By Triton Athletics

For Triton College head men’s basketball coach Steve Christiansen, visiting Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove is always a little extra special. Christiansen is a native of Hinckley, Ill., just a short 15 minute drive to Waubonsee. So when Triton comes to town, many of Christiansen’s family and friends fill the stands to cheer him and the Trojans on.
Last weekend’s trip to Waubonsee was even more memorable for Christiansen. The Trojan’s 93-59 win over McHenry County College in the NJCAA Region IV District 3 semifinal earned him his 300th career win at Triton. It also earned the Trojans a berth in the regional championship game.
They’ll face Black Hawk College-East for the regional title March 5 at 5 p.m. at Waubonsee. The winner earns a trip to the national tournament later this month in Danville.

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Posted on March 3, 2016

By Triton Athletics

The Triton College women’s basketball team has defied the odds all season en route to reaching their first regional championship game appearance in 22 years. In order to win the NJCAA Region IV District D crown Saturday, the Lady Trojans Triton will have to defeat Kankakee Community College for the first team in the school’s history.
Tip-off is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove.

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Posted on March 3, 2016

By Roger Wallenstein

Eddie Einhorn was unfamiliar to longtime White Sox fans when he surfaced in Chicago as Jerry Reinsdorf’s partner, leading a team of investors who purchased the ballclub prior to the 1981 season.
Einhorn, who died last week at 80, has been credited with bringing college basketball into the living rooms of millions of Americans beginning in the 1960s via his innovative TVS Network. But as far as baseball on the South Side was concerned, there was no connection when he surfaced 35 years ago.

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Posted on March 2, 2016

By Jim Coffman

Are the “you have to rest players more” people happy? This Bulls season is what you get when everyone in a basketball organization is focused more on rest than victories. Next up on the schedule is Miami.
The Bulls head into Tuesday night’s action seventh in the Eastern Conference at 30-28. They trail the fourth-place Heat by only 2.5 games. Unfortunately, they also only lead the 10th-place Wizards by 1.5.
The primary question plaguing the Bulls is the same that it has been forever – what’s going on with Derrick Rose? The answer is that he’s doing what all the rest lovers told him to do – he’s sitting out “meaningless” regular season games.

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Posted on March 1, 2016

Sure, everyone wants Clayton Kershaw on their fantasy team, but there’s also tremendous depth as you run down the fantasy SP rankings. Heck, the No. 10 pitcher on my list could very well be this year’s NL Cy Young, and last year’s AL Cy Young doesn’t come up until No. 12, yet I expect him to be pretty much the same dominant starter he was in 2015.

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Posted on March 1, 2016