Barry Temkin

From the beginning, the saga of the Illinois High School Association's enrollment multiplier has resembled a horror movie, complete with hasty judgments and a lawsuit. So it shouldn't be a...

Marcus Relphorde is a good kid with good grades and both parents involved in his life. That's what makes his journey, which includes four high schools in two states since...

The gym was the same, still the spacious subterranean court that helped make a Westinghouse basketball game special. The green-and-yellow banners, testaments to Chicago Public League and state tournament glory,...

Luther Bedford never won a state basketball title at Marshall. He didn't match the accomplishments of Spin Salario, who won two state championships there, or Commandos girls coach Dorothy Gaters,...

Joevan Catron has a dual personality. That's as obvious as the tattoo on his upper right arm, the one with two faces whose noses are basketballs. One face has a...

Jon Scheyer wanted to leave a legacy at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament. He mostly wanted to have it include a team championship. That didn't quite work out, which only...

It was never a formal agreement. There was no contract, no spoken pledge. This was, after all, a mother and her three kids. But as it played out over almost...

Nobody's perfect. Allison Buckley understands that better than most people do, even if she was gymnastics' version of flawless Dec. 10 when she received a perfect score of 10 in...

A wise man knows what he doesn't know and where to go for the answers. So Maurice Garner was a lot smarter than he thought he was in 2002 when...

Here's something to remember during the debate about class expansion in boys basketball: It's not just about the kids. Some advocates of a switch from a two-class to a four-class...