Jim O'Brien

Class 8A Neuqua Valley at Bolingbrook 7 p.m. Friday Records: Neuqua Valley 10-0, Bolingbrook 8-2. On the offensive: Neuqua Valley has been balanced on offense. Senior RB Joey Rhattigan is a power back who also has speed and great vision. Senior QB...

Headlines for Monday,  May  20,  2013 IN STORES THIS WEEK Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars are back with their fourth album, Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams. Aussie rockers Airbourne return with their second album, Black Dog Barking. The Rolling...

The Sports Xchange By Sean Farrell, The Sports Xchange Canadiens 3, Senators 1 MONTREAL -- Brendan Gallagher got his second goal in as many games as the Montreal Canadiens scored three times in the second period for a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators...

Canadiens even series at 1-1 behind Gallagher, Price MONTREAL -- Rookie Brendan Gallagher came up with another big playoff game for the Montreal Canadiens and this time Carey Price backed it up with stellar goaltending that outshined Ottawa' s Craig...

The Sports Xchange Sean Farrell, The Sports Xchange Senators 4, Canadiens 2 MONTREAL -- Craig Anderson made 48 saves and Jakob Silfverberg and Marc Methot scored goals 1:53 apart early in the third period to lead the Ottawa Senators to a come-from-...

The Sports Xchange Sean Farrell, The Sports Xchange Senators mount third period comeback to take Game 1 MONTREAL -- The Ottawa Senators have Craig Anderson to thank for keeping them in their first playoff game ever in Montreal and giving them a...

The Sports Xchange By Don Brennan, The Sports Xchange Penguins 3, Senators 1 OTTAWA -- The Pittsburgh Penguins just keep on rolling. Already having clinched first place in the Eastern Conference -- and with a depleted lineup -- they racked up their...

The Sports Xchange By Don Brennan, The Sports Xchange Ailing Penguins cruise past Senators OTTAWA -- Minus two of the world's best offensive players, the Pittsburgh Penguins just keep rolling along. The Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 Monday,...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — James Neal scored twice and Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Ottawa 4-2 on Wednesday night in a game marred by the loss of Senators star defenseman Erik Karlsson to a left Achilles...

Costa Mesa High has two coaches in their first seasons with the boys' and girls' soccer programs. It would be hard to tell the two men apart, if you just listened to them. Amos Hernandez and Tamiko Davila struck me as very positive and similar when I...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOOL WRESTLING South Dakota Warner/Northwestern Triangular (Ipswich/Leola, Potter County) North Dakota Linton Tournament HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' BASKETBALL South Dakota Aberdeen Roncalli vs. Hamlin, Roncalli Gym, 6:30 p.m....

"Brave," "Frankenweenie," "Hotel Transylvania," "ParaNorman," "Rise of the Guardians," "The Pirates! Band of Misfits," "The Rabbi's Cat" and "Wreck-It Ralph" have earned nominations for  animated film of the year for the Annie Awards. Notably missing...