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• MVC tournament: Illinois State, Bradley advance

• Notre Dame takes solace in 74-55 triumph

• Saturday: Pitt at DePaul

• Illini baseball upsets No. 1 LSU

• Dan Pompei: Browns' Quinn all business

• James Tillman, 1946-2009: Loyola basketball star

• U.S. Olympic chief resigns

• Hawthorne Race Course through the years Photos

• Chicago sports weekend on TV

• Prep scoreboard

Bears headlines

• David Haugh: Bears need to say no to T.O.

• With Sharper out, safety options shrinking for Bears

• Rick Morrissey: Bears must pursue Owens now!

• Dan Pompei: T.O. not a Bears kinda guy

Bulls headlines

• Ask K.C. Johnson

• Miller coming along with Bulls as expected—slowly

• Hey, Missy! Have you given up your Bulls season tickets?

• San Antonio adds Drew Gooden for playoff run

Blackhawks headlines

• Blackhawks head to Boston

• Bob Verdi: Hawks could be talk of the town

• Hawks in playoff mode—with 20 games to go

• Blackhawks trade for Pahlsson

College headlines

• Moment at hand for A.J. Price and Connecticut

• Cleveland State beats Illinois-Chicago

• Illinois women lose in Big Ten tournament

• Illinois loses 64-63 to Penn State on last-second shot

Cubs headlines

• A's finalize 1-year contracts with Garciaparra

• Phil Rogers: WBC a hit — in Tokyo anyway

• Heilman gives another strong effort

• Ex-Cubs farmhand looking for fresh start with Sox

White Sox headlines

• Selig defends actions on steroid abuse

• White Sox 10, Australia 3

• Forget odds, Guillen likes Sox's chances in AL

• Recap: Sox 4, Cubs 3

High School headlines

• Girls 4A Final Four: Young, Bolingbrook win

• Girls 3A Final Four: Peoria Richwoods 50, Marshall 35

• Boys 4A regional:
  De La Salle 51,
  St. Ignatius 43

• Boys 4A regional:
  Bolingbrook 61,
  Glenbard East 57

From the sports wire

• Reed scores 18 to lead Austin Peay in 67-50 win over Murray St. in OVC semifinals

• Colbert, Smith lead all Jacksonville starters in double figures in 88-72 win over Lipscomb

• Spurs clobber Wizards 100-78 without new addition Drew Gooden

• Friday scores 17 to lead Samford past Furman 57-52 in SoCon tournament

• Sportsfancy rallies through stretch to win first leg of Meadowlands' Overbid Series

• Handy hits late jumper to seal Marshall's 72-70 win over UTEP in C-USA tourney quarters

• Halladay dominant with 4 strikeouts in Blue Jays' 4-3 win over Phillies

• Hairston scores 21, Towson opens on 15-0 run in 73-62 victory over Drexel in CAA first round

• Gordon scored 34, Rose has 27 as Bulls pull away to beat the Bucks 117-102

• Brad Boyes scores in overtime to lift Blues past Lightning, 4-3