Bernie Lincicome

Coincidentally, the theme for this year's Rose Bowl parade is "Kids' Laughter and Dreams," heretofore the top two items of Northwestern's football resume, laughter getting appropriate billing over dreams. The...

Directions to USC's athletic facility were simple. Go to the big building with all the trophies, I was told. Can't miss it. This was true. From across the courtyard I...

I'll take The Color Purple for $8 million, Alex. What is Northwestern and how has it saved the Rose Bowl? Too bad Southern Cal coach John Robinson could not inspire...

The word for today is roller coaster. I guess that's two words, and that's as it should be. Even the Bears are impressed with their perpetual duality. Good Bears, bad...

It is handy that the Tribune Holiday Fund and the baseball Hall of Fame ballot are simultaneous concerns, since I am always reminded to be generous in both cases. The...

At 7-7, the Bears are not only certifiably mediocre but they can take the distinction as a compliment. Reality, like an object in a rearview mirror, is closer than it...

Once again it is time to bestow the coveted Bernies, annual awards for extraordinary achievement in sports. It is unclear if 1995 was the Year of the Great Comeback--Michael Jordan,...

Not rain nor sleet nor hiding in the bushes and growling like a Rottweiler will keep the postman from delivering my mail. Dear Mr. Lincicome, Concerning your article on the...

Voodoo, hoodoo, whoop-dee-doo won't help from here, not for the Bears, even if they knew the words, and no chance of that. The Bears are a lullaby in the fat...

If the Chicago Bears were the Miami Dolphins, and maybe they are, the fate of the head coach is a local story. Even if Jimmy Johnson is sitting in the...