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Illini fans get wild at State Farm Center in 2022. Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Did you get wind of the latest Illinois-Iowa college basketball spat? It’s a pretty dumb one. Also a rather fun one, though not as fun …

A man was fatally shot early Saturday in the Austin neighborhood. Sun-Times file A man died after he was shot Saturday while sitting in a car in Austin on the West Side. Orlando Ware, 41, was in the vehicle about …

Jermaine Hardaway, 7, who was accepted into the Jesse White Tumblers, performs a cartwheel while coach Anthony Cabin watches at Tuley Park, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Over the holidays, Khaya Mjumbe broke his tailbone trying to learn how …

Farragut’s Latrell Kelley (12) shoots the ball over Hyde Park’s Maasi Gibson (21). Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times Saturday, February 4, 2023 Boys Basketball KISHWAUKEE RIVER Woodstock North 58, Richmond-Burton 31 Marengo at Johnsburg, 7:15 METRO SUBURBAN BLUE St. Francis at …

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. American forces shot it down Saturday off the coast of South Carolina. Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette, distributed by the Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. military on …

Iowa guard Tony Perkins scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half Saturday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Joseph Cress/AP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Tony Perkins scored 25 of his career-high 32 points in the second half and Iowa …

Seth Jones celebrated his All-Star goal Saturday with Blues forward Vladimir Tarasenko. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images It was before the Blackhawks’ most recent game in Edmonton, while looking at a forecast of subzero temperatures, when Seth Jones really began warming — …

Metea Valley’s Jakhi Gray (1) hits a three against Conant. Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times Saturday afternoon games can be a hard sell. Most casual fans don’t expect a high school basketball game to start at 4:30. So that may be …

Bulls guard Zach LaVine has had a few seasons in which he had a legitimate argument about being snubbed for the All-Star Game. But this season was not one of them. Speaking to reporters Saturday for the first time since …

President of the Civic Federation Laurence Msall in 2019. Sun-Times file Laurence Msall, a good-government advocate who drew respect from across the state’s political divides for his sharp eye on government budgeting and pension issues, died Saturday. He was 61. …

UCLA guard David Singleton, right, celebrates along with forward Adem Bona after scoring during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Washington State Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) UCLA guard Jaime …

San Pedro High School’s Jesse Garcia, Lupita Varela and Noah Ramirez celebrate a winning point during the 42nd Los Angeles Unified School District Academic Decathlon at the Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 4, 2023. (Photo by …

One thing was for certain at Santa Anita on Saturday — trainer Bob Baffert was a cinch to win the $200,000 Grade III Robert B. Lewis Stakes. This is Baffert’s favorite time of year, when the top 3-year-olds in the …

The Clippers have joined a handful of teams who are interested in landing Brooklyn Nets star guard Kyrie Irving, according to an ESPN report. The Clippers have been open about their desire to acquire a veteran point guard before Thursday’s …

Lorenz Larkin, red gloves, reacts after knocking out Mukhamed Berkhamov, blue gloves, during Bellator 290: Bader vs. Fedor 2 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, CA, Saturday, Feb 4, 2023. Lorenz won the bout via first round knockout. (Photo by …

VAN NUYS — A man believed in his 50s was crossing a Van Nuys street when he was struck by a dark-colored vehicle that fled the scene, leaving him to die, authorities said Saturday. The crash occurred at 10:15 p.m. …