There was plenty to celebrate on a sunny spring afternoon at UIC’s Granderson Stadium. The downtown skyline was the backdrop for the inaugural Latino Baseball Classic, a doubleheader bringing together four teams from all over Chicago on May 3. Albert Almo... See more
Mount Carmel’s 8-0 win against IC Catholic on April 17 might have seemed like just another victory for the Caravan, long one of the state’s elite baseball programs. But this one was special for Mount Carmel coach Brian Hurry, who reached the 700-win miles... See more
Good isn’t good enough for Derrin Couch. That’s why the Crete-Monee senior wasn’t satisfied with what would be a big night for most athletes at Sandburg’s Pete Struck Invitational on May 1. Couch won the 110-meter hurdles on a chilly night, running a seas... See more
What the college football world now sees in Jake Nawrot, Hersey coach Tom Nelson first saw a few years ago. “He looked like a baby Labrador,” Nelson told the Sun-Times. “He was long; he had big feet and big hands.” Those physical traits weren’t so apparen... See more
Well, after 71 years my dear brother Mark has passed on to the “next place.” It happened yesterday, 28 April 2026. He passed away peacefully at home after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Battles with that particular cancer usually do not last very l... See more
