Barry Temkin

The jury is still out on four-class basketball ... way out, but it's beyond dispute that our state's latest foray into multiplication has been very, very good to the Chicago...

They had a parade and pep rally Wednesday to celebrate the last half-century of Marshall basketball, and a glorious 50 years it has been. It began with the 1958 team,...

Gerald Coleman knows all about the glory days of North Chicago basketball. The main thing he knows is that those days were far too long ago. Heading into Friday night,...

Delilah DiCrescenzo used to hate the spotlight. As she developed into a standout distance runner at southwest suburban Queen of Peace, she never quite got comfortable with the pressure that...

One is a budding dynasty. The other has been knocking on the state championship door since Ronald Reagan was in the White House. The question Saturday night was whether Bolingbrook...

One is a budding dynasty. The other has been knocking on the state championship door since Ronald Reagan was in the White House. The question Saturday night was whether Bolingbrook...

A great basketball coach deserves a great basketball team. Dorothy Gaters doesn't have one this year, but it may not matter. Marshall's coaching icon may still wind up with a...

A great basketball coach deserves a great basketball team. Dorothy Gaters doesn't have one this year, but it may not matter. Marshall's coaching icon may still wind up with a...

Jason Nichols admits he had his doubts. His Montini girls basketball team had slipped seven points behind Washington during the second quarter of the St. Xavier University Class 3A supersectional...

Jermey McCray has distinctive basketball talent and an all-too-familiar story. It's the story of a hoops phenom who gets too much praise and probably too much special treatment by the...