The Chicago Blackhawks hockey team and the Chicago Bulls basketball team did not make the playoffs in the completed 2020-2021 season. The two Chicago professional baseball teams are working hard to stay above .500 and perhaps point themselves to a City World Series some day, better sooner than later. The
By Woodrow Carroll As manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dave Roberts has a problem most managers would be willing to put up with, for sure. Roberts’ Dodgers are Major League Baseball’s defending World Series champions. The pandemic shortened the Major League Baseball (MLB) season length in 2020 was only
By Bobby Narang Through his illustrious coaching career, Nazareth High School baseball coach, Lee Milano, has enjoyed many special moments. He took over the Nazareth program in 1999-2000 after his brother, Bill, left to take over the Maine South program. Since inheriting the program, Lee Milano put his own stamp
Transition is in sports from Winter to Spring/Summer sports in high school, college, and professional. The Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks failed to make the playoffs this year. It became painfully obvious in the last few weeks that their absences were likely. Yes, wait until next year. Optimism persuades the
By Bobby Narang The DuPage County high school football season turned out to be a short, but memorable one. With the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) shortening the season to six games and electing not to have a playoff because of the coronavirus pandemic, the this year’s Spring season definitely
By Woodrow Carroll Trades are a part of the professional sports world and can engender plenty of controversy. Of course, we often have to wait a lengthy time to reasonably know who got the better of the deals. Prior to the 2017 Major League Baseball season, the Chicago White Sox
Sprinters from Oswego, Oswego East, and Minooka, High Schools break from the starting line at Oswego East’s triangular last week.
Aurora University’s Nick Malmberg releases a pitch against Benedictine University in a 7-6 Spartan victory Sunday, May 9, at Schmid Field in Montgomery.
Aurora University’s Paul Dobravec (Naperville North High School) prepares to swing the bats against Benedictine University in a 7-6 victory Sunday, May 9, at Schmid Field in Montgomery.
It is the long haul which counts in this season’s Major League Baseball with a planned 162 games. Last season’s COVID-19-shortend season to 60 games was an entirely different approach and was necessary. With ups and downs for both Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs, each with injury problems and
Aurora resident Jackson White, 6, hits a tennis ball off the T.
The Kane County Cougars have released a list of all 411 players to make it to Major League Baseball (MLB) in franchise history. The announcement followed the unveiling of the Cougars new enhanced logo with the addition of “Est. 1888” to honor the franchise’s 111-year history. This season will begin
By Bobby Narang Marmion Academy head wrestling coach Nathan Fitzenreider is not bothered by a shortened season. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) moved wrestling into the new Summer season. At a time when most wrestlers would be resting their bodies, or playing a Spring
Aurora University midfielder Jalyn Yakovich, 18, is in a battle with a Concordia University Chicago defender Saturday at Spartan Athletic Park in Aurora.
Aurora University’s Hannah Tomasko, 27, delivers a pitch in the Spartans’ 9-0 victory Saturday over visiting Concordia University Chicago at Bedrosian field at Spartan Athletic Park in Montgomery.
By Woodrow Carroll The 2000 National Football League (NFL) draft was well along when the St. Louis Rams selected Matt Bowen of the University of Iowa in the sixth round. Shortly later, the New Orleans Saints picked Sherrod Gidean from Southern Mississippi University. Bowen was the 198th player selected and
Elmhurst Eagles youth football will be host to an exciting registration event Sunday, May 23 at the Bo Jackson Elite Sports Dome, 1000 Commerce Court, Bensenville. We will have a window of 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to make it easy for parents as we realize there are other sports
Geneva High School has been successful in winning football games over many years. Rob Wicinski, the head coach the last 22 seasons led the Vikings to second place in the 2008 season and a 13-1 won-loss record. Earlier this week he announced his retirement from coaching and will no longer
By Alex Rodriguez Even though there were no playoffs in high school football in the six-game Spring season this year, the Oswego High School 21-14 victory over host Minooka Friday was played with the intensity and heart of an Autumn playoff game.The two titans were in a battle literally until
By Woodrow Carroll In the very near future, the Chicago White Sox’ Jose Abreu will play in his 1,000th game as a Major League Baseball (MLB) player. After Sunday’s 8-4 White Sox victory over Texas, in which Abreu hit his fifth home run of the season and drove in three
