Paul Maggiore has been familiar in the West Suburban Conference football coaching ranks for the past 15 years, but will be bouncing over to another sport come this winter.

The Downers Grove DOLLS 15-and-under Rebels fastpitch softball team went 7-0 to win the 16-and-under TNT Summer Explosion Tournament June 20 to 23 in Yorkville.

The Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association summer baseball season kicks off a short Fourth of July week this afternoon.

Are you a pitcher looking for an opportunity to break into professional baseball? Well, here’s your chance to get noticed.

William Hung, who became a household name with his infamous American Idol audition in 2003, will appear at Alexian Field on Sunday, July 27 as the Flyers host the Kansas City T-Bones at 1:20 p.m.

As the 2008 National Pro Fastpitch season reaches the midway point, don’t miss your chance to be a part of the excitement. From 6 to 8 p.m. July 15, the third annual Chicago Bandits Fest will take place at Drive Performance, 1543 Abbott Dr. in Wheeling.

As a Wheaton Warrenville South freshman boys volleyball player in 1998, playing in the Olympics was something Sean Rooney hoped to accomplish, but never thought he could touch.

Local residents took to the water and streets of Naperville last Sunday to take part in the U.S. Women’s Triathlon Series. It was the first stop on a four-city national series, which continues in Washington, California and Texas.

Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Napoleon Harris is hosting a two-day charity event June 27-28 to benefit the Napoleon Harris Foundation.

The Chicago Bull Training Academy in Lisle and Bulls guard Ben Gordon recently announced the inaugural Ben Gordon camp this summer.

The IncrediBulls, the promotions team for the Chicago Bulls, will host open auditions July 12 at the United Center.

Jeff Sluman waited five years to claim his first PGA tour victory, in 1988.

After a contentious stalemate, the Big Ten Network and Comcast have announced an agreement to offer the college sports channel on the cable company's "expanded-basic" level of service in time for the 2008 college football season.

Chicago 2016 has announced that it will host a celebration event on July 14 at Millennium Park to honor the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games and the U.S. Olympic team, as well as Chicago’s selection as a Candidate City in the bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

These days, Cubs fans are floating on Cubbie Cloud Nine. If 7-Eleven ever started selling Big Gulps full of Cubbie Kool-Aid, I’m sure they’d fly off the shelves.