Mark Tupper
The Pantagraph
Decatur, IL, United States
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Watch now: Mark Tupper's top five games No. 1, Illinois basketball beats Arizona in overtime in 2005
Mark Tupper's No. 1 game is an Illini classic from 2005. → Read More
Watch now: Mark Tupper's top five games No. 1, Illinois basketball beats Arizona in overtime in 2005
Mark Tupper's No. 1 game is an Illini classic from 2005. → Read More
Riding Shotgun with Tupper: Stuck in the mud
Mark Tupper's truck isn't moving this week — the farm is too muddy — but he's back behind the wheel talking about the Illini's loss to Indiana and their struggling → Read More
Riding Shotgun with Tupper: Illini basketball gets a break; volleyball reaches Final Four
Former Herald & Review Executive Sports Editor Mark Tupper gets behind the wheel to talk about a break in the schedule for Illini men's basketball and volleyball's trip to the → Read More
MARK TUPPER: Christmas decorating is worth the pain
Over the years, we’ve accumulated an embarrassing amount of Christmas decorations including an overwhelming collection of gift wrapping supplies. → Read More
Riding Shotgun with Tupper: Looking for more from Illini basketball
Former Herald & Review Executive Sports Editor Mark Tupper gets behind the wheel to talk about Illinois' disappointing performance against Nebraska and the Illini volleyball team's impressive run. → Read More
Tupper: Whitman showing patience with Lovie
Imagine, if you can, the conversation that took place between Lovie Smith and Josh Whitman way back in the winter of 2016 at Lovie’s home in Florida. → Read More
Riding Shotgun with Tupper: Reaction to the Notre Dame game and Lovie's extension
Riding Shotgun returns after a week off with former Herald & Review Executive Sports Editor Mark Tupper talks both Illini basketball and football, including reaction to the loss to Notre → Read More
TUPPER: Millikin University coach Olivia Lett takes over for a legend
DECATUR – In any other circumstance, Olivia Lett would relish the chance to see her sister, Sydney, play basketball in Millikin’s home gym today. → Read More
TUPPER: Illini fans, once again, praying for basketball
CHAMPAIGN – Four weeks to go in the college football season and as the autumn trees finally burst into full color, this is where we once imagined the Illini might → Read More
Riding Shotgun with Tupper: Bumpy weekend for Illini football
A bad loss to Maryland, the resignation of Hardy Nickerson and the arrest of Lere Oladipo led to a rough stretch for Illinois. Former Herald & Review Executive Sports Editor → Read More
Lovie lacks influence on defense
When the Illini football team won at Rutgers on Oct. 6, the feeling was the hoped-for progress in the third year of Lovie Smith’s head coaching reign might finally be → Read More
Riding Shotgun with Tupper: Illini basketball practice, football struggles
In the latest edition of Riding Shotgun, Mark Tupper gets back in the saddle and talks about Illini basketball practice and coach Brad Underwood's Thursday visit to Decatur. He also → Read More
TUPPER: Vacation of autumn colors rolls into breathtaking trip through the South 🚗
ASHVILLE, N.C. — When we mapped out our first fall vacation in decades, it made so much sense. → Read More
TUPPER: Rutgers win was a crucial baby step for Illini
It was only Rutgers, a Jersey-based school whose existence in the Big Ten Conference cannot be explained by a single person in the Midwest. → Read More
Riding Shotgun with Tupper: Basketball practice begins
In the latest Riding Shotgun, H&R staff writer Joey Wagner joined former executive sports editor Mark Tupper to talk Illinois basketball with practice kicking off, and also some football. → Read More
Bush named Illinois starting quarterback
CHAMPAIGN – The transparent two-week Illini football training camp ended Saturday at Memorial Stadium, giving us a few answers but leaving us with a number of unanswered questions exactly two → Read More
TUPPER: Illini basketball culture is improved in Underwood's second season
CHAMPAIGN – On a dreary Tuesday with nothing special going on – no breaking news, no impending event, no big announcement – a notice was sent letting the media know → Read More
TUPPER: Illini basketball culture is improved in Underwood's second season
CHAMPAIGN – On a dreary Tuesday with nothing special going on – no breaking news, no impending event, no big announcement – a notice was sent letting the media know → Read More
TUPPER: Covering Illini hoops has been a four-decade thrill ride
CHAMPAIGN – Nothing nudges the needle on sports interest in Central Illinois the way Illini basketball does it. → Read More