Andy Olson is a Sports Reporter at ABC 8NEWS WRIC - Nexstar Media Group. He covers a range of topics including football and basketball, with a particular focus on the Big Ten and teams from Illinois and Maryland. Andy's work has also been featured in Yahoo News, Yahoo Sports, and WCIA 3.
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Andy Olson's focus is primarily on local sports, particularly college and high school basketball in the Illinois area. Given his coverage attributes, he would likely be interested in pitches related to upcoming games or events involving local teams, player interviews, analysis of team performance trends throughout the season.
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WCIA — Illinois redshirt freshman Niccolo Moretti is entering the transfer portal, according to DraftExpress.
WCIA — Evansville transfer center Ben Humrichous is transferring to Illinois, he announced on social media Tuesday night.
WCIA — Four-year Illinois basketball star Coleman Hawkins is entering the transfer portal, he announced Tuesday on social media.
CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — Illinois baseball swatted six homes runs Tuesday night as they invoked the mercy rule against No. 24 Indiana State 21-11 in seven innings. Watch highlights from the game above.
URBANA (WCIA) — Illinois softball finally put away Iowa in the bottom of the 10th inning to win the extra inning marathon 2-1. Senior Tori McQueen pitched all 10 innings in the circle and struck out six batters. Watch highlights from the game above.
CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — Illinois baseball lost its second home game all year Friday 7-5 against Ohio State. Watch highlights from the game above.
CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — Illinois track and field juniors Bara Sajdokova and Rose Yeboah set the Illinois outdoor high jump record at 1.91 meters on Saturday. Watch highlights from the final tune up before Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. next weekend.
CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — Illinois rode good pitching to a run rule 12-2 victory over Ohio State in eight innings on Sunday. Watch highlights from the series finale above.
URBANA (WCIA) — Illinois softball fell to Iowa 6-5 in extra innings in the regular season finale at Eichelberger Field on Sunday. With the loss, the Illini will be the No. 12 seed in the Big Ten Tournament in Iowa City. Their first game is against No. 5 Minnesota at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — In episode 253 of the WCIA 3-in-1 Pod, we bid adieu to Andy Olson after five years at WCIA 3. Our weekend sports anchor reminisces about his time in Central Illinois, befor…
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