Jeremy Werner

2 days ago | 247sports.com | Jeremy Werner

VIDEOCBS Sports and 247Sports college basketball writer Isaac Trotter joins Illini Inquirer's Jeremy Werner to give his thoughts on Illinois basketball's offseason. Trotter breaks down what excites and concerns him about the Illini's 2025-26 roster, how the new pieces fit, potential leaps for the returners and X-factors. He then discusses how the Illini stack up in the Big Ten and a big week ahead at the NBA Draft Combine for Kasaparas Jakucionis and Will Riley.

2 days ago | 247sports.com | Jeremy Werner

1. Truly disconnecting was quite an experience during my weeklong vacation last week. On a cruise in the Caribbean, I had wiFi for only 72 hours of our eight-day maritime journey. The screen time on my phone went down 75%, and most of that was just taking pictures and looking at the cruise's own app to see the day's menu and schedule of events. I didn't open my laptop for eight straight days, undoubtedly a record streak for me. I love my job. I love sports. I love writing. I love reporting.

6 days ago | medium.com | Jeremy Werner

Starring: Rick Kain, Helen Laser, and Neal DavidsonDirected by: Douglas ForresterRated: NRRunning Time: 98 minutesI know I’m getting old when more and more media either taps into my nostalgia or sets its story in the years I actually grew up. “Carry the Darkness” checks several of my personal childhood boxes — it’s set in 1993, features teens playing a video game knock-off of “Mortal Kombat,” and centers on a misunderstood, artsy metalhead named Travis Baldwin (Joel Meyers).

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Jeremy Werner

CHAMPAIGN — Three decades later, Joe Kim still sometimes feels out of place on a football staff. He's coached some of the NFL's best pass rushers of the past few decades, but the seventh-degree black belt and taekwondo master still has to come to grips with his reality. "Listen, I still have impostor syndrome, believe it or not," Kim said. "I'm still the karate guy that's been walking through the National Football League for 32 years, and I just haven't left.

1 week ago | 247sports.com | Jeremy Werner

Post spring ball Illini football depth chart? I will probably dive more into this with comments for a story later, and I'm only going three-deep so not every player is listed, but my quick educated guess.