Bill Jauss

Illinois opens its Big Ten season next week, playing at Iowa Monday night and then entertaining Wisconsin on Wednesday. Coaches Angie Lee of the Hawkeyes and Jane Albright-Dieterle of the...

Like death and taxes in real life, there are two things you can count on this season in women's college basketball: more fouls being called and more players going down...

Chicago-reared All-American candidate Dominique Canty and her Alabama teammates converted some local fans into Southeastern Conference believers last weekend when the Crimson Tide dealt DePaul a 20-20 defeat: 87-67 in...

Less than 24 hours after Larry Farmer achieved his first coaching victory at Loyola, he handed down his first suspension to a Ramblers player. Suspended was Alvin Robinson, a 6-foot...

A giant university such as Penn State, or a small school such as Yavapai Junior College in Prescott, Ariz. When it comes to breaking records for winning streaks, they're all...

Illinois Two hours before taking the court against Georgetown in New York Wednesday night, Illinois coach Lon Kruger heard the news he'd been expecting, the news that could make his...

1997-98 record: 23-10, 13-3 in the Big Ten. Key newcomers: G Cory Bradford, fr.; G Cleotis Brown, jr.; C Fess Hawkins, so.; F Lucas Johnson, fr.; F Damir Krupalija, fr....

Athletes who became stars early were household names by the time they finished their high school careers: gymnast MaryAnne Kelley of Fremd, golfer Emily Gilley of Homewood-Flossmoor, quarterback Cory Paus...

Before Illiana Christian's 7-1 Class A regional championship victory over Evergreen Park on Tuesday in Lansing, Sam Hamstra's parents presented him with a new $200 aluminum bat to replace the...

Larry Farmer's college career ended more than a quarter-century ago. He hasn't been a college head coach in 10 years. Yet it is Farmer's history of being involved with winning...