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The Chicago Bears may move their home venue from Soldier Field in downtown Chicago to the Northwest suburb of Arlington Heights.

On the 21st: With national attention focused on the issue of sexual assault, we'll talk to a few college students about the conversations taking place on campus around consent. Plus, as the Cubs season wraps up, the season for the Chicago Bears is ramping up. But first, do you remember visiting your school nurse when you were a kid? These days, half of Illinois schools don’t have one. We’ll talk about how they are coping.

In this week's episode, we dive into everything about the draft in all the major pro sports. As we discuss the recent NFL Draft and evaluate the picks and more. We also talk about the Illinois Marathon that wrapped up this weekend and the One and Done rule in college basketball. 

The team is Lisa-less this week, but the rest the crew picks up the slack as we discuss Illini sports, Spring Training, and more. Also, March Madness is this week so we get the inside scope from ESPN Insider and Illini graduate John Gasaway as we talk about brackets and Illini basketball. 

University of Illinois trustees have approved a contract with football coach Lovie Smith that will pay him at least $21 million over six years. At their meeting Thursday, trustees also signed off on a $100,000 performance bonus for President Tim Killeen. Under his contract, the bonus was the maximum Killeen could have received for reaching performance goals.