Bernie Lincicome

Another book is inevitable, Phil Jackson's third, from a basketball lifer who reads more than he writes. Devout literacy may be a more amazing achievement than nine souvenir rings, harder...

All or nothing. Nothing. Needing two points to tie, Indiana went for three to win, bravely and stupidly, arrogantly, losing to the Lakers Wednesday night and losing any reasonable chance...

As if declaring their annoying Hoosierness would be enough to defeat the Lakers, the Pacers trotted out all the weapons of the breed Sunday, from David Letterman imploring "Make Daddy...

Simple job, really, managing the Cubs. Keep Sammy Sosa happy, signal to the bullpen with your fingers crossed. Anybody can do it. And has. Don Zimmer did it, for crying...

When first I heard Indiana guard Mark Jackson identify Shaquille O'Neal as "the Big Aristotle," I was not certain this was not some sort of gaudy trash talk, because the...

When first I heard Indiana guard Mark Jackson identify Shaquille O'Neal as "the Big Aristotle," I was not certain this was not some sort of gaudy trash talk, because the...

Incidentally and essentially, the NBA Finals authenticate greatness, not that anyone is likely to confuse Luc Longley with Kareem Abdul-Anybody. Still, the finger jewelry is self-gloating. "You win a ring,...

Nevertheless, there shall be an NBA Finals, although it should be called Post-Finals or Finals Appendix. It will be a victory lap for the Lakers of Los Angeles, as it...

How long he has been called the Old Warrior, I don't know. For quite a while now. Never again. A friend in New Jersey refers to Patrick Ewing just by...

On behalf of the sane section of Chicago, which is anywhere but cap-grabbing distance of the visiting bullpen, may I express my unconcern that we allowed John Rocker to pass...