Bill Jauss

Lukas McKnight, All-State catcher for No. 3-ranked Libertyville, takes the old adage "a walk is as as good as a hit" one step farther. Exercising patience at bat and drawing...

The No. 1 question in women's college basketball this week concerns the sport's No. 1 team, coach Pat Summitt's unbeaten Tennessee Lady Vols: Have the Vols, frequently labeled "greatest ever"...

"Upon further review . . ." Back in the days when the NFL used instant replay, game officials used those words after they checked the TV replay. Maybe the same...

Penn State coach Rene Portland made lots of sense when she proposed that the Big Ten give a day off to its two finalists the day before the championship game...

Coaches of Big Ten women's basketball head into this weekend's conference tournament in Indianapolis pretty much agreed on two points: - Tangela Smith, champion Iowa's versatile 6-foot-4-inch senior pivotman from...

At one stage late in the first half of Marquette's 75-60 victory over the DePaul women's basketball team Sunday, the Blue Demons were playing a lineup consisting of 6-foot Mfon...

DePaul senior Mfon Udoka, the national rebounding leader in Division I women's college basketball, had only four rebounds Thursday night. That's because she concentrated on the remarkable shooting that led...

Obviously, coach Theresa Grentz and her Big 10-leading Illini love the atmosphere and ambience they find in the 73-year-old, 4,050-seat gym they lovingly call "The Huff." After all, Grentz and...

"Free-throw shooting is contagious," DePaul women's coach Doug Bruno observed Tuesday night. "We've had some great nights, 80 percent nights at the line. And we've had some stinky nights. ....

Penn State sophomore Helen Darling is one of the most unusual point guards in the Big Ten, perhaps in the nation. She's also one of the most exciting and entertaining--as...