Brian Hamilton

Athletes attending the Rich Township school district's Phoenix Campus school will not be approved for NCAA initial eligibility, thanks to the organization's crackdown on non-traditional high schools with questionable academic...

Schoolmates have asked them, teasingly but sickeningly, if they assault women. A neighbor spied them shooting on a backyard goal and asked if they planned to attend Duke, the underlying...

Thornton Fractional South softball coach Julie Tovey has been relieved of her duties and two assistants have resigned after a school investigation into an undisclosed incident over the school's spring...

1. SIGNS OF SHAQ-A-TOSIS The dunk on the first possession was fairly unmistakable. As were the 15 first-half points. Two alley-oop dunks early in the second half proved Shaquille O'Neal...

STORY LINE: Of the top four seeds in the Eastern Conference, the Heat may not represent the ideal upset candidate for the Bulls--but perhaps it's not far off. The Heat's...

When the Bulls and Heat last met, Antoine Walker had what a cynic might consider an unusual night of offensive efficiency. He was perfect on all four of his three-point...

With a wry, rueful smile, Bulls guard Chris Duhon acknowledged Thursday that off-season surgery for a herniated disc in his back has been discussed and may well be the only...

Mike Capocci could have been just another cog at St. Joseph, sharing the spotlight with other high-profile juniors. Instead, he has one year left at Glenbard East--and that helps explain...

The decision by 13 school districts to leave a south suburban athletic conference was racially driven, meant to separate black students from white, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in...