Bernie Lincicome

Essentially harmless, Shaquille O'Neal, the formidable lump from Orlando, has yet to earn sufficient credentials to be hated. This could be because he snivels like a man half his size....

The trick, as a coach younger than Lou Henson once said, is when you are being run out of town to look like you are leading the parade. And so...

Some things you suspect, some things you guess at and some things you just know. Wrigley Field's ivy is younger than the Cubs' bullpen. Bryan Cox is the most famous...

Following one of linebacker Bryan Cox's encounters with the good folks of Buffalo, he and his teammates were pelted with Christmas candy, Santa Claus throwing some of it himself. In...

This is the first interview with Deep Blue, the computer that lost to chessmaster Garry Kasparov. Question: Do you feel as if you have let down the younger generation of...

When that one great scorer comes to mark against your name, he'll not ask who won or lost, but if you answered your mail. Bernie Lincicome, Idiots like you are...

Throw another log on the Bulls-Magic rivalry, this one made of Lucite and sentiment. If he had thought of it in time, Michael Jordan could have hauled Shaquille O'Neal out...

Phil Jackson is taking questions as he plays with the ring box in front of him, flipping the lid absently. The ring inside is his prize for being coach of...

These days you are nothing in sports if you aren't making a comeback. You can be the Big Hurt, but you can not be the Big Deal unless you've been...

In the world according to Charles Barkley, a loud and rigid place indeed, the Bulls are suspects, which is what a two-game losing streak can do to a reputation. One...