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The Bison logo, according to the Jan. 24 press release pay[s] homage to the rich history of the Bloomington-Normal community... inspired by former President Lincoln and ... Route 66.
One thing Bloomington has struggled to establish is a rich hockey history. 
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Bloomington Bison bring hockey back to Grossinger Motors Arena

Bison can usher in new era of community hockey interest
Brantley Dumas II, Senior Staff Reporter
Mar 14, 2024

Hockey returns to Grossinger Motors Arena for the 2024-25 East Coast Hockey League season, as the ECHL announced expansion team The Bloomington Bison.  The upstart Bison is the ECHL’s 30th franchise, joining hockey’s “premier developmental league.”  The Bison are the fifth franchise...

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The quarterback is entering his fourth season as the Chicago Bears quarterback after being drafted out of Ohio State. It is too soon to give up on Fields under center. 
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Sticking with Fields: The best move for the Bears’ future success

Lucas Drengwitz, Staff Writer
Mar 7, 2024

The Chicago Bears are confronted with a pivotal, potential franchise-altering decision this offseason: Stick with Justin Fields at quarterback or draft the franchise’s future QB with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Following a dismal 2022 season, finishing with the worst record in...

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Bracket busters: March Madness underdogs to watch

Bracket busters: March Madness underdogs to watch

Eli Schneider, Senior Staff Reporter
Mar 19, 2021

Buzzer beaters. Underdogs and upsets. Cinderella stories. It's that time of the year again -- brackets are back as the NCAA March Madness tournament tipped off with Thursday's play-in games.  68 college basketball teams traveled to three cities across the Hoosier state with hopes of taking home a...

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Isabelle McCormick, who hopes to continue playing volleyball in college, passes during a 2019 match against Bloomington.

College recruitment made more difficult by COVID-19 pandemic

Emma Conover, Staff Writer
Dec 16, 2020

High school athletes often dream of competing at the college level --but the odds are not in their favor. The reality is less than 17% of the 8 million high school athletes go on to play in college. Without athletic recruiting the chances of setting foot onto a college court are even lower. Like the...

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With the NHLs longest season in history ending with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning the Stanley Cup, here is a look at some of the stars of the improbable post-season.

NHL Abnormal Accolades

5 key players throughout challenging playoffs
Eli Schneider, Senior Staff Reporter
Nov 2, 2020

The longest season in NHL history ended with the Tampa Bay Lightning hoisting the Stanley Cup on September 28, after defeating the Dallas Stars 2-0. After COVID-19 forced the NHL to suspend the 2019-2020 season on March 12, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman ensured the season would somehow be completed. It...

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Dwayne The Rock Johnson raises XFL from rock bottom; Why it can succeed against the NFL

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson raises XFL from rock bottom; Why it can succeed against the NFL

Eli Schneider and Inkspot Staff
Aug 4, 2020

Before COVID-19 indefinitely shut down professional and amateur sports alike, a bright spot emerged in the ordinarily dark time after the Super Bowl. The NFL season concluded on February 2 with the Kansas City Chiefs being crowned league champions. In years past, the days and months after the NFL...

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When sports return, rule changes set the XFL up for success

When sports return, rule changes set the XFL up for success

Eli Schneider, Senior Staff Reporter
Mar 21, 2020

Before COVID-19 indefinitely shut down professional and amateur sports alike, a bright spot emerged in the ordinarily dark time after the Super Bowl. The NFL season concluded on February 2 with the Kansas City Chiefs being crowned league champions. In years past, the days and months after the NFL...

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All Fantasy fantasy team

All Fantasy fantasy team

Jimmy Gillispie
Feb 10, 2020

The dust has settled after a fierce fantasy football season. League champions have been crowned, bets have been lost, and pride has been squashed. The Chiefs 31-20 Super Bowl victory serves as a reminder that the new Fantasy Football season is a long six months away. In the meantime, here is a look back...

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The NHL has a viewership problem - here are some solutions to improve the leagues suffering All-Star game.

On Thin Ice

How the NHL can face the problems of the All-Star Game
Eli Schneider, Senior Staff Reporter
Feb 10, 2020

As the NHL All-Star game was played in St. Louis on January 25, hockey fans saw some of the most exciting storylines of the season. Or they could have - if anyone was watching. New York Islanders' young phenom Mat Barzal ended Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid's three year of the Edmonton Oilers' reign...

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Baseball is slow, not boring

Baseball is slow, not boring

Will Dowell, Multimedia Editor
May 29, 2019

Major League Baseball has been looking for ways to speed up games and make the already time-consuming sport shorter in game length to boost fan interest and attendance. The past seven MLB seasons' games have all averaged at or above the 3-hour mark - a trend that is continuing. The average length of...

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Students predict NFL team draft needs

Students predict NFL team draft needs

With the NFL draft starting on April 25 in Nashville, teams are looking to add talent and depth. Students shared the reasons behind why they support their team and what those teams should address in the draft.
James Broach, Sports Editor
Apr 25, 2019

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Chad Hinshaws baseball career timeline

NCHS alum retires from pro baseball

Will Dowell, Multimedia Editor
Feb 1, 2019

Chad Hinshaw, NCHS alum, has decided to retire from his professional baseball career after six seasons of playing all three outfield positions at every level of Minor League-affiliated baseball. As for his future in sports, Hinshaw, who graduated in 2009, said his playing days now will only consist...

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Khalil Mack signing his new deal, making him the highest paid defensive player in NFL history.

Bears find their Monster of the Midway

James Broach, Sports Editor
Sep 6, 2018

The Chicago Bears and the Oakland Raiders agreed to a blockbuster trade that would send all-pro LB/DE Khalil Mack to Chicago on Saturday morning. The deal would send Khalil Mack, 2020 second-round pick, and a conditional 2020 fifth-round pick to Chicago for 2019 and 2020 first-round picks, 2020 third-round...

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Keys to watch for in this year’s World Cup

Keys to watch for in this year’s World Cup

James Broach, Sports Editor
May 1, 2018

With football season ending in February (America's most popular sport according to a poll done by Gallup), and with basketball ending in June, hockey ending in May, and the MLB will be in the middle of their 162 game season, a lot of sports fans are wondering what to watch. One sport being played...

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Bad News Blackhawks: Breaking down the comeback that wasnt

Bad News Blackhawks: Breaking down the comeback that wasn’t

Ashleigh Brady, Managing Editor
Apr 25, 2018

After nine consecutive playoff trips, the 2012-2013 Presidents’ Trophy, and three Stanley Cups, for the first time in a decade the Chicago Blackhawks have traded in their sticks for clubs and will spend the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs working on their golf swings. Despite being swept in the first...

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