Barry Temkin

It's a long way from the bench to the Sweet 16. It's a particularly long way when the bench is in a junior high school gym. That was where Cyrus...

Here we go again. For seemingly the thousandth time, the Illinois High School Association will consider tinkering with its rules regarding private school athletic programs. Blame Tim Racki. When the...

"Hungry Louie" would be a proud man today, even if he wouldn't be completely satisfied. Louis Weber always insisted his five children would become teachers and the three boys would...

Candace Parker served notice early we were in for something special. She was all of eight seconds into her high school basketball career in November 2000 when she scored her...

Kristin Heidloff had been here before. The Fenwick guard had walked into Illinois State's Redbird Arena as a freshman in 2001 with eyes as wide as a pair of Chicago...

Basketball is no laughing matter to Katherine Dykstra and Amy Jaeschke, but sometimes it's hard to tell. On a New Trier team that's seriously good, the 6-foot-3-inch Dykstra and the...

Life is simpler for Jackie Santacaterina. No more whiplash when she checks the calendar to decipher her practice and game schedules. No more guilt wondering if she's shortchanging one of...

Homewood-Flossmoor basketball coach Roy Condotti calls Brian Nussbaum "a 100-percenter," and it's easy to understand why. The 6-foot-6-inch senior forward seems to excel in whatever he attempts. He plays basketball...

Meddling parents are a coach's worst nightmare. At best, they make life difficult; at worst, they can get a coach fired. So imagine what might happen if a parent is...

Karlos Whittaker understands that the folks at North Chicago are proud he will attend the Naval Academy. He appreciates that a photographer from a local magazine and one from the...