Dave Surico

Northern Spur repelled Arc de Triomphe runner-up Freedom Cry in a stirring stretch duel to capture the grade I Breeders' Cup Turf. Freedom Cry trailed the winner by two lengths...

A quintet of local stakes stars could end Chicago's major turf season with a bang in the $100,000 Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap Saturday at Hawthorne Race Course. Rare Reason...

The Illinois Racing Board approved Tuesday a Hawthorne Race Course request to conduct live thoroughbred racing six days a week for the remainder of its 1995 meet. Like Sportsman's in...

Notre Dame won its first conference championship over the weekend--in golf. The Irish overcame a 13-stroke deficit to capture the Big East Golf Championship at the TPC-Avenel in Potomac, Md.,...

Theresa Grentz wants a new challenge. In the Illinois women's basketball team, she has got one. Grentz, who led Rutgers to national prominence, was named head coach on Monday of...

Northwestern (28-11, 12-8) took over sole possession of first place in the Big 10 baseball race by winning three of four home games from Iowa. In a 6-5 victory, Ron...

On paper it looked liked the Rockers were home free before they opened their best-of-five American Conference semifinal series with the Quad City Thunder Tuesday night at the UIC Pavillion....

After Illinois dropped Saturday's first game at Michigan 9-0, its Big 10 baseball record fell to 1-4. The Illini offense managed only one hit in the final inning of the...

After compiling an 8-1 record in Florida, Northwestern (13-3) will open its Big 10 season with Saturday and Sunday double-headers at Purdue. Second-baseman Ron Rojas, first baseman Jack Suffian and...

The Rockers have signed former Chicago high school standout and three-year NBA veteran Walter Bond. The former Collins star was released by the Utah Jazz on Saturday. In 23 NBA...