The aim in our sports world is greater than entertainment, although it is a sincere part of sports. Offering help is an objective part of the East Aurora-West Aurora alumni doubleheader basketball games at East Aurora Friday, April 19. Ticket sales from the games, which start at 6 p.m., will
By Bobby Narang With the college basketball transfer portal in full swing, the high school basketball scene experienced a small seismic shift last weekend. The Benet Academy boys basketball team suffered a major blow in the offseason following the transfer of highly-ranked sophomore guard Gabe Sularski to Lemont. Sularski is
By Woodrow Carroll When the Texas Rangers won the World Series championship last season, the number of Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises without a World Series championship was reduced to five among the 30 MLB teams, Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, and Tampa Bay Rays. Keep
2024: South Carolina 87, Iowa 752023: LSU 103, Iowa 852022: South Carolina 64, UConn 492021: Stanford 54 , Arizona 532020: Canceled due to Covid-192019: Baylor 82, Notre Dame 812018: Notre Dame 61, Mississippi St. 582017: South Carolina 67, Mississippi St. 552016: Connecticut 82, Syracuse 512015: Connecticut 63, Notre Dame 532014:
2024: UConn 75, Purdue 602023: UConn 76, San Diego State 592022: Kansas 72, North Carolina 692021: Baylor 86, Gonzaga 702020: Canceled due to COVID 192019: Virginia 85, Texas Tech 77, ot2018: Villanova 79, Michigan 622017: North Carolina 71, Gonzaga 652016: Villanova 77, North Carolina 742015: Duke 68, Wisconsin 632014: UConn
Baseball is in the air. The Chicago Cubs started with a competitive 6-3 won-loss record in the Central Division of the National League and two games in back of first-place Pittsburgh, 9-2. The Chicago White Sox have been hard-pressed to be competitive with a starting record of 1-9, three games
Lisle High School senior Eli Candler returns a ball in doubles play at Downers Grove North Monday.
By Bobby Narang One of the top high school pitchers in the country resides roughly 30 miles away from Wrigley Field. York senior right-hander Ryan Sloan, a Wake Forest University recruit, oozes potential. At 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, Sloan buzzes his 98-mile per hour fastball past hitters, or attacks via
By Woodrow Carroll Each of the four teams, Connecticut, Alabama, North Carolina State, and Purdue, that made it to the semifinals of the 2024 NCAA men’s basketball tournament semifinals Saturday, April 6, presents a different picture of previous success. The championship game will be Monday, April 8 at 8 p.m.
Eastern Conference W L PCT GB Boston 59 16 .787 – Milwaukee 47 27 .635 11.5 Cleveland 45 30 .600 14.0 N.Y. Knicks 44 30 .595 14.5 Orlando 44 31 .587 15.0 Indiana 43 33 .566 16.5 Miami 41 33 .554 17.5 Philadelphia 40 35 .533 19.0 Chicago Bulls 36
To those of us who pay attention to college tournament basketball it comes as no surprise that the women’s game has been elevated, is competitive, interesting, growing with the fan base. It is due in part to scoring machine Caitlin Clark of the University of Iowa, LSU’s Angel Reese, a
By John Schutt NASCAR Cup Series, Toyota Owners 400, Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Va., Easter, Sunday, March 31. Denny Hamlin won the race by getting out of the pits first, and on last caution of the race. Following in second place was Joe Logano, Kyle Larson third, Martin Truex, Jr, fourth,
Sat, March 16vs. Washington, W 127-98Mon, March 18vs. Portland, W 110-107Thu, March 21at Houston, L 127-117Sat, March 23vs. Boston, L 124-113Mon, March 25vs. Washington, L 107-105Wed, March 27vs. Indiana, W 125-99Fri, March 29at Brooklyn, L 125-108Sun, March 31at Minnesota, W 109-101Mon, April 1vs. Atlanta, L 113-101Fri, April 5, 7 p.m.,
By Bobby Narang Entering the final week of March, the high school girls soccer season is in full swing. The season kicked off in the second week of March, with the three-class format culminating in the State tournament at North Central College in Naperville, May 20-June 1. O’Fallon is looking
Cactus League W L PCT GB L.A. Dodgers 14 6 .700 – San Francisco 15 11 .577 2.0 Colorado 16 12 .571 2.0 Milwaukee 16 14 .533 3.0 Chicago Cubs 16 14 .533 3.0 Seattle 14 13 .519 3.5 Cleveland 14 14 .500 4.0 Kansas 13 13 .500 4.0 L.A.
Tue, Feb. 13vs. Michigan, W 97-68Sat, Feb. 17at Maryland, W 85-80Wed, Feb. 21at Penn State, L 90-89Sat, Feb. 24vs. Iowa, W 95-85Wed, Feb. 28vs. Minnesota, W 105-97Sat, March 2at Wisconsin, W 91-83Tue, March 5vs. Purdue, L 77-71Sun, March 10at Iowa, W 73-61Big Ten TournamentFri, March 15vs. Ohio State, W 77-74Sat,
Wed, Jan. 31at Purdue, L 105-96, otSat, Feb. 3at Minnesota, L 75-66, otWed, Feb. 7vs. Nebraska, W 80-68Sun, Feb. 11vs. Penn State, W 68-63Thu, Feb. 15at Rutgers, L 63-60Sun, Feb. 18at Indiana, W 76-72Thu, Feb. 22vs. Michigan, W 76-62Wed, Feb. 28at Maryland, W 68-61Sat, March 2vs. Iowa, L 87-80Wed, March
