Barry Temkin

It's easy to underestimate Clemente's football team. The Wildcats aren't particularly big, and they aren't overwhelmingly fast. They haven't had a winning season since 1996. And their coach is, of...

Golf, Pete Kindstrom says, is his life. He is learning, however, that it's not a matter of life and death. Adversity will teach you that, and the McHenry senior has...

It's only September, and already Farragut basketball coach William Nelson has lost his mind. That, at least, is what some of his team's fans believe, and it makes perfect sense...

Chicago International Charter School's Longwood campus and Stronghurst Southern played a game of flag football last week. It wasn't the kind of flag you pull from an opponent's waistband. It...

My hands hurt. This is not exactly surprising. I am standing 14 yards from Minooka's Kyle Knezetic, who is gunning footballs at me with a velocity that makes me feel...

Arne Duncan talked big about athletics after becoming Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer two years ago. Now it's up to Calvin Davis to deliver. Duncan said Chicago Public League...

Luke Thara is a one-sport athlete, yet a man for all seasons. He is the starting center for Mt. Carmel's highly rated football team. He is also the No. 1...

They won a football game for John Hoerster on Saturday. Loyola Academy's players defeated visiting Lake Central of St. John, Ind., 35-14, but they really didn't need to--not for Hoerster's...

Justin Martin says he would do just about anything to play high school football. He's about to prove it. He and his teammates at Chicago International Charter School's Longwood campus...

Tai Streets played on a Thornton team that defeated Farragut and Kevin Garnett in the 1995 state basketball quarterfinals and on a Michigan team that shared the 1997 national football...