More top stories

• NU's focus: Better rebounding
  • Wed.: NU at Wisconsin

• Irish home streak alive

• New Illini coordinator opens Texas recruiting doors

• Teddy Greenstein: Okla. coordinator has NU roots
  • Fla. reaction to Tebow rip

• Coaches see flood of Big Ten teams in NCAA tournament

• Illinois State back in Peoria, where season fell apart in '07-08

• Loyola Ramblers edge Wisconsin-Green Bay

• USOC's Roush resigns

• College bowl results

• Prep scoreboard

Bears headlines

• David Haugh: Patience best policy — for now

• Surging Eagles beat Vikings

• Dan Pompei: Top seeds beware: Underdogs learning new tricks

• Scout talk: Dan Pompei's mock NFL Draft

Bulls headlines

• Rick Morrissey: Throw Noah overboard now

• Bulls beaten down and bruised

• Melissa Isaacson: Hawks more fun than Bulls

• Gooden dealt setback

Blackhawks headlines

• If it's not the Wings, it's a win for Hawks

• Blackhawks still eyeing All-Star roster

• Kane to miss a game with Hawks for 1st time

• Blackhawks no longer All-Stars in the making

College headlines

• True star of the show

• Michigan ends Illinois' 7-game winning streak

• Irish need McAlarney to regain shot

• Marquette routs Cincinnati

Cubs headlines

• Fred Mitchell: Lee Smith doesn't understand Hall snub

• Cubs trade Mark DeRosa

• Baseball Hall of Fame: Cooperstown calling?

• MLB Network shows early potential

White Sox headlines

• Rays have interest in signing Griffey Jr.

• Phil Rogers: Money can't buy you Series

• Owens, Fields figure in White Sox's plans

• Darrin Jackson headed to White Sox radio

High School headlines

• CPS Holiday tournament: North Lawndale wins it all

• Girls basketball: Lincoln-Way East upsets Fenwick

• Top 20: New girls basketball rankings

• Athlete of Month:
  Ashley Wilson

From the sports wire

• Boston College AD waiting to hear from football coach before commenting on future

• Backstrom's 28 saves give defensively-minded Wild 1-0 win over Bruins

• Taylor's 29 propels UCF to 70-57 win against Holy Cross

• Bernardini scores 18, Rosen a career-high 17 as Penn beats Lafayette 84-70

• Syracuse upsets No. 17 Rutgers 68-54 behind Michael's double-double

• Scott's double-double leads Virginia past Brown 74-50 in nonconference finale

• Still pursuing pitchers, Mets plan to meet with agent Scott Boras about Lowe, Perez

• Bears continue to shake up staff, fire linebackers coach Lloyd Lee

• Rockets F Artest sits out against 76ers with sore right ankle

• Titans' Smash and Dash duo on a mission to run against stingy Baltimore Ravens