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9781582614458
Jim Turpin announced the play-by-play of football and basketball games for the University of Illinois for more than 30 years before retiring at the end of the 2001-2002 season. He has two shows on WDWS-AM, cohosting "Saturday Sportsline" with Loren Tate and hosting the daily "Penny for Your Thoughts." He has won the Silver Dome award as downstate Illinois' best PBP announcer. Jim lives in Champaign-Urbana, IL with his wife, LouiseTurpin, Jim is the author of 'Turpin Times An Illini Sports Scrapbook', published 2002 under ISBN 9781582614458 and ISBN 1582614458.
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