Here is the Illinois Sports news from around the country and around the internet.
Bloomington Pantagraph: Nunn latest Illini to be shelved by injury
When he spoke last Thursday at the Big Ten Conference basketball Media Day event, University of Illinois coach John Groce opened with a joke.
“I tried to make sure when I got out of bed this morning I didn’t trip over anything,” Groce said.
Turns out he wasn’t really joking.
The News-Gazette: Men’s golf team takes title
Led by sophomore Nick Hardy, the top-ranked Illinois men’s golf team claimed its second consecutive tournament championship, winning the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational on Tuesday at Isleworth.