Comms for @vpedi_illinois. Former SID at @IlliniAthletics. Dad to Milo 🥁 and Summer ☀️.
Champaign, Ill.
Joined February 2009
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OTD: 10/20/04
Jim Edmonds forces Game 7 with a 12th inning walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 2004 NLCS. Absolutely iconic.
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Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
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“The things that they learn in this moment and this day go way beyond any game, any call, or any magical scheme that I can come up with.”
Starting in 2025, @IlliniFootball coach Bret Bielema decided to include his players’ moms in a valuable spring practice.
#Feature
Man, this brought back the memory of watching this in the Westerlin Hall lounge at @Augustana_IL freshman year. It was electric!
Obviously, I’m a Cards fan, but watching that performance with the dorm was a memorable experience.
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Ayo Dosunmu of the @Timberwolves is the first player in NBA history with:
40+ points
75% FG shooting
5+ threes without a miss
10+ FT without a miss
...in any game (regular season or playoffs, off the bench or not).
📸 A few player favorites from @TheMasters practice round, Monday, April 6, 2026. ⛳️🏌️♂️ #TheMasters
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27 years (6th-longest active DIA tenure) and now another @IlliniMBB Final Four for @DerrickBurson. Congrats DB!
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“What did he whisper to you?”
“I can’t tell you”
“Come on, I won’t tell anyone”
“No I can’t. Secret, secret”
David Mirkovic is box office
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“OOOOOOOO…TAKE ME TO THE BALKANS PLEASE!”
Only Bill Raftery can make Zvonimir Ivisic’s POSTER better.
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Fix the scoreboards at the top. We say this every year. It’s ahead of the action. FIX IT @MarchMadnessMBB @CBSSports @truTV
