DeMar DeRozan out for next Bulls game with thigh strain
DeRozan hasn't looked himself recently, averaging just 18 points a game this month, seven points below his season average.
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DeRozan hasn't looked himself recently, averaging just 18 points a game this month, seven points below his season average.
They ended up standing pat despite clear struggles from their core this season as the team sits two games under .500.
The 500th win was a nice addition to a resume that includes seven Chicago Public League championships and six state titles at Simeon.
The most successful boys high school basketball coach in Illinois history is getting set to step down. CBS 2's Matt Zahn had the story on why Simeon's leader decided now is the right time.
James now sits in sole possession of the NBA's all-time scoring record, which was set over 30 years ago.
"It actually feels good that they want to play with us."
What is happening is not an average high school basketball game as the away team is made up of Chicago police officers.
It's the second straight All-Star nod for him and the sixth of his career.
CBS 2 caught up with senior Cameron Christie who's following his older brother's footsteps while making his own mark along the way.
Smith is in his 19th and final season leading the Wolverines.
The head men's basketball coach at Concordia University is out. It's the latest in a story CBS 2 broke earlier this month when six of the team's players were hospitalized. Four trainers later quit.
CBS 2's Sara Machi was the first to report the controversy and has been talking with parents about their reaction to the news.
DeMar DeRozan added 26 points for the Bulls, and Nikola Vucevic finished with 16 points, 15 rebounds and six assists.
The Athletic's Darnell Mayberry broke down why the Bulls tend to play to their competition, for good or bad.
The Chicago started in 2012 as a partnership between Connor Sports, St. Sabina, and NBA stars and other organizations.
On Martin Luther King Day, the Chicago Peace Games were held with the aim of bringing together South Side youth using basketball to break down barriers.
The players were diagnosed with a potentially fatal condition, which can happen with too much exercise.
Four members of the Concordia University athletic training staff have resigned after the school ruled that head basketball coach Steve Kollar would keep his job.
The team missed its last game, this past Tuesday against Wisconsin's Lakeland College. The reason: players were sick.
The Bulls won three straight for the first time all season before losing on Monday to a team that had lost five games in a row.
The 6-foot-4 Michigan State recruit has, for a while now, been on of the most highly touted recruits in the state.
The Bulls are under .500 about one-third of the way through the season.
"He pitched the whole season. Every day of practice, he got better and better. He was trying harder and harder. Every game, he was surprising everybody and he never gave up."
At this time last season, the Bulls were 15-8 and a game out of first place in the Eastern Conference.
The Illini (4-0) will play No. 16 Virginia in Sunday's championship game of the Continental Tire Main Event. UCLA (3-1) faces fifth-ranked Baylor in the consolation game.
