St. John’s vs. DePaul (men’s basketball; Feb. 3, 2026). First time at Wintrust Arena and I genuinely enjoyed the game-day experience. DePaul retired 2x All-American Rod Strickland’s number who helped lead the Blue Demons to Sweet 16 appearances in 1986 and 1987 and 3 straight

Xander Zayas and Emiliano Vargas in Bad Bunny’s Halftime concert 🔥

Olivet Nazarene vs. Governors State (women’s basketball; Feb. 4, 2026). GSU was founded in 1969 as Chicago’s south suburb school. In 2014, GSU launched its athletics program and was later accepted into the NAIA. In 2018, GSU hired HC Tonishea Mack. Last yr, the Jaguars set the

Three more decisions were issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Ad Hoc Division. All 3 applicants were denied or dismissed. In total, all 6 applicants have been unsuccessful during the 2026 Winter Games. #Olympics #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026

Central Connecticut State vs. Chicago State (women’s basketball; Feb. 5, 2026). Chicago State HC and Elgin native (Larkin) HC Corry Irvin enters her 2nd season with the Cougars. Irvin was previously the HC at St. Xavier where she won 2 conference titles and Whitney Young HS where

It appears Tippecanoe County Prosecutor Pat Harrington has withdrawn his candidacy with Chief Deputy Jason Biss filing on February 5

Late filing certainly benefits Biss and boxes out other potential candidates as it comes one day before the deadline. Not sure what changed from Jan. 14 to Feb. 5.

Good for Enekwechi, former Purdue thrower

This hurts.

Rising from the Ashes centers around Tom Crean’s rebuild and Christian Watford’s game winning shot over No. 1 Kentucky in 2011 (book even compares it to Laettner’s 1992 shot). It briefly discusses the Mike Davis era, Kelvin Sampson’s troubled tenure, and Dan Dakich’s brief time

RIP Mox

Two more decisions were issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Ad Hoc Division with both applicants being denied. In total, all 8 applicants have been unsuccessful during the 2026 Winter Games. #Olympics2026 #WinterOlympics #WinterOlympics2026

Earlier this week, the IHSA Board of Directors held their monthly meeting. The Class 1A/2A baseball state finals will be held in Champaign. Boys and girls water polo state finals will be held at Barrington for 3 years. Speech state finals will remain in Peoria for 2 more years.

Really enjoyed Gary Barnett’s High Hopes chronicling his rebuild of Northwestern football and its 1995 Rose Bowl season. Prior to 1995, NU’s last winning season was 1971. During that span, the Wildcats were outscored by 4,649 points. Barnett reveals the difficulty he faced when

Four different friends sent me this. Locally, Norris represents Xandria Harris, scheduled to go to trial February 23. Case is out of Kankakee County and involves the death of a Bradley police officer. Harris is raising battered woman syndrome w/ the State contending such defense

A SCHOOL RECORD THAT STOOD SINCE 1993 GOES DOWN ‼️ Hugh Jacobsmeyer runs 1:48.37 to break Darrin Wilcoxson's 800m record that stood for 33 years. #BoilerUp

Boom, baby #YesCers

STATEMENT. MADE. 🔥🔥🔥 STILL UNDEFEATED. DOWN GOES #3!

Quick read. Uncaged covers Greg Oden and Mike Conley while they played at Lawrence North from 2002 to 2006. Oden moved to Terre Haute when he was young and then, while in middle school, moved again to the Lawrence North district. The book mentions how Oden’s AAU coach didn’t get

The trial court has set a pretrial conference for February 19 to address any motions. Milsap and her co-defendants are presumed innocent.