Chicago Sports Guru

• Home
• Archive

Tag: kansas city chiefs

Illini OL Jeff Allen drafted by K.C. Chiefs

Four Illinois Fighting Illini were drafted in the first rounds of the 2012 NFL Draft. All of them were taken ahead of anyone from Nebraska, Penn State, Ohio State or Michigan. Yes, Illinois had four while those four traditional powerhouses had a combined goose egg. Devon Still from PSU and Lavonte David from the Huskers... Read more »

By Paul M. Banks,
April 27, 2012 at 8:48 pm • 

• Advertisement:
• Advertisement:
• 

  Welcome to ChicagoNow.

  Meet our bloggers,
  post comments, or
  pitch your blog idea.

  Sign in Pitch your idea Play games
• Tweets by @paulmbanks

• Subscribe by Email

  
  

  Completely spam free, opt out any time.

• Recent posts

  • Chicago Sports News: Robert Quinn Sets’ Bears Sack Record, Matt Nagy’s Future, More »

    Paul M. Banks on Chicago Sports Guru
    Posted January 4, 2022 at 2:28 pm

  • How do the Blackhawks do against Northeastern United States teams? »

    Paul M. Banks on Chicago Sports Guru
    Posted December 22, 2021 at 5:12 pm

  • Illini Eliminated from NCAAs: Critical, Questionable call CLEARLY goes against them »

    Paul M. Banks on Chicago Sports Guru
    Posted March 24, 2013 at 11:41 pm

  • Illinois Basketball Plays Bi-polar Ball, but bounce Buffaloes »

    Paul M. Banks on Chicago Sports Guru
    Posted March 22, 2013 at 6:54 pm

  • Illini hoops begin quest for 6th Final Four, 1st National Title »

    Paul M. Banks on Chicago Sports Guru
    Posted March 20, 2013 at 8:23 pm

• Meet The Blogger

  

  Paul M. Banks

  Paul M. Banks runs The Sports Bank.net and TheBank.News, which is partnered with News Now and Minute Media. Banks, a former writer for the Washington Times, NBC Chicago.com and Chicago Tribune.com, currently contributes regularly to WGN CLTV and ChicagoNow. He's been a featured guest in dozens of media outlets including The History Channel. His work has been cited in hundreds of publications including the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

• Categories

  • Big 10 (474)
  • College Football (329)
  • College Basketball (300)
  • Illinois Fighting Illini (268)
  • Northwestern Wildcats (177)
  • Notre Dame (153)
  • NBA (111)
  • Chicago Bulls (108)
  • NFL (105)
  • Ohio State Buckeyes (78)
  Show more categories »

• Facebook

• Latest on ChicagoNow

  • Will pro-lifers be good winners?

    from The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor by Dennis Byrne
    posted Thursday at 1:18 pm

  • New Illinois State play-by-play voice Fitzgerald no stranger to Redbird football program

    from Prairie State Pigskin by Barry Bottino
    posted Thursday at 10:30 am

  • The 'we're saying it out loud' edition of The Month in Review

    from I've Got The Hippy Shakes by Howard Moore
    posted Thursday at 6:11 am

  • Will your "sincerely held religious beliefs" be protected after Dobbs?

    from Not For Jews Only by Ed Nickow
    posted Wednesday at 11:32 pm

  • Chicago's Independence Weekend in Beer, July 1-3

    from The Beeronaut by Mark McDermott
    posted Wednesday at 10:32 pm

• Read these ChicagoNow blogs

  • 

    Cubs Den

    Chicago Cubs news and comprehensive blog, featuring old school baseball writing combined with the latest statistical trends
    • Daily Cubs Minors Recap: Anderson Espinoza and 3 relievers fire combined No-Hitter; Young and Slaughter hit their 12th HRs; Palencia tosses 4.2 shutout innings
  • 

    Pets in need of homes

    Pets available for adoption in the Chicago area
    • Amelia - Hyde Park Cats
  • 

    Hammervision

    It's like the couch potato version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
    • Top 10 Movies of 2021

• Read these ChicagoNow Bloggers

  • 

    Carole Kuhrt Brewer

    from Chicago Eats:
    Shrinkflation & more: why consumers are paying more for less
  • 

    Dennis Byrne

    from The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor:
    Will pro-lifers be good winners?
  • 

    LeaGrover

    from Becoming SuperMommy:
    Dark Ages and Rennaissance
• Advertisement: