Scores from state finals in Illinois
Here are all the matchups and scores for the 2026 IHSA softball state finals at Louisville Slugger Sports Complex in Peoria, Illinois.
Illinois session slog ends in $56B budget, new taxes on social media companies, crypto, fantasy sports
From Capitol News Illinois: New taxes would be implemented on social media companies based on the number of users in the state, along with prediction markets, fantasy sports, and digital assets
Eye On Illinois: Will lawmakers who know better still buckle for Bears’ tax demands?
June 23, 2021: 'Sports owners have notoriously short arms when it comes to their own deep pockets but gladly open their palms wide for public handouts.'
Illinois co-op rule, aimed at sports fairness, stirs controversy
For larger high schools, a new IHSA rule is meant to stop the formation of super teams. But it’s likely to lead to fewer opportunities.
St. Charles North’s Kara Glenn runs fastest preliminary in Class 3A 800 and 1,600: Friday’s KCC sports roundup
Fifteen individuals and four relay teams all qualified Friday for Saturday's state finals at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Plus, five different softball and girls soccer teams secured regional titles, and more in Friday's KCC roundup:
Greed meets greed: DraftKings to close its Wrigley Field sportsbook at the end of May over Illinois tax
DraftKings is closing its Wrigley Field sportsbook May 31, citing Illinois's sports gambling tax structure. The restaurant and bar at the location will remain open.
Oswego police raise nearly $9,000 for Special Olympics Illinois
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
CBS Sports: Illinois to play UConn again in college basketball
Illinois men's basketball will face UConn in Chicago next season in a rematch from the 2026 Final Four, according to reports.
36 Illinois schools investigated on teaching sex, gender ideology
The Justice Department is looking into how Illinois schools are teaching sex ed and gender ideology and sports participation.
Colleges continue cutting tennis programs to fund other sports and athlete payments
The NCAA men’s and women’s tennis tournaments are underway and what should be a time of celebration for the sport has had a pall cast over it with more Division I schools announcing this week they would be dropping their programs because of the new financial realities of college athletics. Arkansas announced a week ago it would drop its men’s and women’s programs and Saint Louis followed Monday with the same announcement. Illinois State said Tuesday it would end its men’s program, and North Dakota said Thursday it would shut down its men’s and women’s teams. Gardner-Webb announced in February this would be the last season for the men’s and women’s programs.