Thornton, Thornridge and Thornwood all represented on the south suburban (Southern Cook County) Mount Rushmore, along with the great Dwayne Wade of Richards. All the Mount Rushmore lists compiled together in special section in Sunday’s Sun-Times. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

Western Cook County’s Mount Rushmore included three old school no-brainers: Doc, Isiah and Glen Grunwald. What player joined them? All the Mount Rushmore lists compiled together in special section in Sunday’s Sun-Times. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

Jon Scheyer is one of the state’s all-time greats. He headlines the northern Cook County high school basketball Mount Rushmore. A complete Mount Rushmore of Chicago area basketball will be in a special pull-out section in this Sunday’s Sun-Times. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

Each of the DuPage County Mount Rushmore choices played their high school basketball in the last 30 years, including the project’s most recent selection — Glenbard West’s Braden Huff. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

With an old legend and some highly-entertaining individual stars, the Kane County Mount Rushmore is a fun one. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

The greatness of Jalen Brunson began while playing for Stevenson. The superstar headlines the Lake County Mount Rushmore, which has seen its highest level talent over the past quarter century. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

The great Cazzie Russell, an iconic Simeon duo and a King superstar form the South Side’s Mount Rushmore. But no area from the Chicago area boasts more worthy candidates than city’s South Side. What a sensational group of true prep legends. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

Think about it: Names like Maurice Cheeks, Juwan Howard, Jamie Brandon, Terry Cummings and Rickey Green (and others) were left off the South Side’s Mount Rushmore. It’s just a phenomenal list of talented icons who hail from the city’s South Side. chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

It was extremely difficult leaving Kevin Garnett off the area’s final overall Mount Rushmore. But playing a single season here just didn’t seem quite enough (or right) when checking off all the boxes of all the candidates. But WOW! What a season it was! chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

Will County Mount Rushmore: Walter Downing, Gary Bell, Roger Powell Sr., Alando Tucker chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

Something that struck me while helping find photos for Joe Henricksen’s Mount Rushmore project is the lack of photos of the greatest basketball stars in Illinois history. I’m proud we’ve compiled so many here. The Sun-Times’ photo archive is a wonder and needs to be preserved.

Andre Tyler leaves Simeon.

IHSA has ditched the night semifinals and returned to the schedule from 2024 for Thursday and Friday. Saturday’s title games will start earlier. Here’s the basketball state finals schedule for 2026:

Brandin Brown takes over at H-F.

Least favorite post of the year… The difficult decision has been made to cancel the 2025 Morris Shootout due to heat/humidity/NWS Heat Advisory, and IHSA WBGT policies.

The biggest — and easiest —takeaway from last weekend’s annual Riverside-Brookfield Summer Shootout is this: Jaxson Davis of Warren is the best player in the state. A look at the continued rise of Davis and more thoughts from the R-B Shootout … chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-ba…

Congrats to 2024 Sun-Times Player of the Year Morez Johnson.

Joliet's Jeremiah Fears is drafted No. 7 by New Orleans...Stephen A. Smith is very excited. Read all about the highest local draft pick in a decade (Jahlil Okafor went 3rd in 2015). chicago.suntimes.com/sports/2025/06…