Bill Jauss

A small-town Minnesota teenager, Lindsay Whalen brought a big game and big crowds to the Golden Gophers. The 5-foot 8-inch sophomore guard triggered Minnesota's remarkable turnaround and has been chosen...

DePaul All-American candidate Lenae Williams and her teammates missed 19 of their first 20 shots Monday, fell behind 12-0, went the first 11 minutes 30 seconds without a basket and...

When Antwaan Randle El runs with a football or throws it, he registers rare statistics that in turn produce rare praise from his opponents. Randle El is Indiana's 5-foot-10-inch, 194-pound...

Move back the fences: Sosa is looking forward to the weekend series starting Friday against the NL West-contending San Francisco Giants and Barry Bonds, who leads the majors with 49...

Cubs manager Don Baylor seemed just about out of patience Thursday with Felix Heredia after the left-handed reliever's earned-run average rose to 5.97 when Colorado roughed him up for six...

Kerry Wood is good enough, Cubs manager Don Baylor said Friday, "that even on his bad days, he still helps keep us in the game." This was the case Friday...

Athletes in high school are so often measured by results that it's easy to forget they're simply students struggling through the teen years. On an early December Friday night in...

Lockport senior Drew Pierson shot a 3-over-par 75 and sank a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole of the final round to clinch the Class AA state individual title....

The Lane-Young Public League baseball championship game at Comiskey Park was called off Monday when the league upheld Kenwood's protest of its 5-0 semifinal loss to Young last Friday night....

A morning batting practice Monday, stressing hitting with "negative pitch counts," helped No. 3 Fremd to a surprisingly easy 10-0 five-inning victory over Schaumburg later in the day. Fremd, now...