Bernie Lincicome

At least Frank Thomas is on the cover of the media guide. Not being one of the "kids"--you know, the ones who can play--Thomas is not currently promotion compliant, a...

Jack Nicklaus won't be in Augusta for the Masters this week. Bobby Jones himself invited Nicklaus there as an amateur 40 years ago and the kid they called Ohio Fats...

Time once again for Solution Man. Any problem can be solved with some plain, common sense and a healthy respect for the absurd. Today's problem: What to do about baseball's...

Not to wish Sammy Sosa or Mark McGwire any bad luck; a medium, slightly embarrassing flop will do. Something reasonable, 35 home runs each, maybe 40. You know, mortal stuff....

Press releases I expect to find crossing my desk any day now: With a long tradition of outfield advertising, scoreboard commercials, naming baseball parks in return for corporate payoffs, obvious...

"We celebrate like I talk," said Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun, which, if true, means his basketball team still is going to be dancing on Memorial Day, provided, of course, it...

Connecticut basketball players were still looking for bellies to bump and already the chant from the stands left no doubt what was expected of them next. "We want Duke! We...

One day you are ordering your second helping of key lime pie and you look up and notice your old school is in the Final Four. You can't remember the...

Will the last Chicago athlete anybody can pick out of a lineup or off the back of a milk carton please report to the departure lounge. Remember, your hockey stick...

Never mind. Enjoy the grouper, Connecticut. Stroll the beach, Ohio State. Tour a cigar factory, Michigan State. Pack some sunblock, all of you. Take a book. I hear the new...