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Myers and Western Illinois host Lindenwood

Dec. 21, 2024 04:29 AM EST

Western Illinois Leathernecks (7-5, 1-0 OVC) at Lindenwood Lions (5-7, 0-1 OVC) Saint Charles, Missouri; Saturday, 4:30 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lions -3.5; over/under is 136.5 BOTTOM LINE: Western Illinois takes on Lindenwood after Ryan Myers...

Missouri Tigers play the Illinois Fighting Illini

Dec. 21, 2024 04:12 AM EST

Illinois Fighting Illini (7-3, 1-1 Big Ten) vs. Missouri Tigers (10-1) St. Louis; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Illinois and Missouri square off at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The Tigers are 10-1 in non-conference play. Missouri is fifth...

Eastern Illinois visits Little Rock following Lee's 31-point game

Dec. 21, 2024 04:06 AM EST

Eastern Illinois Panthers (4-6, 1-0 OVC) at Little Rock Trojans (3-7, 1-0 OVC) Little Rock, Arkansas; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Little Rock faces Eastern Illinois after Faith Lee scored 31 points in Little Rock's 83-60 victory against the SIU-Edwardsville...

Little Rock and Eastern Illinois square off in conference matchup

Dec. 21, 2024 04:04 AM EST

Eastern Illinois Panthers (3-8, 0-1 OVC) at Little Rock Trojans (7-5, 1-0 OVC) Little Rock, Arkansas; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Trojans -6; over/under is 134.5 BOTTOM LINE: OVC foes Little Rock and Eastern Illinois square off on...

Lindenwood (MO) takes on conference rival Western Illinois

Dec. 21, 2024 04:02 AM EST

Western Illinois Leathernecks (5-4, 0-1 OVC) at Lindenwood (MO) Lions (5-5, 1-0 OVC) Saint Charles, Missouri; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Mia Nicastro and Western Illinois visit Brooke Coffey and Lindenwood (MO) in OVC action. The Lions have gone...

High Point plays Southern Illinois on 3-game win streak

Dec. 21, 2024 03:57 AM EST

High Point Panthers (11-2) at Southern Illinois Salukis (5-6, 0-1 MVC) Carbondale, Illinois; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Panthers -2.5; over/under is 146.5 BOTTOM LINE: High Point is looking to extend its three-game win streak with a...

Illinois State visits Cornell following Okereke's 24-point game

Dec. 21, 2024 03:52 AM EST

Illinois State Redbirds (7-4, 0-1 MVC) at Cornell Big Red (7-3) Ithaca, New York; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Cornell hosts Illinois State after AK Okereke scored 24 points in Cornell's 88-80 victory against the California Golden Bears. The Big Red...

UAB faces Southern Illinois on 3-game win streak

Dec. 21, 2024 03:51 AM EST

UAB Blazers (8-3) at Southern Illinois Salukis (2-6) Carbondale, Illinois; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UAB looks to keep its three-game win streak alive when the Blazers take on Southern Illinois. The Salukis are 1-2 in home games. Southern Illinois...

Amazon and Starbucks workers are on strike. Trump might have something to do with it

Dec. 20, 2024 18:44 PM EST

Amazon delivery drivers and Starbucks baristas are on strike in a handful of U.S. cities as they seek to exert pressure on the two major companies to recognize them as unionized employees or to meet demands for an inaugural labor contract. The strikes that started Thursday and...

Suspect in 3 deaths was killed by police in far-right influencer's Chicago-area neighborhood

Dec. 20, 2024 14:53 PM EST

BERWYN, Ill. (AP) — A man suspected in the killings of three people in Illinois was fatally shot by police in west suburban Chicago while in the neighborhood of a far-right political influencer. Nick Fuentes said on X that the man, wearing a motorcycle helmet, was outside his home...