It’s commencement season. Every year at this time, there is fierce competition among universities to find prominent figures with the right sort of cache to send their graduates off right. University of Michigan made a splash this year with a speech from President Obama which was less controversial than his Notre Dame appearance last year. What about the local universities? more ›

Princeton Review released its college rankings yesterday, and some Illinois schools have a lot to be happy about. Others....not so much. The results are from student surveys, so you have no one to blame but the kids at your alma mater. more ›

Did you guys hear about that watch that made it to eBay? It was Gary Familglietti's and was from the Bears' 1940s championship. Well, Al Baisi Jr. played for the Bears in the '40s and got a watch after the 1946 championship but lost it, so he bought Familglietti's watch on eBay for $8,100. Remember how they kept saying, "Don't worry, there will be a parking garage and restaurant ... just as soon as... more ›