John Leptich

Three years ago, Lud Denny awakened a sleeping giant with the introduction of Pro Set football cards at the National Sports Collectors Convention. Topps was the only football-card manufacturer then,...

Visions of the past and hopes for the future come together as the 13th National Sports Collectors Convention opens Tuesday at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. A total...

Andrew and Morris brought state high school championships to the Chicago area Friday in disparate ways. In Springfield, Andrew`s baseball team got plenty of mileage from its aluminum bats in...

When SICA West mates Andrew and Lockport square off in a state semifinal game Friday in Robin Roberts Field at Lanphier Park, high school baseball enthusiasts will be getting the...

The Class AA state baseball finals, which begin Thursday, will be historic. For one thing, a first-time champion will be crowned. In fact, not one of this year`s Elite Eight...

It would be a mistake for players on the Driscoll baseball team to allow their minds to drift ahead to the Class A finals June 8-9 in Springfield. Sure, the...

The reaction to the recent adoption of an Illinois High School Association rule aimed at stopping recruitment of athletes has been both varied and predictable. In much of the state...

During what would have been one of the greatest moments in his 34-year coaching career Saturday, Benet Academy boys cross country coach Joe Fedinec was high-tailing it from Detweiller Park...

Athletic directors, principals and coaches-not players-were the ones forming huddles Friday night, trying to decide the fates of high school football games as bad weather blitzed the Chicago area. Heavy...

It didn`t take former Luther North girls basketball coach Frank Mattucci long to land another job. Mattucci, who guided the Class A Lady Wildcats to a 102-14 record in four...