Mark Shapiro

Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson's bid to own part of a lucrative slot machine concession in Las Vegas was delayed Wednesday. Thompson had wanted the Nevada Gaming Control Board to...

The United States won the Fed Cup title for the first time since 1990 when Monica Seles beat Spain's Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 Sunday in Atlantic City, N.J....

Slow-footed John Olerud actually stole a base in the eighth inning of the Blue Jays' 9-4 victory Thursday over a Kansas City Royals split squad. "They weren't holding me on...

Ken Griffey Sr. was parked in the first base coaching box Thursday for the Colorado Rockies' game against Seattle in Peoria, Ariz. The Mariners' lineup included two of Ken Sr.'s...

Germany and Bolivia have good reason to ride high into Friday's long-awaited World Cup opener. The defending champion Germans are loaded and on everyone's short list of favorites for '94....

The men's track won five events at its invitational Saturday, in which six other teams competed. Greg Brown won the triple jump, Milton Brunner took the long jump, Rupert Eldemire...

The Cougars' men's track team finished first among Division I schools at Saturday's Chicagoland Championships at North Central College, edging De Paul 75-72. The Cougars' Milton Brunner placed first in...

The women's tennis team opened its spring season with a 6-3 victory at Northern Iowa. No. 1 singles player Martha Gates led the way with a 6-0, 6-0 victory. Marvin...

Forward Kassandra McGehee was named to the East Coast Conference's first team after averaging 13.5 points a game for the Cougar women's basketball team. Three members of the men's team-guards...

Al Avant, Chicago State's athletic director since Feb. 1, 1988, will assume the position of special assistant to the vice president of institutional advancement at Chicago State starting Tuesday. An...