Illinois vs. Penn would never be regarded as a rivalry game. To the coaches involved, though, this might as well be a January slugfest in Iowa City, since Penn is headed by longtime Iowa coach Fran ...

James Harden scored 36, Evan Mobley added 26 points and 14 rebounds and Cleveland hung on to beat the Bulls 115-110 on Thursday night even though Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell missed ...

Connor Bedard scored a goal and defenseman Alex Vlasic made a game-saving stop as time ran out on Thursday night as the Blackhawks beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 to snap the NHL's ...

Chicago state Rep. Margaret Croke was declared the winner in the Democratic primary for Illinois comptroller, according to The Associated Press. Croke will advance to the November election and face ...

Finally, Nebraska has a happy March Madness memory. Pryce Sandfort scored 23 points and the Cornhuskers rolled to their long-awaited first NCAA Tournament victory, beating Troy ...

Chase Johnston made his first 2-point basket of the season, a fast-break layup with 11.7 seconds remaining that gave No. 12 seed High Point an 83-82 victory over fifth-seeded ...

For most of Thursday, Duke looked nothing like the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. Not with 16th-seeded Siena challenging the Blue Devils at every turn, determined to ...

Voter turnout Tuesday was greater than 2022’s midterm primary in suburban Cook, DuPage and Kane counties, but lower than four ...

Spring break madness is beginning at O’Hare and Midway international airports with combined passenger traffic increasing by an average of about 10% compared to 2025, the Chicago Department of ...

Since opening as Marriott’s Great America in 1976, millions of visitors over generations have seen the theme park in Gurnee ...

As Ken Grams begins his 46th season at the helm of the Elk Grove softball team, the sport's all-time winningest coach in Illinois obviously has seen it all with his Grenadiers' teams that date back ...

Izzy Hernandez and Gabriela Drager (1st seasons) Last season’s record: 23-10, 8-4 co-Girls Catholic Athletic White champions Top returning ...