Rio Olympics’ epitaph: It wasn’t as bad as we expected
Nothing fades quite like an Olympic moment. There it is. Now it's gone. Four years later there's another one. The tears and the cheers, the anthems and the flags, the...
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Faded stars mostly discover happy endings aren’t promised nor delivered
Beloved lasts as long as the stats do. The parade's arrival is always louder than its departure. The music builds, the music fades. The melancholy goodbye of Alex Rodriguez echoes...
Old school tie: When it comes to being No. 1, Ohio State is first
As rankings go, the one determining Ohio State to be the all-time best college football program is as reliable as it is disorienting; that is to say, go figure. The...
What passes for quarterback euphoria for Bears? Jay Cutler’s mediocrity
The Bears begin again with good news. Well, maybe only good-ish news. But better news than expected. What passes as good news for the Bears is the relief that their...
So what if the Russians cheated at the Olympics?
Don't cry for me, Vladivostok. Well, we certainly will try not to, should it come to pass that the second-greatest Olympic-medal-winning nation of all time is not allowed to play...
Even if it wins gold, U.S. Olympic basketball team has lost its luster
It says here that the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team is better than we think. This is the kind of endorsement generally applied to used cars, blind dates and unfamiliar...
Even if it wins gold, U.S. Olympic basketball team has lost its luster
It says here that the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team is better than we think. This is the kind of endorsement generally applied to used cars, blind dates and unfamiliar...
Bulls indulge Dwyane Wade’s desire
Having a passing familiarity with the term "aged legend," my sympathy is with Dwyane Wade, who somehow has returned to Chicago without anyone having noticed he was gone. Wade's identification...
Buddy Ryan, Pat Summitt were tough coaches, but does that always work?
Death should not be an endorsement for bullying, for using fear as a hammer and spite as a spur, not to say that it doesn't work as we collect old...
Derrick Rose another Chicago story of what might have been
An heirloom for pocket lint. Well, it had to be done. Everyone agrees on that. So long, Derrick Rose, and welcome whomever. Too bad it didn't work out. Gave it...