St. Francis is hoping to make it back to the postseason after falling short the last two years.

Wheaton North Falcons 2008 football preview.

Strong showing at The Barclays puts WWS grad Streelman in the hunt for FedEx Cup championship.

Tee it up and find out the boys golf teams at the Wheaton and Glen Ellyn high schools might fare this season.

As the girls golf season gets underway find out how the Wheaton and Glen Ellyn high schools might fare.

Months of hard work paid off with successful summer on the golf course for Jack Ahern.

The need for speed is something that is spoken about quite regularly, but unless you’re a racing fan or just someone who likes to go really fast on the Eisenhower, you might not fully understand that need.

The Hinsdale Cobras 12-and-under baseball team will hold tryouts for the 2009 traveling season from 4 to 6 p.m. the next two Sundays, Aug. 3 and 10.

He’s gone from the Big Apple to the big leagues (roomed with former Chicago Cub Bobby Hill, also had Pat Burrell and Aubrey Huff as teammates) to working in a small (Athens, pop. 13,334) Tennessee town.

The DuPage Lady Travelers 12U traveling softball team will be holding tryouts for its 2009 season from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 16, at East End #1 field (next to East End pool) in Elmhurst. A rain date is set up from 10 a.m. to noon on Aug. 17.

The Northfield Football League, the premiere adult men’s flag football league is searching for teams and players for the upcoming fall season.

In the movie Field Of Dreams, there’s a scene where Shoeless Joe Jackson asks farmer Ray Kinsella, “is this heaven?” In one of the best cinematic lines of all time, Kinsella’s answer was, “no, it’s Iowa.”

Chicago Bulls' stars Derrick Rose, Ben Gordon, Joakim Noah, Aaron Gray and Bob Love are scheduled to appear at Bulls Players Camp at the Bulls-White Sox Academy in Lisle this week.

Route 66 Raceway in Joliet is the premiere drag racing venue for the Chicagoland area. Racers from across the nation compete in the world class fascility.

Christian Vande Velde figured it’s been about 200 days of training for and riding in the Tour de France and more than 150 of those have been spent in a hotel room.