Bernie Lincicome

Goodbye to college football and all that, not to be seen again until the new year. Northwestern, too, which is hardly the way to nurse a twice-a-century story. Worse than...

The remarkable thing about Dennis Rodman showing up in a skin magazine is that you can see more of Rodman there than on the basketball court. His four-game tenure with...

Some things you suspect, some things you guess at and some things you just know. The Bears' offense at a new football stadium in Gary would be three yards and...

Kevin Butler wins a game. The Bear defense wins a game. Well, OK, the Bear defense doesn't lose a game. Todd Sauerbrun kicks the ball like it has air in...

After all, this is the only way it could end, Northwestern's greatest football season. Anything less than the Rose Bowl would have been not only unfulfilling but also anti-fable. It...

Surrender is, incidentally, not an option, though it might be hard to distinguish it from whatever it is the Bears are doing on the football field these days. This is...

They paused to touch the trophy, the Big Ten championship trophy, there in the winning locker room. It was real. It was theirs. The season of dreams was now indelible....

I like Soldier Field. I would like it better with a press lounge, soft seats and a shorter walk from the parking lot. But I like it fine. I can...

My Heisman Trophy ballot arrives with the instructions to "Please Print." This, I take it, is a precaution should I designate Michigan's Tshimanga Biakabutuka. Otherwise, I am on my own....

It is a precious gift the Bears have, to make an entire village happy just by leaving the field, inevitably as the losing football team. As the Bears exited Sunday,...