washington 90-73

Rutgers def Maryland 69-65

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball

Minnesota def Illinois 78-73

 

(Austin, TX-jm) - Tyler Reddick made history yesterday becoming the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win the first three races of the season with a victory at Circuit of the Americas. Shane van Gisbergen finished 2nd, Christopher Bell came in 3rd, Ty Gibbs 4th and Michael McDowell finished 5th.

 

(Chicago–jc)  –The Big Ten Conference has released the full bracket for the 2026 Allstate Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament, which is slated for March 4-8 at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, with Illinois set to serve as the No. 10 seed. The Fighting Illini finished their Big Ten slate with a 9-9 record, marking the third .500 season or better in league play under Shauna Green.

The Fighting Illini will begin postseason play on Wednesday,, at approximately 5 p.m. against Wisconsin. 

(Paxton-jm) – The PBL Panthers boys basketball season came to an end Friday night following a 63–39 loss to Pontiac in the regional finals. Coach Quinton Hatfill talks about the team's post season run…

   

PBL Panthers Boys Basketball Coach Quinton Hatfill.

 

(Tolono–jm) – The Unity Rockets boys basketball team is moving onto the sectional round of the IHSA postseaon after defeating Maroa Forsyth Friday night 53-49. Coach Matt Franks talks about the game…

   

Unity Boys Basketball Coach Matt Franks.

 

(St. Joseph-jm) – The St. Joseph Ogden Boys Basketball team fell to Warrensburg Latham Friday night in IHSA Boys Basketball regional action. Coach Kiel Duval talks about the game and recaps the season…

   

St. Joseph Ogden Boys Basketball Coach Kiel Duval.

IHSA Girls Super Sectional Championship (Elite 8)

Class 1A

Mt Pulaski vs Edwards County

Deer Creek Mackinaw vs Wethersfield

Rockford Christian vs North Shore

Brown County vs Bluffs

 

Class 2A

Teutopolis vs Breese Central

Tri-Valley vs Pleasant Plains

St. Edward vs Phillips

Pontiac vs Byron

Tonight on WPXN its the Brad Underwood Show. Hear about the University of Illinois Men’s basketball team from 7pm to 8pm on WPXN.