Jim Benson @Pg_Benson
Retired sportswriter for The Pantagraph in Bloomington, IL. Gonna work hard at this retirement gig. pantagraph.com Joined January 2011-
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Here is Pantagraph All-Area Boys Basketball Team ... can't help but think about last time I saw Dylan Bazzell as led Prairie Central to Illini Prairie Conference title and talked to him in the celebration afterward, surrounded by happy Hawks fans 🙏 🙏 pantagraph.com/sports/high-sc…
My final #pantagraph story on a basketball player we're going to be hearing and reading about for a long time. pantagraph.com/sports/high-sc…
Fabulous Lincoln junior Kloe Froebe is the Pantagraph's girls basketball Player of the Year.
Fabulous Lincoln junior Kloe Froebe is the Pantagraph's girls basketball Player of the Year.
The Pantagraph's All-Area girls basketball team: pantagraph.com/sports/high-sc…
Someone asked me today if I'm going in the transfer portal. Nope. Just retiring after almost 42 years at the same job. It's been a blast and now is the time to work on my mediocre golf game and spoil the grandkids crazy. pantagraph.com/sports/benson-… via @Pantagraph
Grateful to receive an offer from Illinois State University @Redbird_MBB
Updates on Zack Annexstad and Nigel White in this Illinois State spring football report: pantagraph.com/sports/college…
Normal West edges University High, 1-0, in Intercity Girls Soccer Tournament at U High. Sophie Lampert scores with 5:58 left to lift Wildcats (5-0-1). U High falls to 1-2.
Here on the University High pitch to watch Normal West (4-0-1) square off against U High (1-1) in Intercity Girls Soccer Tournament battle ⚽️
ISU improved to 8-11 while Iowa lost for just the fourth time in 23 games. pantagraph.com/sports/college…
The final out of Illinois State's win. Kick save and a beauty.
The final out of Illinois State's win. Kick save and a beauty.
Xavier transfer Dieonte Miles tells TPR that he has received interest from: Youngstown State Illinois State Old Dominion UNC Asheville Cal State Fullerton
Eastern Illinois transfer Kyle Thomas tells me that he has heard from Toledo, Ball State, Illinois State, Southern Indiana, and also received an offer from Bradley since entering the transfer portal. Freshman (C); Averaged 5.9 PPG, 3.7 RPG, & 0.6 BPG this season.
Congrats to the Judsons. So well deserved.
SIU transfer Dalton Banks tells TPR that he has received interest from: Jacksonville State Illinois State Ball State Green Bay North Dakota State Montana South Dakota SEMO North Dakota
Arizona State transfer DJ Horne tells me that he heard from the following schools yesterday: Kansas Ohio State Florida State Georgetown Florida Butler St. John’s Junior (G); Averaged 12.5 PPG, 3.4 RPG, 2.4 APG, & 1.1 SPG this season.
Coastal Carolina transfer Essam Mostafa tells TPR that he has received interest from: West Virginia TCU Colorado LSU Mississippi State Xavier Rutgers Memphis Vanderbilt GCU Ohio George Washington Utah LMU St. Louis Rhode Island Illinois State Charleston New Mexico ECU
Charleston Southern transfer Tyeree Bryan tells TPR he has received interest from (huge list upcoming): Illinois FAU Loyola Chicago Tennessee Tech Radford Purdue-Fort Wayne NDSU Mississippi State Virginia Tech Utah Tech Murray State St. Bonaventure Cal State Fullerton…
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443 Followers 442 FollowingLet’s get this straight: there may be broadcast equals in any of the four major team sports, but NOBODY excels in all four the way Sean McDonough does. He is the most unappreciated great TV broadcaster of our time.
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I play 5-6 days a week
One Power 6 head coach told me that, with the transfer portal, he’s not recruiting high school guys this summer. He will leave it to the assistant coaches. “The only thing that will suffer will be my Marriott points,” he said.
Randomly had the White Sox game on. They walked it off which was followed by one of the worst calls I’ve ever heard, including a shot at the “haters”. Sox are 5-22, dude. Might want to slam the brakes on that line of attack. Jason Benetti is sorely missed.
The biggest news from draft day: locked in as the No. 1 pick 💜
Oh. Hi. Remember me? I've been pondering the right way to let the public know, but due to what I will call a "reshuffling of the CNHI deck", I am back as Tribune-Star sports editor and Indiana State beat writer. I wanted to get some work under my belt before I told y'all.
As co-Dean of Valley beat writers with @WyattWheeler_NL, we look forward to showing this rookie around. #MVCHoops
Oh. Hi. Remember me? I've been pondering the right way to let the public know, but due to what I will call a "reshuffling of the CNHI deck", I am back as Tribune-Star sports editor and Indiana State beat writer. I wanted to get some work under my belt before I told y'all.
𝑺𝑰𝑮𝑵𝑬𝑫 ✍️ Welcome to Southern Illinois, @WebberJaheem saluk.is/3JrXq1U #Salukis | #RunWithUs
My wife went to grad school with this HPU, and I might have to have her make a call bc that was BAD. She assures me he’s very nice though.
The Illinois State bat signal has been activated.
George Foster was the only man to have a 50+ HR season between 1965 and 1990. And the only thing he ever tested positive for was incredible sideburns.