Almost a year ago, DaJuan Gordon walked off the floor after suffering a stinging defeat against Whitney Young in the Sectional Championship game. A promising year ended in overtime after Curie blew a five-point advantage with less than a minute remaining in regulation.
It would be a long offseason, but Gordon and his teammates returned on a mission. Curie, a public school located on Chicago’s Southwest Side, is currently on a 15-game winning streak with an impressive 29-1 record.
The squad’s most recent win was its biggest yet
'My whole community lost my son': Mother wants answers for NJ football player death
When Neptune High School standout Braeden Bradforth enrolled in a Kansas junior college to play football, it was with the hope of transferring to a four-year college and fulfilling a dream of someday playing in the NFL.
So there was a lot of stake for the 19-year-old Garden City Community College freshman as he desperately tried to keep up with teammates on the first day of practice on a hot, humid evening last summer.
Players ran 50-yard sprints as many as 36 times as part of a conditioning drill.
Neptune native Braeden Bradforth died of heat stroke following a football practice at Garden City (Kan.) Community College on Aug
Despite homeschooling, two Tennessee athletes feel like part of basketball team
When senior Jamir Kyle and junior Nate Barnard show up for basketball practice every day at North Side High School (Jackson, Tenn.), they are not walking into the gym from classes on campus. They come by car, pulling in the parking lot at 2:30 p.m. when most students are on their way home
Man’s proposal is right on target at New Jersey shooting range
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Elizabeth Smart: We are not defined by the bad things that happen to us
In 2002 Elizabeth Smart, then 14, seemingly disappeared from the face of the Earth. Nine months later she returned, and the details of her kidnapping shocked the country. Not long … Click to Continue »
What will win best picture? It’s a maddeningly close race
On a year where one of the lead Oscar contenders is titled “The Favourite,” the 91st Academy Awards lack a clear front runner. Normally a fairly predictable process with one … Click to Continue »
Museum reflects on past presidents
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Walmart customers outraged at treatment of disabled greeter
A longtime Walmart greeter who has cerebral palsy is afraid he’ll be out of work after store officials changed his job description to add tasks that he’s physically unable to … Click to Continue »
Muslim group seeks congressional probe on terror watchlist
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Top six stays steady in Super 25 Girls Soccer Rankings
The Week 5 Super 25 Winter Girls Soccer rankings from USA TODAY High School Sports and United Soccer Coaches are here.
FULL RANKINGS: Super 25 Girls Soccer, Week 5
Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches, Fla.), after seizing the No. 1 spot from JSerra Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) in the previous rankings, stays on top in this week’s list