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Ben Miller was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in 2022 followed by nearly 20 rounds of chemotherapy, three surgeries and, of late, great news.
"Sometimes you don't know how you got through."
The #illini analyst shared his story:
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Joey Wagner
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Illinois athletics reporter for Illini Inquirer (@IlliniOn247), part of @247Sports. DMs are open. Let's tell stories. SIUE alum. Pekin native.
- #illini guard Terrence Shannon Jr. gets the news that he’s been selected No. 27 overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves and shares a long hug with his mother.
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00:00- I mean, DeMar DeRozan is spending his day off with a rookie in Ayo Dosunmu who got his jersey put in the rafters at Illinois. If you're wondering how quickly Dosunmu is making an impact in the NBA.
- In this great feature on Woj, here's what he said on covering high school sports. gq.com/story/adrian-w…
Most 24-year-old sports reporters are better off spending a couple years cutting their teeth covering preps in a small town. - #illini center Josh Kreutz on the Bielema-Beamer moment. “I saw him going out there so I strapped up my helmet. I’ve got to back up the head coach. I think a lot of our guys strapped up their helmets ready to back up our head coach.”
00:00 - FS1 going from the #illini beatdown of Oregon basketball right into a replay of Illinois football winning at Nebraska has some drunk Illinois fan on their couch having a hell of a five-hour stretch.
- #illini Luke Altmyer: I’m tired of the disrespect. I think Illinois has been disrespected for a long time. That’s not the case anymore.
- Asked Trent Frazier and Da'Monte Williams if they found each other in the celebration. Da'Monte Williams: "We always find each other." #illini
- Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo: I think (Illinois) is the most talented team in the league, personally.
00:00- Illinois hadn't beat Iowa and Wisconsin in the same season since 1989 until this year.
