Nothing like a town-wide Comcast outage to remind us that we are all captives of the internet

We depend on the machines for existence. We are essentially already living in the Matrix:

Hopefully you didn’t have a fantasy football draft scheduled, as my family did. At least we got some angry tweets out of it.


Parkland volleyball’s Cliff Hastings looks back in wins milestone

Hastings, Parkland Volleyball’s Head Coach, is 504-48 overall in volleyball matches. That’s an INSANE winning percentage (91.3% for those keeping score at home)

(Matt Daniels / News-Gazette)


How Cultural Training Helps Doctors Treat Refugees

(Carter Barrett / Illinois Public Media)


Central vs. Centennial is happening tomorrow

Two not-great but not-yet-bad football teams battling it out for Champaign supremacy. What more could you want? The game kicks off at 7 pm at Unit 4’s Tommy Stewart Field

(Matt Daniels / News-Gazette)


UPDATE: U Of I Student No Longer Enrolled, Charged With Hate Crime After Noose Found In Dorm Elevator

(Christine Herman / Illinois Public Media)


Believe in yourself as much as this bettor believes in Illini football

Here’s a cool preview of this Saturday’s game from BTN:


The NFL starts tonight

Good luck to all of the Bears fans in C-U and elsewhere:


This moment happened

And for a few minutes, everything in the world stood still:


Tune into Cole Bridges on tomorrow’s episode of Champaign Is Also A Band

Cole is the former frontman of The Fights, and is easily one of the best country/folk musicians in Champaign-Urbana. Here’s a primer: