Barry Temkin

Time is a precious commodity. Kristen Harper wanted more of it on the basketball court. Samantha Woods wanted less of it on the commuter train. The result is that the...

It didn't take long to realize the great Manteno regional basketball drought was about to end. Sure, St. Anne hit a three-point shot the first three times it touched the...

Mention the name, Ola Bundy, to a female athlete today, and if you don't get a blank stare you'll probably get a vague reference to "Married . . . With...

The two sides of Jelani Floyd lie before him on a dining room table. To his right sits a laptop computer, open to a basketball recruiting Web site. To his...

Pat Richardson probably should have seen this coming. He had, after all, waved goodbye to 11 seniors, including all five starters, from his 2004-05 Brother Rice basketball squad, the first...

Once upon a time, sports were supposed to teach kids values. You know, hard work, discipline, accountability and . . . what's that other one . . . oh, yeah,...

Da'Veed Dildy knows King basketball the way few others can. A cousin and an older brother played for the school in the glory days of Landon Cox, who in 20...

Pat McCaffrey is 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs about 125 pounds, but he has outgrown high school wrestling. Two years after he won a state wrestling title as...

Perfection is hard to find. To discover the best case of it in Illinois high school sports this year, you have to drive two hours northwest from Chicago, out past...

It's hard to imagine what will go through Anterio Jackson's mind Wednesday when he signs his national letter of intent. When the Fenger football standout puts pen to paper during...