Lew Freedman

Conservation can take many forms, but the simplest definition of the practice is preserving the land, air, water and wildlife in the outdoors for future generations. There are more groups...

When Gale Sayers was Southern Illinois' athletic director in 1976-81, one of his favorite ways to relieve stress was to slip away from the business world and set up shop...

Question: Why did the turkey cross the road? Answer: To make the hunters look foolish. Moments after exiting the private farm-hunting property and turning his vehicle onto a public road,...

Othyus Jeffers, the Illinois-Chicago star forward who was shot in the left leg Friday, is expected to be back at full strength soon, according to Flames coach Jimmy Collins. Jeffers,...

Stuff happens on big water. Boaters fall overboard. People do foolish things. Boats capsize in rough seas. The idea is living to tell about it rather than becoming a statistic,...

Illinois-Chicago coach Jimmy Collins has recovered from the illness that removed him from the Flames' bench at midseason and is back at work recruiting players for next season. It was...

Donnie Blunk's slice of waterfront paradise included a cloth windbreak at his back, a contained fire, sandwiches, more layers of clothes than Peary wore on his race to the North...

Bill Pinkney has sailed around the world and put thousands of miles on his boat odometers, but wherever he goes, he takes a little bit of Chicago with him. That's...

The muskie is the top predator in the local fish chain. Muskies are bigger, stronger and scare the heck out of just about any other fish they swim across. Which...

The greatest sporting achievement of 2007 came and went beneath the national radar a week ago. Lance Mackey became the second coming of Lance Armstrong by winning the 35th annual...