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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...

Warriors win their first NBA title in 40 years

Warriors win their first NBA title in 40 years

By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times • June 17, 2015

The 40-year basketball drought finally ended, the Golden State Warriors flush with their first championship since 1975.Champagne sprayed like geysers in the locker room after the Warriors eliminated the...

Sophomore pitcher Kyle Pauly confirms plans to transfer

Sophomore pitcher Kyle Pauly confirms plans to transfer

By Marissa Novel, @MarissaNovelDE • June 17, 2015

Sophomore left-handed pitcher Kyle Pauly confirmed he will be transferring, but declined to make an official comment Wednesday. Pauly sat most of this season out with an arm injury. Last year, he was...

Blackhawks seize the Stanley Cup

By Chris Kuc, Chicago Tribune • June 16, 2015

They did it under the five Stanley Cup banners hanging from the rafters.They did it under the banners honoring legends Glenn Hall, Pierre Pilote, Keith Magnuson, Bobby Hull, Denis Savard, Stan Mikita and...

Swim camp trains the young and mighty

Swim camp trains the young and mighty

By Chase Myers, @chasemyers_DE • June 15, 2015

Every Olympic swimmer, from Michael Phelps to Misty Franklin, had to start somewhere. Rick Walker, SIU’s head swim coach, is helping young athletes start their journeys.Walker, who became head coach...

Missouri Valley Conference and ESPN 3 working on contract

By Aaron Graff, @Aarongraff_DE • May 13, 2015

A subsection of the largest sports network in the world could be coming to campus.ESPN 3 and the Missouri Valley Conference have been working on a contract that would require all court sports — men’s...

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