Denny Hamlin earns pole position for eero 400 in NASCAR’s return to Joliet racetrack. ‘I’m a Chicago master.’ By Steve Millar July 4, 2026 at 5:05 p.m. Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR Cup Series race in 2015 and has finished in the...
Chicago Bears announce 10 training camp dates open to the public. Here’s how to attend. By Sean Hammond June 24, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. The Chicago Bears are approaching everything with urgency in coach Ben Johnson's second season, and...
Introducing the 2026 News-Sun Baseball All-Area Team By Steve Reaven June 24, 2026 at 9:50 a.m. Four players each from Grayslake Central, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Mundelein, Warren and Wauconda...
A 2-time state champion, Libertyville’s Chase Lockwood is the 2026 News-Sun Baseball Player of the Year By Steve Reaven June 24, 2026 at 7:29 a.m. Illinois State recruit Chase Lockwood went 12-1 with a 1.89 ERA as he led Libertyville...
Introducing the 2026 News-Sun Softball All-Area Team By Bobby Narang June 19, 2026 at 8:52 a.m. Seven players from Class 3A state champion Antioch and four players from Class 4A state...
Mundelein’s Shae Johnson ‘lost a big part of myself.’ The 2026 News-Sun Softball Player of the Year finds it again. By Bobby Narang June 19, 2026 at 10:13 a.m. Shae Johnson, who was unable to pitch last year after suffering a torn labrum, led...
Introducing the 2026 News-Sun Girls Soccer All-Area Team By Bobby Narang June 18, 2026 at 10:48 a.m. Five players from Libertyville and four players each from Lake Forest, Stevenson and Warren are...
Lake Zurich’s Reilly Novak, a Creighton recruit, is the 2026 News-Sun Girls Soccer Player of the Year By Bobby Narang June 18, 2026 at 6:36 a.m. Reilly Novak, a 5-foot-9 junior forward, recorded 22 goals and 10 assists as she led...
Struggling, Libertyville’s Carson Holmes goes back to ‘old reliable.’ One more time to be a 2-time champion. By Steve Reaven June 16, 2026 at 11:05 a.m. Libertyville's Carson Holmes chooses a different bat, his own, and hits the game-winning single in...
Madden Cotts, whose dad is familiar to Chicago baseball fans, stars as Libertyville wins state title again By Steve Reaven June 16, 2026 at 6:40 a.m. Behind Madden Cotts, Libertyville tops Maine South in eight innings to repeat as the Class...