Bernie Lincicome

Is this what the NBA wants, this evil-twin slaparound that occasionally lapses into basketball? Well, give me this over any series with Phoenix in it, or the Pacers, or any...

So I'm reading Wilmington's review of a new sci-fi movie and I come to a description of the bad guys as big, ugly and sadistic--"and they keep laughing in your...

There is about Elton Brand a conspicuous sense of the good soldier, the good son, the eager innocent uncorrupted by disillusionment or failure. Clearly, the greatest season of failure in...

None of the succession of coaching inadequates who have been through town since Mike Keenan departed have made a bit of difference to the local hockey team. They have been...

The first Saturday in May is almost invariably followed by the first Sunday, which is when the latest Kentucky Derby winner is obediently proclaimed savior of horse racing and the...

Rumors persist that the NBA is having a terrific playoff tournament, although the most reliable gauge of these things, at least at my sports bar, has as many TVs tuned...

Medical flash: Ismael Valdes' fingers are day to day. The tips of the first and second fingers of Valdes' right hand look like caked oatmeal, maybe an occupational hazard for...

So, I guess he's Kid Klout now, huh? Of all the good things imagined for the rebirth of Kerry Wood, a two-run homer in his first at-bat had to be...

Pretend April didn't happen. That's what the Cubs are doing. This is how it was supposed to be, Kerry Wood escorting the pitching rotation, followed by Ismael Valdes, and Kyle...

Politics and sports go together like waxed fruit and French dressing. I mean the salad topping and not the ugly shoes, though that image works just as well. In other...