America’s Original March Madness continues tonight in the boys high school basketball post-season. From the Corn Belt Conference, Olympia hosts Quincy Notre Dame in a Class 2A Sectional semifinal. Three of the four remaining Heart of Illinois Conference squads are crammed into the same sectional at Arcola, where Heyworth takes on Cissna Park tonight and Ridgeview and Fisher will meet tomorrow.

Class 3A and 4A Regional play opens as Pontiac and Prairie Central will play in separate games tomorrow night at Coal City.

Illinois Wesleyan women’s basketball is back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since taking the national championship in 2012. The Titans earned a bid and will face Number 17 Trine on Friday in northern Ohio.

Illinois State men’s basketball awaits the winner of Indiana State and Evansville in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament quarterfinals in St. Louis on Friday at noon.

The Bulls host the Denver Nuggets tonight. The Blues host the Edmonton Oilers tonight while the Blackhawks take the evening off.

The Bears are not expected to put the franchise tag on receiver Alshon Jeffery, who becomes a free agent next week.

The Cubs are attempting to draw up a bid for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2020. Team officials say they hope to meet with Chicago leaders in the next few months to plan.

Former reliever Lee Smith is the latest former big leaguer to join the roster for the Legends Game on July 29th at the Corn Crib in Normal. That brings the total of former major league stars to 11 for the event hosted by the CornBelters.

The Bulls host the Denver Nuggets tonight. On the ice, the Blues host the Edmonton Oilers tonight while the Blackhawks take the evening off.