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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Caleb Williams figured the reality that his rookie season is over would hit once his car was loaded and he was headed home. The Chicago Bears' prized quarterback was breathing...

CHICAGO (AP) - Coby White made a go-ahead layup with 47 seconds left, and the Chicago Bulls topped Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs 114-110 on Monday night. Zach LaVine had 35 points, 10 re...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will attempt to make his NASCAR debut in next month's Daytona 500 with Trackhouse Racing. Castroneves is one of the most popu...

The Wrestling Lady Wildcats were in their first all girls meet of the season at the Murdale Tournament in Carbondale. Shea McGee, Adrie Dodson, Alana Finney, and Sierra Malone represented the Wildcats...

The SC Cougars and Sandoval Blackhawks had their highly anticipated game Saturday that was supposed to be played at Hoosier Gym in Knightsville, Indiana, but due to the pending bad weather forecasted ...

In a battle of state ranked teams at Chagnon Gym as 3rd ranked 3a Mt Vernon had a halftime lead over #1 ranked 2a Breese Central 31-27, but the Lady Cougars finished the game on a 28-4 run to finish w...

The Highland Shootout is always one of the best around and it was not short of talent on Saturday.   Gm 1: Highland Girls 56 Robinson 39 MVP Sophia Flemming (Highland) 14 points 9 rebounds  ...

The KC Blue Devils defeated SEMO Prep 107-71 in Centralia. Myles Liddell led 5 Devils in double figures with 24, Terrence Hall added 19, Marquel Newsome 17, Jerrod Mackey 15 and Christ Our Rock grad D...

The trio of area bowlers continued with Round 3 of 5 at the National Bowling Center in Reno, Nevada for the Team USA Trials. Salem senior Silas Moats was 70th in Round 3 shooting 1007 for an average o...

No. 22 Illinois completed its West Coast road trip with a hard-fought 81-77 win over Washington at Alaska Airlines Arena on Sunday afternoon. After the Huskies battled back to tie the game at 75 with ...