More top stories

• Illinois basketball waiting for a sharpshooter

• Illinois' McGee free after arrest

• Northwestern football looking for more takeaways

• Teddy Greenstein: Joe Paterno wary of Michigan

• Philip Hersh: Skater Kimmie Meissner forges new approach

• Chicago Marathon coverage

• Prep scoreboard

White Sox headlines

• Call him A.J. Clutch

• Rick Morrissey: Red Sox reeling after Rays chase Jon Lester

• Monster effort from Rays in Game 3

• Ortiz, Ellsbury put Red Sox in a slump

Cubs headlines

• Cancer takes 'nice, humble' ex-Cubs pitcher

• Dodgers face daunting task

• Phillies get their shots in

• Game 3 bench-clearing incident leads to fines

Bears headlines

• Dan Pompei: Everyone wants a piece of Vikings' Peterson

• David Haugh: Time for Bears' Smith to step in on defense

• Fred Mitchell: Kevin Butler opposed to squib kicks

• RosenBlog: If Bears are on defensive, that'd be a start

Bulls headlines

• Noce not in 'best shape'

• Big toe puts Bulls in a jam

• Sefolosha jumping at opportunity

• Bulls still have plenty of things to fine-tune

College headlines

• Irish hoops not buying into the hype

• Notre Dame grades:
  Not satisfactory

• Illinois grades: Only 'O' has the Juice

• Northwestern grades: Bowl game in sight

Blackhawks headlines

• Hawks fall in shootout

• Mike Downey: Blackhawks can't match the pregame hoopla

• No power play panic — yet

• Ovechkin too much for Blackhawks

High School headlines

• Boys golf: St. Viator, New Trier lead the way

• Armstrong leads H-F girls golf to sectional win

• Carlyle Lake to host inaugural bass fishing championship

• Boys soccer roundup: Geneva tops Sycamore

From the sports wire

• Bengals' Chris Henry surprised by severity of suspension for former teammate 'Pacman' Jones

• Dolphins miffed by way Ravens coach defends Cameron's job as head coach in Miami

• Police: Former Chargers lineman Chris Mims found dead in apartment, foul play not suspected

• NFL owners discuss possible spring preseason games as part of expanded regular-season schedule

• Milwaukee Bucks beat Golden State Warriors 98-94 in preseason game in China

• Thousands pay last respects to Russian teenage hockey star and Rangers prospect Cherepanov

• Ginepri upsets Davydenko to advance to third round at Madrid Masters; Tsonga through

• Chiefs TE Tony Gonzalez says he'll not let himself become angry at not being traded

• Colts lose RB Mike Hart for season with knee injury, re-sign Dawson

• Georgia authorities say 'Pacman' won't have probation revoked after latest incident