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Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Friday, January 2, 2026 NONCONFERENCE Hersey 72, Mundelein 36 Indian Creek 61, Genoa-Kingston 44 Rock Island 74, DeKalb 57 HAMMOND MORTON, IND. Noble …

White Sox fans didn’t enter the new year with a second surprise Japanese signing after star pitcher Tatsuya Imai signed with the Astros on New Year’s Day. But the signing of Munetaka Murakami alone was reason for fans to rejoice …

The Lions ruled out four starters Friday: all-world tackle Penei Sewell (ankle), linebacker Alex Anzelone (concussion/personal), safety Thomas Harper (concussion) and defensive tackle Alim McNeill (adomen). Offensive lineman Trystan Colon was also benched with a wrist injury. Four-time Pro Bowl …

Playmaker. Rebounder. Improved shooter. And after Friday night, Bulls guard Josh Giddey can add another title to his LinkedIn profile: motivational speaker/assistant coach. That’s the role he took on in an 121-114 victory over the Magic at the United Center, …

Marist football coach Mike Fitzgerald has a schedule concern for 2026, but it’s not what you’re probably thinking. The latest CCL/ESCC realignment, which takes effect next season, moves the RedHawks into the elite Blue division. Marist, which was 4-5 and …

With two weeks of holiday tournament play in the books, here is a look back at what transpired across the state. Best team: Benet Winning the premier holiday tournament in Illinois and taking down the state’s No. 1 team along …

Dos demandas están impugnando la decisión de la administración de Trump de retirar abruptamente una subvención que proporciona a las escuelas de Illinois apoyo adicional, como programas extracurriculares, despensas de alimentos y servicios de salud mental. Ambas demandas fueron presentadas …

En un año en el que el presidente Donald Trump calificó a Chicago como la “ciudad más peligrosa del mundo” y lanzó una agresiva campaña de deportaciones, los homicidios en la ciudad finalmente bajaron al nivel más bajo en 60 …

Bears receiver Rome Odunze returned to practice Friday for the first time since Dec. 12. When he plays his next game is anybody’s guess. While Odunze is technically questionable for Sunday’s game against the Lions, the receiver demurred when asked …

As others welcomed the new year with resolutions, Melissa Nunez and Elizabeth Branske became the first couple of 2026 to marry in Cook County. They made history as the county’s first lesbian couple to win the annual lottery and take …

“It was a little bit hard, the words they were saying…” began Rey Estrada, in Spanish, when asked about being seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Oct. 21 as he did landscaping work in Rogers Park, ticking off …

The names and addresses of thousands of patients of the Illinois Department of Human Services were incorrectly made publicly viewable for the last several years, the agency said Friday. Several maps created to assist the agency with decisions — like …

Comenzamos el año en la escena del entretenimiento latino y en español de Chicago con pocas opciones, como es costumbre, pero con las necesarias para aumentar un poco la temperatura en el ánimo de los residentes de Chicago, que tras …

Una reflexión poderosa e íntima sobre las heridas perdurables de la masacre de Tlatelolco ocurrida en la Ciudad de México el 2 de octubre de 1968 sólo diez días antes de las Olimpiadas, y que por mucho, es uno de …

Anyone would have naturally bristled at what the Bears asked of running back D’Andre Swift going into this season: Change the running style that made you a star at every level and earned you a Pro Bowl nod and a …

Before Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar’s injuries, before his own injury, before the winning voodoo wore off and the Blackhawks fell out of a playoff race nobody legitimately expected them to be in, Hawks captain Nick Foligno swore this team …

Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax went away on Jan. 1, though many people will continue to pay it at the local level. Data compiled by the Illinois Municipal League shows that 656 municipalities — a little more than half of …

Three Bears teams have won the NFC North since the franchise’s last Super Bowl squad did its thing in 2006. In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we wanted to know …

This is no time for Bears quarterback Caleb Williams to slip. Confidence in him is at its peak, both within the organization and outside it, and it’s imperative he keeps it there in the final regular-season game Sunday against the …

Dealing with yet another calf issue this season, Bulls guard Coby White is trying to keep a positive face. Although he has been tested a lot, he said Friday he’s winning the inner battle. “It’s very frustrating, just because you …