POUR THE SYRUP: NATIONAL TITLE HOPES PANCAKED
To the winners go the gloat. To the winners go the tomorrows. "In the pregame hype," said Ohio State tackle Orlando Pace of Notre Dame defensive end Melvin Dansby, "Melvin...
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WHEN THIS BUCKEYE GOES FLAT, OPPONENTS TREMBLE
While Orlando Pace did not invent the pancake block, the Ohio State tackle has become its foremost client. Michael Jordan did not invent the slam dunk either, but all others...
RYNO’S COMEBACK A BIT TOO HO-HUM
It was always thankless to try a comeback in the same town as Michael Jordan, who simply set the standard for all time. Ryne Sandberg needed to lead the Cubs...
WELL, UH, THIS, UH, IS, UH, GOING TO GET, UH, WORSE
The bottom is still down there somewhere, below Rashaan Salaam's thumbs and Dave Wannstedt's exasperation and Alonzo Spellman's peeve valve, below Bryan Cox's victory fandango down by 12 points. The...
NU’S GLASS HALF FULL, AND LEAKING
Apologies come with victory these days at Northwestern, which is equal parts progress and pretension, and both beat losing. If the defending Big Ten champion isn't scoring 70 a game...
COMING TO BEVINGTON’S, UH, DEFENSE
As the founder and surviving member of the Terry Bevington for Life Club (TBLC), it is up to me once again to defend the manager of the White Sox from...
MAIL ALWAYS HARD TO FIGURE, LIKE RODMAN
Ernest Hemingway once told F. Scott Fitzgerald that he loved to write letters because it was a good way to keep from working and still feel like you'd done something....
A LITTLE WINNING MIGHT STOP ALL THE WHINING
Panic's frontier is indistinct, but three games into a Bears season seems a little early. So let's say one more loss is the limit, or two, though teams do not...
DISAPPOINTING POWLUS WINNING NUMBERS GAME
Quarterback Ron Powlus will be defined by the next two weeks. All that he came to Notre Dame to do is there to be had, first in Austin, Texas, then...
TYSON LIKELY WILL KNOCK SENSE INTO HOLYFIELD
Neither the hue nor the cry has ever much bothered boxing, so the public annoyance with Mike Tyson and a fainting creature named Bruce Seldon will last about as long...