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Spring training in Major League Baseball (MLB) is ready. Spring sports are starting to sizzle. Basketball is in a crossroads in the professional ranks. High school basketball in Illinois reached its pinnacle with favored and efficient Glenbard West capturing its first school basketball State championship (see https://thevoice.us/glenbard-west-completes-state-tournament-quest/). Hockey and other...

March 15 is more than the Ides of March of historical Roman fame which was the death of Julius Caesar. March means the shift of Winter sports to Spring sports, even without Spring training in Major League Baseball. March, among other items, is high school and college basketball tournaments for...

March fits into the sports scene quite well: March Madness, crescendo of the Winter scene, pitchers and catchers have reported and Spring training is under way, except this season with the stalemate over money and contracts, other good-weather competition comes into focus, including golf and tennis. We can dream. The...

High school sports accelerate into a higher gear. The boys basketball regional tournaments are ready to start Saturday, Feb. 19. The subsequent round, in nearly all tournaments, will skip to Wednesday, Feb. 23 with regional semifinal games. One and done is the refrain when we shift into postseason. All four...

The sports whirl does not come to a standstill during the Super Bowl, or, Super Bowl week, however, it is the premier event at this time of the year. The Voice, a community-based newspaper offers its limited coverage on this year’s Super Bowl. Who will win the Super Bowl game?...

Frantic February precedes March Madness in Winter sports for high school and college. We must throw in the National Football League in Frantic February with the Los Angeles. Rams and Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 13. The National Football League (NFL) playoffs have created a justifiable buzz...

College basketball rankings can vary, depending on parameters, voters, opinions. What counts, ultimately are the games. The games are the things. The men’s college basketball March Madness will begin in early March with conference tournaments and conclude with the championship game Monday, April 4 in New Orleans. Auburn University, with...

The high school and college basketball seasons are in full swing which provides anticipation for photo finishes in conference races and prospects for exciting postseason play. Two weeks ago in this space we extolled the virtues of the University of Illinois men’s basketball traditions with successful Final Four team participation...

Rival game results count greater than the average regular-season game. Counts a great deal more than just any game. Some fans pay attention only to the rivalry games. Thus, the eye-popping results made a lasting impression in the Friday, Jan. 7 rival varsity boys basketball game in Elgin: Visiting Larkin...

Many years ago deep into college basketball history, the University of Illinois men’s basketball teams were dominant. Their dominance extended from the middle 1940 through the early 1950s. The Whiz Kids youth movement in the 1940s ran into the seasons in 1949, 1951, and 1952 when the school’s teams achieved...