Barry Temkin

Coaches love to say their teams are one big family. At Jacobs, it's almost literally the truth. Three of basketball coach Jim Hinkle's starters are from the Moran family, or...

Here's 2005, seen through a cracked crystal ball: Jan. 3: Illinois High School Association Executive Director Marty Hickman announces that security at basketball games will now be coordinated through the...

Basketball is a science as well as an art. The science too many fans--and ESPN--favor is physics, as in, "How did LeBron jump that high?" But the one that really...

It is difficult to believe that Ryne Luecht ever slipped through the cracks. We are, after all, talking about a 7-foot-1-inch teenager here. OK, he was "just" 6-6 when he...

Tim Racki, who coached Driscoll to state football titles the last four seasons, decided Thursday night to leave the school and become the head coach at Nazareth Academy. "I will...

We interrupt Derrick Rose's induction into the basketball hall of fame for the following public service announcement: Jamie Brandon, Ronnie Fields, William Gates. Each of those players was a "can't-miss"...

Dee-Dee Wheeler is coming home. It's only for a visit this time. The Arizona senior point guard will be in town for about 48 hours when her team plays Chicago...

Thursday was a good day for Dorothy Gaters, even if history had to wait. This was going to be the day Gaters won the 800th game of her astonishing career...

It's 3:35 p.m. Wednesday, and Frank Griseto is punching a number into his cell phone. Where's Aroy? Jones' boys basketball coach needn't worry. A couple of minutes later, a yellow...

When is the York cross-country team not the York cross-country team? Apparently it's when a national high school cross-country meet is not a national high school cross-country meet. If this...