Bob Sakamoto

School: Young, 1998. Position: Guard/forward. College: DePaul. Pro: Los Angeles Clippers. "Q" is establishing himself as one of the bright young stars in the NBA in his second season with...

Julian's quest to win its first Public League basketball title took a hit Friday when 6-foot-10-inch junior center Ousmane Barro was ruled ineligible by the Illinois High School Association. Barro...

Paul Niznik sat in the Memorial Stadium football meeting room looking around and shaking his head. "It still hasn't sunk in," said the Downers Grove South defensive tackle. "It just...

For a while, the champion was on the ropes?stunned by a most unusual combination. But somewhere within its deep reservoir of time-honored tradition and personal fortitude, Joliet Catholic withstood a...

This was the only championship game with two undefeated contenders facing off on the Memorial Stadium turf, and it figured to be a classic struggle of two premier defensive teams....

Tim Brasic may never stop throwing a football. Earlier this week the record-breaking Riverside-Brookfield quarterback came home from basketball practice at 7:30 p.m., grabbed something to eat and met some...

1. Proviso East Comment: The Pirates' lightning-quick, abundantly athletic, full-court-pressing, four-guard lineup is reminiscent of Westinghouse's little guys who were state runners-up in 2000. Point guard Dee Brown (19 points,...

The traditional way of acclimating freshmen to college basketball is to work them into the lineup little by little. The four players Illinois coach Bill Self signed Wednesday--guards Dee Brown...

Riverside-Brookfield's hopes to win the school's first state title in any sport were dealt a severe blow when top defender Steve Kielp was diagnosed with a fractured right fibula. X-rays...