Illinois State Beat Writer Retires
(St. Louis, MO) – Jim Benson’s seventeenth season on the Illinois State Redbirds beat was his last. After spending over 40 years as a sportswriter, the former University of Illinois beat writer has stepped into retirement. We wanted to officially and sadly say ‘farewell Jim Benson’!
We discussed the past, the future and our fun times together. He will be greatly missed at Missouri Valley Conference events, press rooms, media days and much more. Jim is a great writer and a wonderful friend.
You can listen to our conversation on the Valley Hoops Insider Podcast, or watch it here!
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As we near the closing of the portal window, we've reached 1900. Some of them never to play college basketball again, earn a college degree and some to play at a much lower level than they did last season.
I guess we'll be seeing this in a @RacersHoops uniform this year. Glad AJ is staying in the @ValleyHoops.
