John Leptich

Despite a double-header loss to Naperville Central on Saturday, Glenbard North is still having a banner season. The Panthers are 20-7, 14-3 in the Du Page Valley Conference. All this...

Carmel baseball coach Chuck Gandolfi has seen better games. To be exact, he has seen 26 of them this year. Yet, game No. 27 of Gandolfi`s first season as Corsairs`...

If you want to buy a 1984 rookie card of Yankees superstar Don Mattingly, expect to pay between $27 and $60, depending on the manufacturer. If you want Mattingly`s 1982...

P.T. Barnum must have had some sports collectors in mind when he theorized that there`s a sucker born every minute. The old showman and huckster would love some of the...

- Bloom shot putter Mike LaDere will sign a letter of intent on Friday but won`t say where. LaDere, who has a state best of 61 feet 3 1/2 inches...

Proviso East`s Ray Buchanan set a meet record at Glenbard West`s Hilltopper Invitational in the triple jump with a 48-foot-6-inch effort but passed up the long jump. ''It`s been my...

- Yorkville`s Brett Ward was an interested spectator at Glenbard West. Ward, who was the Class A 800 champion last year, will compete in Class AA this year. ''If I...

High school baseball games can`t get much better than the pitchers duel between Corey Hunger of Aurora Central and Illiana Christian`s Pete Zeldenrust in the first game of a Private...

How would you like to own a World Series or an All-Star Game ring? Or, how about a Gold Glove, MVP trophy or Comeback Player of the Year Award? Sounds...

The year was 1953, and it was great to be young and a major-league batboy. Just ask WBBM-TV anchorman/commentator Walter Jacobson, who, as a 16- year-old with one season of...