Loren Tate

Champaign

Sports Columnist at The News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)

@news_gazette sports columnist & @wdws1400 sports host

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Tate Level playing field a moving target

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Loren Tate

May 27—In competition, all anyone — you, me or our rival — should ask for is a level playing field. But football, the premier college sport, isn't fair, and doubly so since 2021 when unregulated dollars were allowed to "buy" teams with fake name, image and likeness deals.
Tate | Level playing field a moving target

1 week ago | news-gazette.com | Loren Tate

In competition, all anyone — you, me or our rival — should ask for is a level playing field. But football, the premier college sport, isn’t fair, and doubly so since 2021 when unregulated dollars were allowed to “buy” teams with fake name, image and likeness deals.
Tate Mike Small's legacy continues to grow

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Loren Tate

May 20—Sports enthusiasts who visited Atkins Golf Club last week aren't alone in recognizing the laudatory accomplishments of Mike Small. He is also a landslide winner among coaches, media and the golf world in general ... most respected college golf coach in America.
Tate | Mike Small's legacy continues to grow

2 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Loren Tate

To subscribe, click here. To submit a letter to the editor, click here. Sports enthusiasts who visited Atkins Golf Club last week aren’t alone in recognizing the laudatory accomplishments of Mike Small. He is also a landslide winner among coaches, media and the golf world in general ... most respected college golf coach in America.
Tate | No Small feat

2 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Loren Tate

Sports enthusiasts who visited Atkins Golf Club last week aren’t alone in recognizing the laudatory accomplishments of Mike Small. He is also a landslide winner among coaches, media and the golf world in general ... most respected college golf coach in America.
Big Ten QBs earn millions as NIL deals transform college football

3 weeks ago | theintelligencer.com | Loren Tate

Oh, to be a college quarterback in 2025!Don’t hold me to these “guesstimate” numbers but the first five big-school quarterback on the Illinois football schedule will likely be banking at least $11 million in compensation prior to July 1. Yes, big bucks, and it’s probably more.
Tate It pays to be a college quarterback

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Loren Tate

May 13—Oh, to be a college quarterback in 2025!Don't hold me to these "guesstimate" numbers but the first five big-school quarterback on the Illinois football schedule will likely be banking at least $11 million in compensation prior to July 1. Yes, big bucks, and it's probably more.
Tate | It pays to be a college quarterback

3 weeks ago | news-gazette.com | Loren Tate

Oh, to be a college quarterback in 2025!Don’t hold me to these “guesstimate” numbers but the first five big-school quarterback on the Illinois football schedule will likely be banking at least $11 million in compensation prior to July 1. Yes, big bucks, and it’s probably more.
Cubs, Illini football and basketball fuel high hopes for 2025

1 month ago | theintelligencer.com | Loren Tate

Edwardsville Intelligencier LogoHearst Newspapers LogoCorrelation between Cubs success and Illini? Lots of smiles going around these days. High expectations are growing from the legion of Cub fans who also cheer for Illini football and basketball teams. This is unusual. In 100-plus years they, as a group, seldom entered the summer months with such high hopes. We'll see stumbles, for sure, but all three look promising at this point.
Tate | The friendly confines of spring optimism

1 month ago | news-gazette.com | Loren Tate

Lots of smiles going around these days. High expectations are growing from the legion of Cub fans who also cheer for Illini football and men’s basketball teams. This is unusual. In 100-plus years they, as a group, seldom entered the summer months with such high hopes. We’ll see stumbles, for sure, but all three look promising at this point. Scanning through the decades, on those occasions when the Cubs fought out of the doldrums, Illini football or basketball tended to be down.