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Starting kicker job up for grabs

Starting kicker job up for grabs

By Thomas Donley, @tdonleyDE August 20, 2015

After having the same starter for every game at kicker last season, SIU football has three potential candidates to take the job.Kickers Chris Adams and Austin Johnson are the favorites as the starting...

Pole vaulter joins four others at Ole Miss

By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE August 19, 2015

Sophomore pole vaulter Lindsey Murray today announced on social media she will join former SIU coaches and one teammate at the University of Mississippi.Murray, the indoor and outdoor all-time SIU record...

Pippen to lead Dawgs this season

By Aaron Graff, @Aarongraff_DE August 19, 2015

Saluki volleyball was picked to finish fourth out of 10 teams in conference by the Missouri Valley Conference pollsters.The team has two newcomers and 13 returning players, including lone senior Taylor...

Here are the new additions to Saluki mens basketball

Here are the new additions to Saluki men’s basketball

By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE August 18, 2015

Saluki men's basketball signed a sixth player this offseason on Monday, filling its roster for the upcoming season.The squad is set at 14 men including three seniors, seven juniors and four freshmen.  JEREMY...

Track and field searching for replacements after five coaches leave SIU

By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE August 18, 2015

Track and field has lost all but one event coach after Connie Price-Smith left for the University of Mississippi on July 21.Kathleen Raske, who was hired as the director of Saluki Track and Field/Cross-Country...

Then-SIU senior tight end MyCole Pruitt runs the ball during a drill on March 17, 2015, at the NFL Pro Day at Saluki Stadium. (Daily Egyptian file photo)

SIU connection on Vikings with addition of MyCole Pruitt

By Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune August 17, 2015

The joke Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman is telling is that after loading up on players from UCLA and Notre Dame, he finally had to land a Saluki.Spielman, who was a linebacker at Southern...

Salukis hire new track and field coach

By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE August 10, 2015

SIU Athletic Director Tommy Bell and the SIU Athletic Department named Kathleen Raske the new track and field coach on Tuesday. Raske will replace former coach Connie Price-Smith, who accepted the head...

Althoff’s Brendon Gooch commits to SIU Carbondale

By Norm Sanders, Belleville News-Democrat July 28, 2015

With a flurry of Division I basketball scholarship offers headed toward Althoff Crusaders players this summer, senior guard Brendon Gooch was the first one to announce his decision.The 6-foot-6 Gooch used...

Senior hammer thrower places fourth in Pan American Games

By Marissa Novel, @MarissaNovelDE July 22, 2015

Representing Team USA, senior DeAnna Price finished fourth in the hammer throw at the 2015 Pan American Games. Price, the 2015 NCAA Outdoor hammer champion, was one of two Americans among nine who competed...

Price-Smith leaving SIU Track and Field

Price-Smith leaving SIU Track and Field

By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE July 21, 2015

Southern Illinois University track and field brought home three NCAA National Championships last season but will now be in search of a new head coach.Connie Price-Smith, who has coached 14 seasons at SIU...

Price-Smith to coach women at 2016 Olympic Games

Price-Smith to coach women at 2016 Olympic Games

By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE July 15, 2015

SIU's track and field coach Connie Price-Smith will coach the women for Team USA at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, according to USA Track and Field. Price-Smith, who has coached at SIU, her...

Blackhawks face new salary cap, cuts to come

By Brent Meske, @brentmeskeDE June 23, 2015

Much the same as 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup and amid the celebration, the team will have to make cuts to their championship roster.On Tuesday, the National Hockey League announced...

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