Bernie Lincicome

Optimism asserts itself here in the most fearsome of game-day costumes, a medieval executioner here, a bullet-belted assassin there. And the fans can be pretty scary too. One such Raider...

The actual Ryder Cup is a spindly little urn hardly of any use as a doorstop or a weapon, maybe more suited as one of those board pieces in the...

Welcome to the Further Adventures of Slammin' Sammy and Big Mac, a primer for non-baseball fans. See Big Mac strike out and out and out. See Slammin' Sammy go poof...

So, that old cob Gunther Cunningham was right. The voice Chicago didn't want to heed knew what he was talking about when the Kansas City coach scoffed at the Bears'...

There is news and there are views. Wouldn't have it any other way. News: The White Sox vow to get free-agent help for next year. General Manager Ron Schueler says...

"He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That's the Chicago way." --Sean Connery...

And just when I've checked the spelling of "juggernaut" and am considering changing it to "Jaurongernaut," Kansas City cuts a 17-point lead to three and the Bears are depending on...

Life between Sammies is a manageable 40 minutes or so. Much can be accomplished. A car wash. A root canal. Three holes of golf: bogey, par, bogey by my card...

If you can't pick the all-time, all-Bear, all-century football team, what's the last special football section of the 1900s for? Using diligent research, extensive investigation and personal bias, here is...

Great nicknames are destined to outlive the man and James Augustus Hunter had one of the greatest, given to him by the same man who also once named a mule...