Kane County Cougars practice for season start
Kane County Cougars hold annual media day baseball workouts Monday, May 6 at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.
Naperville’s Parkers give to image of basketball
Old Duffers’ memories ordinarily go way back, especially those with a sports history. Focus today is perspective in sports history with a family emphasis. No, not 1974, or, 1984, however, more recently. Candace Parker, a 16-year veteran of women’s professional basketball, as an accomplished player, Sunday morning his week at
Soccer special in Tri-Cities Nights
By Bobby Narang Four Kane County high schools got together for a special night of girls soccer last week. St. Charles North was host to St. Charles East in the nightcap of Tri-Cities Nights and Batavia and Geneva played in the opener. The annual event is a special occasion, filled
Hamlin captures 54th victory in Cup series
By John Schutt Here are NASCAR results in the April races NASCAR Cup Series, Wurth 400, Dover Motor Speedway, Dover, Del., Sunday, April 28. After the dust was cleared, pole position was awarded to Kyle Busch in his Childress Chevrolet, but Denny Hamlin in a Gibbs Toyota held off the
The ‘88 Orioles exceeded Sox frustration this year
By Woodrow Carroll After suffering a four-game sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Twins on the road in the early part of last week, the Chicago White Sox’s record fell to 3-22. There were comparisons with other Major League Baseball teams that opened their seasons with poor records. In
College Lacrosse: Aurora University vs. Edgewood College
Aurora University’s Austin Spoklie, center, drives through Edgewood College defenders Saturday at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery for the 2024 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championship.
Bruce Bochy successful manager in three places
By Woodrow Carroll After managing the San Francisco Giants to the World Championship in 2010, 2012, and 2014, many observers were quick to point that Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy was the only manager with three or more World Series conquests to his credit not in baseball’s Hall of Fame. Of
The NFL Draft our final piece of Winter sports
In a sense this week ends the Winter season for sports in the greater Chicago area. Specifically, the college basketball season is long gone and the four truly professional Winter sports teams, Bulls in basketball, and hockey’s Blackhawks, Steel, and Wolves, were completed no later than April 21. Competitive in
East Aurora vs. West Aurora
East Aurora’s Tom Okapal (red shirt), East class of 2011, battles a West Aurora defender in the 26th annual East-West men’s alumni basketball game at West Friday night.
Plainfield North captures Classic in soccer
By Bobby Narang One year later, the Plainfield North High School girls soccer team got some revenge. For the third straight season, Plainfield North and Geneva played in the Plainfield Classic championship game Saturday (April 13) afternoon. The two teams had split the title game battles, with Geneva winning last
White Sox sink to a major struggle
By Woodrow Carroll The Chicago White Sox schedule looked pretty good prior to the start of this season. At least on paper! Three home games with the Detroit Tigers to start the campaign presented the White Sox with the opportunity of a good, if not overpowering, start. Of course that
PGA Master’s Golf Champions
2024 Scottie Scheffler2023 Jon Rahm2022 Justin Thomas2021 Hideki Matsuyama2020 Dustin Johnson2019 Tiger Woods2018 Patrick Reed2017 Sergio García]2016 Danny Willett2015 Jordan Spieth2014 Bubba Watson2013 Adam Scott2012 Bubba Watson2011 Charl Schwartzel2010 Phil Mickelson2009 Ángel Cabrera2008 Trevor Immelman2007 Zach Johnson2006 Phil Mickelson2005 Tiger Woods2004 Phil Mickelson2003 Mike Weir2002 Tiger Woods2001 Tiger Woods2000 Vijay
Marie Wilkinson basketball a bonanza game
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
Guard Gabe Sularski transfers to Lemont
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
5 MLB franchises without World Series titles
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
Women’s college basketball Division I champions
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:
College Basketball NCAA Men’s Division I tournament champions
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