Bill Jauss

Illinois-Chicago earned the school's first trip to the NCAA baseball playoffs Sunday when senior shortstop Jordan DeVoir hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat...

St. Viator's Mike Sherwood may be playing the final baseball games of his life. That's because the 5-foot-9-inch 170-pound pitcher-outfielder will enroll this fall at Marquette, a school that does...

Thanks to Jeff Livek's pitching and the hitting and fielding of Chris Scolire, No. 4 Schaumburg snapped its losing streak at two games Monday and improved to 19-3 by beating...

Attempting to start a game-ending double play in the top of the seventh inning Monday, Loyola shortstop Rich Reimer committed the error that led to three unearned runs and put...

In an athlete's career, there is a sometimes a moment that reveals her essence. For Penn State guard Kelly Mazzante, one need only look back at a Big Ten tournament...

Aaron Carr's game-winning, buzzer-beating, 25-foot basket last Thursday night had fans buzzing an hour after Illinois-Chicago nipped Loyola 66-65 in a Chicago basketball classic. At the same time, the Bailey...

Kelly Mazzante scored 35 points and No. 15 Penn State beat visiting Wisconsin 76-55 Sunday to clinch the Big Ten women's regular-season title. The Lady Lions (23-7, 13-3) have won...

David Bailey calls it "talking trash." His coach at Loyola, Larry Farmer, calls it an "ongoing dialogue." Whatever it's called, plenty of it will be heard on the Pavilion court...

An ugly postgame fight involving several players from both teams marred Western Kentucky's victory over Western Illinois in the NCAA Division I-AA quarterfinals Saturday. At least a half-dozen players from...

The NCAA ruled Monday that Cedrick Banks, Illinois-Chicago's leading scorer and best defensive player, is academically ineligible for at least the first four games of the season. Banks, a 6-foot-2-inch...