The Fighting Illini men’s basketball team has been widely inconsistent over the past decade. Although the team has managed to have seven winning seasons over the past ten years to two losing…
Author: Willie Sims
Name: Willie sims
Position: Sports Reporter
Fun Fact: Willie has two beautiful children, From Detroit Michigan, played AAU Basketball and was a championship swimmer.
Bio: Willie sims is a senior at Saint Xavier university, Majoring in Global Literature. In his free time Willie plays video games, and watches Basketball, and football games. He bleeds Blue with a hint of Green (GoBlue GoGreen). He also tries to work out as much as possible, and attends church regularly. Willie's dream job is one where you don't work but still get paid, or Sports journalist if they're hiring.
Transitioning: a Journey from Basketball to Journalism
If you had told me as a 14-year old that I would fail at making it to the NBA, I would have caught an attitude, and some very profound language would have…
Buying or Selling? Who the Chicago Bulls Should Take This Upcoming Draft
This has been a challenging year for all of us, including in the sports world. With seasons postponed and bubbles, we have finally gotten a day for this year’s NBA draft. This…
Men’s Volleyball 2021 Season Preview: The Program’s Next Steps and Plans to Win
You would have to go back more than a decade to find the last time the Saint Xavier Men’s Volleyball team had a winning record before 3rd year Head coach Tom Ryan…
Take Me Out to the Fall Game? SXU Men’s Baseball Approach to the Upcoming Season
It’s October 16th at 3:40 pm, and a scrimmage is being played between the Black and the Red Team. Of course, this is just a scrimmage between the Cougars players, but it…
Championship Pedigree: SXU FOOTBALL JOURNEY TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP
It’s 7 a.m. October the 7th on a Friday morning ; the birds are chirping, the sun is not entirely up, there is a draft in the air, and most people are…
Unfinished Business
In sports, win, lose or draw as an athlete, you just want to finish, mostly when you were as dominant as the lady cougars last season. The Lady Cougars controlled the CCAC…
SXU Men’s Basketball & the Key to Success
It’s that time of the year again. The fall smell is in the air, Chicago’s north wind is here, cider mills are back open, and the Ghost and Goblins are almost ready…