SURE THE NCAA TOURNAMENTS are picking up more championship speed this week, and Major League Baseball's opening weekend is nudging the attention frame. But around Chicago, the streaking Bulls are suddenly a rising topic of sports chitchat. A key reas...

With close to 40 players committed to play soccer in college next fall, it is abundantly clear the Cook and Lake County area is a treasure trove of talent. Many of these terrific players are on their way to D-1 programs all throughout the country, as...

Baseball Andrew 17, Glenbard North 8 Belvidere North 16, Dundee-Crown 7 (5 Inn.) Burlington Central 12, Barrington 4 Conant 16, Oswego East 5 (6 Inn.) Father McGivney 22, Westminster Christian 0 (4 Inn.) Hampshire 11, Schaumburg 1 (6 Inn.) Hoffm...

High school sports scores for Thursday, March 27.

Seniors in the KidsMatter Teen Philanthropy Initiative are hosting a trivia event as part of their yearlong fundraising campaign.

Baseball Aurora Christian 7, Newark 3 Conant 13, Leyden 2 Crystal lake South 3, Johnston City 1 Downers Grove North 7, Plainfield East 4 Elgin 7, Zion-Benon 3 Geneva 17, Glenbard West 8 Grayslake Central 10, Calhoun 0 Jacobs 14, Harvest Christia...

After a yearlong search, the Sundance Film Festival announced Thursday that its new home will be Boulder, Colorado, keeping Sundance in the mountains but moving it out of Park City, the Utah ski town that had for decades provided the premier independent film gathering its picturesque, snowy backdrop.

Actress Maria Clara Ospina discovered her passion for children’s theater while attending North Central College. A Chicago Children’s Theatre veteran, she co-stars in the company’s premiere of “Go Dog Go! (Ve Perro ¡Ve!).

Self-taught cellist and Lake County native Drew Wiegman headlines the James Lumber Center in Grayslake, Elmhurst History Museum examines DuPage County’s farming legacy, and the Lyric Opera stages the Chicago premiere of the new adults-only “The Listeners.”

Mark your calendar for Marc Maron, Paramount Theatre’s “Waitress,” TAIKOPROJECT, Peabo Bryson, SnkrFest, Nick Swardson and more happening this week.