Mike Pankow

Snapping a seven-game losing streak can make a trip home so much more comfortable. Othyus Jeffers scored 20 points and Josh Mayo added 15 to lead five Illinois-Chicago players in...

Western Illinois finished its season with a 24-21 loss at Missouri State last week to close at 5-6 overall and 2-5 in the Gateway. Four of the Leathernecks' five Gateway...

If Eastern Illinois (7-4, 6-1) wins Saturday, it will give the Panthers at least a share of the Ohio Valley championship. Jacksonville State (6-4, 5-2) also has title aspirations. ....

Southern Illinois (7-3, 4-3 Gateway) needs to win Saturday for a chance at an at-large berth in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. Running back Arkee Whitlock continued to do his...

With a win Saturday at Northern Iowa, Illinois State (8-2, 5-1) would claim a share of the Gateway Conference championship with Youngstown State. It would be the Redbirds' first conference...

UP The Athletics are closing in on the AL West title and received good news when closer Huston Street came off the disabled list Friday and picked up his 30th...

While the Cubs' 11th-inning collapses over the last two days at PNC Park in Pittsburgh were disturbing, almost nothing could top what happened to the Cubs in an April, 21,...

UP With video tributes before the game and fans' salutations during it, Padres catcher Mike Piazza made a bittersweet return to Shea Stadium, where he spent eight seasons. Despite a...

After spending one year apart, former Illinois- Chicago teammates Cedrick Banks and Justin Bowen were reunited this week as both were invited to the Bulls summer league team, which opened...

Two local schools are making appearances in their respective national baseball championship series this weekend. St. Xavier, which advanced to the NAIA World Series for the first time in 18...