Barry Temkin

Her coach had warned you she is quiet and shy, but now, as you sit with her in a conference room overlooking a practice gym, the words pour out of...

The Illinois High School Association is trying to figure out a way to "level the playing field" between its public and private school members. It should not look for guidance...

Everything seemed to be in place Thursday for Senior Night at Marist. It was the last home game of the girls basketball season, and the opponent, North Chicago, wasn't a...

Travis Hammons is poised to make wrestling history. He's more interested in overcoming it. The Hubbard senior is a favorite to become the first Chicago Public League wrestler in 17...

Conference realignments usually have all the excitement of the tax code and all the controversy of an infomercial for lint. Maybe it shouldn't be surprising that the South Inter-Conference Association...

The amazing thing is, it all seemed so routine. At 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Harper wide receiver Rasheed Ward sat down at a table in a meeting room at Dunbar before...

College coaches like to joke that recruiting is like shaving: If you skip a day, you'll wind up looking like a bum. You can say the same thing about sportsmanship....

As any true Cubs fan knows, music and sports can be a toxic brew. Unlike Sammy Sosa and friends, however, Fenwick's girls basketball team appears to be surviving the battle...

In sports, it's always a good idea to keep an eye on the scoreboard. That includes sports legislation, too, so consider the following scores: 10-8, 394-168 and 635-118. They add...

Prentice Johnson was his father's son, until it almost destroyed him. The funny thing about the father's influence is that Prentice B. Johnson died before Prentice S. Johnson was a...