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All Stories from March 14, 2025 (Change date)

Boys basketball: Warren turns up pressure on Rich Township, advances to Class 4A state championship game

By Randy Whalen
Mar 14, 2025 11:12 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Jaxson Davis was excited. The sophomore point guard had every reason to be. Playing at the same university where his dad, Brian Davis, played football, he pou...
Billy Dean Saylor: 2025 candidate for Carpentersville village board

Mar 14, 2025 10:55 pm - Billy Dean Saylor is one of five candidates running for three seats on the Carpentersville village board in the April 1 consolidated election.
Banda scores twice and Orlando routs Chicago 6-0 in NWSL opener

By THEO LLOYD-HUGHES
Mar 14, 2025 10:23 pm - The reigning NWSL champion Orlando Pride opened the 2025 National Women's Soccer League season with a 6-0 rout over the Chicago Star. Barbra Banda scored a pair of goals for the Pride, who tied the record for the largest win in team history. Banda, Orlando's top scorer in 2024, scored in the 80th and 87th minutes.
High school scores for March 14

Mar 14, 2025 10:21 pm - Boys basketball Class 4A state semifinals No. 3 Benet Academy 56, No. 1 Evanston 47 No. 2 Warren 66, No. 3 Rich Township 49 Class 3A third place game No. 2...
The growth of women’s sports is spurring a building boom

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Mar 14, 2025 10:18 pm - While it might not be the flashiest way to chart success, a building boom is showing that more investment is flowing into women's sports. There's already a dedicated soccer stadium in the National Women's Soccer League and another one is planned. The WNBA has seen a jump in new practice facilities. These new facilities, often designed specifically for women's needs, help teams attract and retain talent, while also allowing for new revenue streams, like additional sponsorship opportunities.
Boys basketball: Benet’s defensive tenacity sends them past Evanston to IHSA Class 4A title game

By Steve Soucie
Mar 14, 2025 9:23 pm - For much of the first three quarters of the Class 4A state tournament semifinal matchup with Evanston, many of the things that got Benet to state weren’t really present. ...
Tampa Bay Rays withdraw from planned $1.3 billion ballpark in St. Petersburg, citing storms, delays

By CURT ANDERSON
Mar 14, 2025 9:22 pm - The Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday withdrew from a $1.3 billion ballpark project, citing hurricanes and delays that likely will drive up the proposal's cost. The team issued a statement by principal owner Stuart Sternberg saying that "a series of events" in October, which included severe damage to the existing Tropicana Field, led to what he called "this difficult decision." the Rays are set to play this season's home games across Tampa Bay at the New York Yankees' spring training home, 11,000-seat Steinbrenner Field.
Bid to launch women’s Division I hockey at Michigan moving forward, regent Denise Ilitch tells the AP

By JOHN WAWROW
Mar 14, 2025 9:17 pm - University of Michigan regent Denise Ilitch tells The Associated Press she believes there's enough support for the Big Ten school to launch a Division I women's hockey program that it's only a matter of when, not if, it will happen. Among the major issues still to to be resolved is determining whether to build a new facility to house both the men's and women's teams under one roof and paying for a projected cost of at least $300 million.
Hawkeyes’ worst season in 7 years prompts firing of Fran McCaffery, program’s all-time wins leader

By ERIC OLSON
Mar 14, 2025 9:06 pm - Iowa has fired coach Fran McCaffery after the Hawkeyes won their fewest games and had their lowest Big Ten regular-season finish in seven years. The 65-year-old McCaffery was under contract through 2028 and said last week that he intended to return for a 16th season rather than retire. Athletic director Beth Goetz decided a change was in order amid declining attendance at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and will sign off on McCaffery's $4.2 million buyout. McCaffery was 297-207 at Iowa. He was fired on Friday.
Democratic Party fractures in government shutdown fight, with anger running high

By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO
Mar 14, 2025 8:44 pm - The Democratic Party was fracturing Friday as a torrent of frustration and anger was unleashed at Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, who faced what they saw as an awful choice: shut the government down or consent to a Republican funding bill that allows President Donald Trump to continue slashing the federal government.

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