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It's downstate Illinois' longest running sports radio program. Hosts Steve Kelly and Loren Tate have in-depth conversations about Illini athletics and beyond with notable guests.
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Steve Kelly and Loren Tate host an early and abbreviated version of SportsTalk ahead of the Illinois/Purdue game with guests Brad Sturdy (Illini Guys) and Tom Dienhart (goldandblack.com).
Steve Kelly & Loren Tate host an early edition of SportsTalk ahead of the Illinois/USC game with guests Kevin Mitchell (former Illini defensive back) and Tom Ackerman (KMOX, St. Louis).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Don Fischer (Indiana radio play-by-play), Joey Wagner (Illini Inquirer), Scott Dochterman (The Athletic, Iowa City), and J Leman (former Illini star linebacker and BTN analyst).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate host Illini Pella Saturday Sportstalk. Guests include Jack Ebling from East Lansing, David Kaplan from Chicago, Kedric Prince discussing Illini basketball recruiting, and Martin O’Donnell with son Sean talking Illini Football.
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate host an early and abbreviated edition of SportsTalk ahead of the Illinois/Duke football game. They check in with News-Gazette sportswriter Scott Richey, live from Durham, North Carolina, then visit with Will Leitch (author, national columnist).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate review last night’s Illini football victory then catch-up with Rod Cardinal (former Illinois basketball trainer), David Shumate (Duke radio play-by-play), and Matt Daniels (News-Gazette sports editor). We also hear audio from Brad Underwood and players from the 2005 basketball team.
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate host Illini Pella Saturday SportsTalk. Today’s guests are Joe Davis, WIU football head coach, Adam Fletcher, Illinois basketball strength coach, Jared White from the Prairieland Council Scouting America, Roger Denny, Illinois Deputy Director of Athletics Chief Operating Officer DIA, and Tom Michael, EIU Director of Athletics.
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Brad Sturdy (Illini Guys), B.J. Stone (Western Illinois University radio play-by-play), John Paddock (former Illini quarterback), Mike Pearson (Illinois historian) and Dan Krier (CU Kiwanis Club).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Jeremy Werner (Illini Inquirer), Jason Heggemeyer (former UI assistant athletic director), Adam Rittenberg (senior writer, espn.com) and Camryn Crocker (Illini assistant basketball coach).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Howard Griffith (former Illini football great, Big Ten Network), Matt Stevens (Illini Guys) and Will Leitch (author, mlb.com), plus we hear audio from Bart Miller (Illini offensive line coach), Aiden Laughrey (Illinois running back).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Tom Ackerman (KMOX, St. Louis), Coach Nick Quataro, Dr. Michael LeRoy (UI College of Law) and David Kaplan (host of ReKap podcast, Chicago).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Brad Sturdy (Illiniguys, Rivals.com), Jeff Rabjohns (peegs.com, 247 Sports) and Kent Brown (Illinois historian, author).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate host Illini Pella Saturday Sports talk with Lon Kruger, former Illini Basketball Coach, Kendall Gill, on his 36th Cunningham Children’s Home Golf outing, Jerry Hester, former Illini Basketball player, and Doug Bucshon, Orange and Blue News on Illini Football.
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Derek Piper (Illini Inquirer), Matt Sinclair (former Illini football player), Steve Layman (News Channel 5, Nashville) and Matt Daniels (News-Gazette sports editor).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Josh Whitman (Illinois athletic director), Dr. Stephen Ross (professor of law, Dickinson Law School, Penn State Center for the Study of Sport in Society), Kurt Kittner (former Illini quarterback) and Will Leitch (national columnist, author).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Bruce Weber (former Illinois basketball coach, basketball analyst), Mike LaTulip (former Illini, basketball analyst), Tom Ackerman (KMOX-St. Louis), David Kaplan (Chicago reporter, host of “ReKap” podcast) and Adam Rittenberg (senior football writer, espn.com).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Robby Discher (UI assistant football coach), Dr. Michael LeRoy (UI law professor), Paul Klee (sports editor, Denver Gazette) and Kedric Prince (Illini Guys).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Jeremy Werner (Illini Inquirer), Orlando Antigua (UI assistant basketball coach) and Matt Brown (publisher, “Extra Point” newsletter).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate talk sports with Dave Revsine (Big Ten Network), Kent Brown (former Illini SID, team historian & author), Kam Cox (Asst AD for Stategic Initiatives) and Tom Michael (Athletic Director, Eastern Illinois University).
Steve Kelly and Loren Tate broadcast live from the C-U Kiwanis Club pancake breakfast at Bromley Hall on the UI campus. Stopping by are Scott Beatty, Attorney Steve Beckett, Mary Henson, Dr. Michael LeRoy, Brian Barnhart, Will Leitch, Doug Bucshon and Jim Sheppard.
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