Loren Burton Tate is a sports journalist covering the

Illinois Fighting Illini The Illinois Fighting Illini () are the College athletics, intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The university offers 10 men's and 11 women's Varsity team, varsity sports. The university op ...

. He began working for the News-Gazette in 1966 and retired from most writing in 2017, but continues to write a Sunday column and participate in a radio show. Tate was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1974 and later inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame in 2021.

Works

*''A Century of Orange and Blue'' - with Jared Gelfond (Sports Pub. L.L.C., 2004) *''Tatelines'' (The News-Gazette, 2008)

References

1931 births Living people University of Illinois alumni American sports journalists {{US-sport-bio-stub