Bernie Lincicome

Years after graduation, deep into alumni-hood, an Ohio Stater and a Michiganian were arguing over whose school deserved to be in the Rose Bowl. The Big Game had ended in...

Press releases I expect to be showing up any day now: The Florida Marlins denied that they are changing the name of their ballpark from Pro Player Stadium to Rented...

Obviously, Dave Wannstedt can take it. He ought to do a little more dishing it out. Wannstedt should not coach his last game for the Bears without once raising his...

Hail to the Wildcats. Snow too. Two disagreeable things come out of Iowa, weather fronts and Hayden Fry, and Northwestern managed to survive them both Saturday, closing defense of successive...

Curtain calls are inevitably sad and meager stuff, both an effort to bestow and an effort to receive for they signify the finish. They are full of loud and rueful...

Another coach would have won more than one game with this Bears' football team. Everyone knows that. Steve Stenstrom would be the quarterback by now. And a great quarterback he...

I'll take Single Adjectives That Best Describe The Bears' Football Season So Far, Alex. Typical. Comical. Futile. Dreadful. "Redundant," said Bryan Cox. No help from the linebackers. And remember to...

The first pass toward Michigan cornerback Charles Woodson, the self-proclaimed best football player in the country, sailed high over both Woodson and Joe Jurevicius, a remarkable occurrence since Jurevicius is...

The best argument against a college football playoff is this weekend. Or last weekend. Or next weekend. College football is the last place in sports where the season matters. Undefeated...

Mere moments after meeting DePaul basketball coach Pat Kennedy, only one impression is possible. This guy is full of it. Up-to-the-eyebrows full of it. He is so full of it...