Bill Jauss

Vaurice Patterson, Northern Illinois' football-basketball star from Conant High School, had to confess: "To tell the truth, I'm the slowest receiver on our team." Patterson was fast enough Thursday night,...

Northwestern: If the Wildcats had any ideas about keeping quarterback Tim Hughes under wraps, the 6-3, 215-pound junior-college transfer ripped them away in a scrimmage at Wisconsin-Parkside. He passed his...

Junior Steve Schnur, Northwestern's only experienced quarterback, has begun preseason drills impressively and has retained his first-team status. Schnur will lead the veteran No. 1 offensive unit in an intrasquad...

Here's the latest on Tony Gwynn's bid to become the first player to hit .400 since Ted Williams reached .406 in 1941. Gwynn started Sunday's game at .389, rose to...

The Cubs added former White Sox pitcher Donn Pall to their roster Saturday to take the place of Jose Bautista, who went on the 15-day disabled list with of an...

Shawon Dunston, sidelined for the last six games by a back injury, is slated to return to the lineup this weekend. Manager Tom Trebelhorn said Dunston, who batted .413 in...

Steve Trachsel (9-6), coming off the 15-day disabled list, will start Thursday's final game of the Marlins series. To make room for Trachsel, who had been sidelined by a blister...

Manager Tom Trebelhorn thought a critical moment in Tuesday's 10-inning loss to Florida came in the eighth, when the Cubs could not add to their 2-1 lead after Sammy Sosa...

The Sox optioned pitcher Scott Ruffcorn to their Triple-A Nashville team Saturday night and recalled 36-year-old left-hander Atlee Hammaker. Ruffcorn suffered two losses since he was called up two weeks...