Bernie Lincicome

Never has there been an Opening Day like this one, tardy and anxious, full of relief and full of doubt. Baseball is back like some sneaky truant unsure if it...

It was easy to parody Howard Cosell. Everyone could do that pushy, nasal, New York voice. The one I would do at parties was Cosell interviewing Mickey Mantle: "Mick, your...

Taking the Bears at their word, it is easy to imagine actual giggles breaking out in the draft room after Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam had been entirely ignored by...

It is not true that the postman always rings twice. Very often he just mutters under his breath and shakes his head. Dear Bernie: Regarding your non-tearful farewell to The...

Early in his career, someone ran a contest to find a nickname for the young San Francisco quarterback, as if the one he already had was not distinctive enough. As...

It was all instinct. No time to think, no time to doubt. Only time to be Michael Jordan. Maybe it was the jinx-breaker, that one shot that will make the...

Destination: HoHoKam Park. The plan is to be late, show up in the fourth or fifth inning. If baseball is in no hurry, why should I be? All protest is...

The picketer, in full uniform, shouted "Scab!" at his replacement and shook his fist at his taillights. Baseball was back. The first real spring training game would begin soon. Fans...

The Cubs are somewhere in the second hour of pantomime baseball and proving to be as adept at it as the real thing, that is to say, fifth place comes...

Frank Bruno, the next accomplice in the Oliver McCall-pretends-to-be-heavyweight-champion escapade, stifled a yawn. It was late and the casino operators were already irritated by several hours lost at the gaming...