Life lessons with the COVID-19 extend to sports: What can be done, how, and for how long. It is true for high school sports, top division college sports, and the professional ranks. Major League Baseball’s World Series survives and will provide a sense of normality with a seven-game World Series,
By Bobby Narang For most of last week, Nicolas Dovalovsky thought he might miss one of the biggest cross country runs of the season. The Neuqua Valley High School senior struggled with his sleep due to chest pains, putting in doubt his ability to compete at a high level for
By Woodrow Carroll The Mid-American Conference (MAC) was the first conference among the 10 FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) conferences to postpone football prior to this season because of COVID-19. The MAC will be the last to get back into the fray. Unless things change dramatically, it will be a bare-bones
The Rosary High School girls golf team celebrates last week following the school’s first Illinois High School Association (IHSA) regional tournament championship.
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Bank of America Roval 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course, Sunday, Oct. 11. For the fourth time in a row, Chase Elliott was the winner in a Nascar road course race. Following Elliott was Joey Logano in second place, Eric Jones
Sports are at once lasting and fleeting. Lasting: We savor high-level sports memories: Top players, special championships, stellar performances. We have seen more than a few of our former sports stars die in recent months. Too many to enumerate. Start with Gale Sayers of the Chicago Bears, Lou Brock of
By Bobby Narang The Northern Illinois University football team returned to the practice field Monday morning. In another twist to the football season, and sports world in general, the Huskies restarted their season after the Mid-American Conference officials reversed course and elected to have a shortened season. Northern Illinois head
By Woodrow Carroll Postseason Major League Baseball (MLB): October 5, 2004, the Minnesota Twins defeated the New York Yankees, 2-0, in an American League Division Series game. It was the opening playoff game of the postseason for both clubs. It was the last time the Twins won a postseason game.
Remarkable memories often take a focus on the unusual. The staggered start of college football by conference from early September to early November 2020 qualifies as highly unusual. All of sports, high schools to the professional ranks, therefore qualify as unusual. There is no high school football in Illinois this
By Bobby Narang In many ways, the saying fits perfectly: The Return of the MAC. In this case, it’s in regards to football in the Mid-American Conference. September 25, the Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents voted to resume the Fall football season. A six-game schedule will start November 4, plus
By Woodrow Carroll The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) football team Saturday defeated Louisiana-Monroe, 31-6. Only those close to the UTEP Miners football program paid attention, however, the UTEP program merits a close look. We are aware of college football’s shaky and uncertain future with a nasty virus
Playoff baseball for both Chicago Major League baseball teams, White Sox and Cubs, offer delight, especially with a good start. The White Sox interrupted their slide of recent defeats in game one of the playoffs Tuesday on the West Coast. The Sox, seeded No. 7 after falling from a top
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nev., Sunday, Sept. 27. Kurt Busch scored his first career Cup victory at his hometown track, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, won his first race of the season, and was the first driver to advance to third round of
At Rotary Hill in Naperville Monday is a focus on both opening schools and letting all sports participants play.
By Bobby Narang Katherine Lemke is taking a positive spin toward the end of her high school golf season. The St. Francis senior in Wheaton is one of the top golfers in the western suburbs. She earned that honor with several noteworthy performances throughout her career, most notably placing 12th
By Woodrow Carroll Some of us have the ability to be in the right place at the right time to watch the pages of history, mostly sports history in this case, unfold. Former Northwestern University basketball star Joe Ruklick was so fortunate. Ruklick died last week at the age of
High school sports is more than competition, results, excellence, and enjoyment. Some schools, participants, and parents, have increased efforts to move State governor JB Pritzker, and the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) to allow all sports to resume. High school football in Illinois has not started and the State is
Aurora University’s men’s lacrosse Spartan student-athletes work out at Vago Field on campus Monday.
Oswego High School’s Annabeth Harderson, No. 1 singles, completes a return Monday against host West Aurora’s No. 1 Morgan Glatzhoffer.
