3+ hour, 16+ min ago  (756+ words) It's been a bittersweet week for the Jesse White Tumbling Team. Members are mourning the death of one of their own as they bring the team's storied legacy to the national stage. On Monday night, longtime team member Jeff Williams…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (366+ words) From most cookies dunked in milk at one time to most sweet corn kernels eaten in 3 minutes with a toothpick, the Chicago area has seen its fair share of attempts at setting niche food-related world records. The next comes in…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (556+ words) Griffith sophomore utility player Elena Rivas is a student-athlete who understands she's a student first. That's not to say Rivas isn't a talented athlete. She led the Panthers in extra-base hits as a freshman. But she stepped away from basketball,…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (296+ words) LINCOLN, Neb. " Jim Hartung, a two-time Olympian who helped lead the 1984 U. S. team to its first and only gold medal in men's gymnastics, has died. He was 65. The University of Nebraska announced Hartung died Saturday night. He had been a Cornhuskers…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (757+ words) Naperville Central senior forward Malia Shen's willingness to try new things is one reason why she has become one of the most versatile soccer players in the area. It's also why she has decided to end her playing career just…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (684+ words) It was one hard knock for Waubonsie Valley's Samantha Hughes. Unfortunately, it wasn't a base hit that got delivered with the swing of a bat. It came instead on a pitch that was fouled off by an opposing hitter " and…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (644+ words) For Geneva senior Reese Lackey, the last routine of her gymnastics career was also her best. Lackey, who first began tumbling when she was 2, went out a winner Saturday afternoon. "It's incredible," Lackey said. "It's something I've definitely been working…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (959+ words) Vernon Hills junior Mya Brusso was in a sea of tranquility as many other gymnasts swam in a proverbial ocean of nerves during the state meet in Palatine. That was nothing new for Brusso. "I think every gymnast is different,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1156+ words) Addison Hartman, a sophomore on a cooperative gymnastics team made up of athletes from three Orland Park area high schools, said the team enabled her to continue the sport when the commute for club practices got to far, at least…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (594+ words) En un discurso antes de sus primeros Juegos Ol'mpicos como la primera l'der femenina en sus 130 a'os de historia, Coventry detall" un tema definitorio de su presidencia. Coventry puso en marcha en junio pasado una revisi"n de m's de…...