The Fighting Illini got a big win at home over 7th ranked Iowa this weekend 80-75. Ayo Dosunmu scored 25 points, Trent Frazier had 24 in one of the most entertaining games of the Big Ten season. The teams traded leads for most of the game until Illinois finally took command in the final two minutes. The Illini are now 11-and-5 and 7-and-3 in the Big Ten.
Illinois State lost in overtime in Iowa to Drake on Sunday 78-76. The Redbirds will get their rematch with Drake tonight in Iowa.
Northwestern’s comeback came up short in a 64-56 setback to Rutgers in Evanston. The Wildcats are 6-and-9 overall and 3-and-8 in the Big Ten following their eighth loss in a row. Northwestern’s game against Michigan on Wednesday has been postponed.
Notre Dame traveled to Pittsburgh to defeat PITT 84-58 on Saturday. The Fighting Irish will host Wake Forest on Tuesday.
Pius Suter and Patrick Kane scored in the third period as the Blackhawks pushed past the Blue Jackets 3-1 at the United Center. Philipp Kurashev also lit the lamp for Chicago, which improved to 3-4-and-3. Kevin Lankinen made 32 stops in the win. The Hawks will host the Hurricanes tomorrow night.
The Bulls host the Knicks tonight. Chicago dropped a heartbreaker to the Portland Trail Blazers Saturday after Damian Lillard knocked down the game-winning three-pointer as time expired. The Bulls fell to 7-and-11.
In golf . Patrick Reed won the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in LA-HOYA California. The win gives Reed his ninth PGA Tour title.
Major League Baseball is proposing a 154-game season with expanded playoffs. The union is considering the deal, which includes a one-month delay to the start of the season and full pay for players. Spring training camps are set to open in just a few weeks.
There was a Big trade in the NFL, The LA Rams traded for Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford over the weekend, reportedly sending QB Jared Goff, two first-round draft picks, and a third-rounder to Detroit. Stafford has two years remaining on his contract and Goff has four. The Rams originally tried to pry Aaron Rodgers away from the Packers, but Green Bay flatly rejected the idea.
In the NFL
It’s Super Bowl week in Tampa, Florida. The championship game is this Sunday but the game known as The Super Bowl was originally called The AFL-NFL championship game but the name was too cumbersome as a headline for the news and was a mouthful just to say it. The legend is Kansas City Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt coined the name Super Bowl based on the toy his son and daughter played with called a “super ball”.