More top stories

• Irish home streak alive

• New Illini coordinator opens Texas recruiting doors

• Teddy Greenstein: Okla. coordinator has NU roots
  • Fla. reaction to Tebow rip

• Coaches see flood of Big Ten teams in NCAA tournament

• Illinois State back in Peoria, where season fell apart in '07-08

• Loyola Ramblers edge Wisconsin-Green Bay

• College bowl results

• Prep scoreboard

Bears headlines

• David Haugh: Patience best policy — for now

• Surging Eagles beat Vikings

• Dan Pompei: Top seeds beware: Underdogs learning new tricks

• Scout talk: Dan Pompei's mock NFL Draft

Bulls headlines

• Rick Morrissey: Throw Noah overboard now

• Bulls beaten down and bruised

• Melissa Isaacson: Hawks more fun than Bulls

• Gooden dealt setback

Blackhawks headlines

• If it's not the Wings, it's a win for Hawks

• Blackhawks still eyeing All-Star roster

• Kane to miss a game with Hawks for 1st time

• Blackhawks no longer All-Stars in the making

College headlines

• Michigan ends Illinois' 7-game winning streak

• Irish need McAlarney to regain shot

• Marquette routs Cincinnati

• No. 1 North Carolina undefeated no more

Cubs headlines

• Fred Mitchell: Lee Smith doesn't understand Hall snub

• Cubs trade Mark DeRosa

• Baseball Hall of Fame: Cooperstown calling?

• MLB Network shows early potential

White Sox headlines

• Rays have interest in signing Griffey Jr.

• Phil Rogers: Money can't buy you Series

• Owens, Fields figure in White Sox's plans

• Darrin Jackson headed to White Sox radio

High School headlines

• CPS Holiday tournament: North Lawndale wins it all

• Girls basketball: Lincoln-Way East upsets Fenwick

• Top 20: New girls basketball rankings

• Athlete of Month:
  Ashley Wilson

From the sports wire

• Titans' Smash and Dash duo on a mission to run against stingy Baltimore Ravens

• Blues left wing Paul Kariya out indefinitely after successful surgery on left hip

• Detroit columnist is out, 2 weeks after taking a jab at Lions coach and his son-in-law

• Cardinals RB James back in lineup, cherishes return to playoffs

• Kerry Collins on Ed Reed: 'You've always got to know where he is'

• Walk this way: LeBron James not budging from stance that he didn't travel against Wizards

• Oklahoma State pitcher's lawsuit against NCAA challenges rules governing advisers

• 9 months removed from NHL play, Sundin eyes return with Canucks in Edmonton

• Panthers LB Jon Beason wastes little time in making his mark in NFL

• Defense may be No. 1, but Steelers' offense gives Tomlin plenty of worries