Sports

Upset: Minooka 45, Plainfield Central 14

By Paul Katula •
A football game finished upside-down in terms of how our predictive stats said it should finish, and Chicago teachers and teachers everywhere need to learn a little something from this football game.

IHSA acted correctly by not granting strike waiver

By Paul Katula •
The IHSA denied a waiver of its by-laws to Chicago Public Schools during their current teachers' strike. Teams cannot compete, although practices can continue under certain conditions.

Chicago students have contingencies if teachers strike

By Paul Katula •
Chicago Public Schools teachers may be on strike by Monday, leaving many students, student-athletes, and school officials wondering what they'll do to keep up with the demands of school life, which don't wait for a teachers strike to end.

Nat’l Assoc. of Basketball Coaches files amicus brief in affirmative action case

By Press Release •
The National Association of Basketball Coaches has filed an amicus ("friend of the Court") brief with the US Supreme Court in the case of a white girl who was denied admission to the University of Texas, Austin, but says she was more qualified than many of the African-American students who were admitted, because the university uses race as one of the factors in deciding admission.

Illinois, Maryland not among states to adopt heat acclimatization guidelines

By Paul Katula •
New guidelines for heat illness, issued by an inter-agency task force, including the National Athletic Trainers' Association, have been adopted by 7 states, not including Maryland or Illinois. But schools in those two states are still well aware of the need for improvements to the way the preseason works in terms of heat acclimatization.

An explanation of our box-and-whiskers plots for football

By Paul Katula •
Our football stats are new and improved this year, but you might need a math teacher to explain how they work and what they show. (I hope so.) The box-and-whisker plots contain lots of information, just for fun.