An odd set of events led to the brief firing of Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School track and field coach Don Robinson on Friday, a day before his team competed in the state sectionals. But after a meeting with District 97 Superintendent Albert Roberts on Monday, Robinson was reinstated to the position. 

Losing is a part of life, but it sure hasn't been a way of life for the Fenwick boys water polo program.

The OPRF boys track and field team geared up for this week's Class 3A sectional by running away with the West Suburban (Silver) Conference Meet title at Lyons Township on Friday. 

"Where's the fight? Where's the fight?"

Let's see, what have I done that was utterly boneheaded and had to live with in my life?

There is no doubt that Zachary Weigel, the left handed OPRF senior headed to Seton Hall Academy in the fall, will look back on his high school baseball playing days fondly. 

The Fenwick boys water polo team's longstanding win-streak stretching three seasons came to an end at the Stevenson Tournament on Saturday.

Longtime Oak Parker Jeff Wohlschlaeger is the man in the middle of it all on game night at the United Center.

What do Derrick Rose and OPRF High School grad Iman Shumpert have in common? Season-ending knee injuries. 

Not since 1996 has an athlete from the area competed in the Summer Olympics. That will change in just a few months when wrestler Ellis Coleman takes to the mat in London.