Illinois has 13 Division I college basketball teams eligible for the NCAA tournament.

Winter is nearly behind us, which means winter sports seasons will soon be finished.

Try your luck at Schaumburg Park District’s Shamrock Pickleball Tournament.

The Evanston Township High School Chess team had a strong performance at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Tournament in February 2019.

Grab your little sports star and swing on over to Schaumburg Park District’s Father and Son: Sports of All Sorts Event, presented by Schaumburg Bank & Trust, a Wintrust Community Bank.

The Judson University men’s and women’s indoor track teams recently added to their record-setting seasons.

Once again, Northbrook Park District’s Teams Elite skaters have come out on top, taking home first place titles in their recent competitions.

Northwestern University grad Mark Loretta is returning to the Chicago area as bench coach of the Chicago Cubs.

Evanston senior wrestler Ramin Abraham kept his unbeaten season intact at the Ed Ewoldt Invitatonal held at Wheaton Warrenville South High on Dec. 29, all while leading the Wilkkits to an overall second-place showing.

Northwestern University ranked No. 9 for student athletic participation in the state, according to a North Cook News analysis of college sports participation.

Four Nazareth High baseball players and a gymnast signed letters of intent on national signing day, Dec. 19.

Northwestern University wrestling brought in $11,249 per athlete in revenue in 2016, the fourth highest level for wrestling programs in Illinois that year, according to a North Cook News analysis of U.S. Department of Education data.

The Northwestern University football team placed a record-setting 60 players on the Academic All-Big 10 Team.

Judson University men’s soccer players Luis Germano and Niko Mihalopoulos are piling up the postseason awards in their first seasons at the school.

Former Northwestern men’s basketball player Reggie Hearn has been named USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year. The school announced on its Facebook page, highlighting that Hearn joins the likes of Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Kyrie Irving in winning the award.

The top-ranked Harper College men’s cross country team can now lay claim to eight straight NJCAA national titles.

Men’s head coach salaries at Northwestern University outpace women’s team coaches by 308 percent, according to a North Cook News analysis of recent U.S. Department of Education data.

Judson University volleyball brought in $11,430 per athlete in revenue in 2016, making it among the highest-grossing volleyball programs in Illinois that year, according to a North Cook News analysis of U.S. Department of Education data.

Basketball stars Ciaran Braboy and Spencer Boehm headlined a group of 23 New Trier High School sports stars who recently took part in the school’s Fall College Signing Ceremony, a day of recognition set aside for Trevians athletes who plan to continue playing a sport at the collegiate level.

The Northwestern Wildcats are Big 10 Western Division champs after going on the road to knock off Iowa in a 14-10 thriller.