Bill Jauss

Notre Dame won its first conference championship over the weekend--in golf. The Irish overcame a 13-stroke deficit to capture the Big East Golf Championship at the TPC-Avenel in Potomac, Md.,...

The work ethic displayed by manager Jim Riggleman's players was a major reason the Cubs extended his contract through 1997 on Sunday. Riggleman promptly promised more hard work designed to...

Cub reliever Randy Myers faced two batters in the ninth inning Saturday and then left the game with tightness in his left shoulder. But he wasn't the only player to...

The Cubs have won eight games in a row for the first time since their eight-game streak May 16-24, 1994. The club's last winning streak longer than eight was an...

Brian McRae played Thursday after missing three games because of tendinitis in his hand. A hand specialist ruled that if McRae could play through the pain, he could return to...

Randy Myers earned his 38th save in Wednesday's 5-3 victory over the Cardinals, and it clinched him the National League saves title for the season. Tom Henke of the Cards...

If Brian McRae's season is finished because of a hand injury, he sure ended it with a flourish. McRae, troubled for months by tendinitis in his hand, swung through the...

Why does a smart, well-coached, seldom-penalized, veteran football team suddenly get called for a rash of penalties? That's a question coach Gary Barnett and his Northwestern staff may be pondering...

Add Air Force coach Fisher DeBerry to the lengthening list of people who are being impressed by Northwestern sophomore Darnell Autry. "I have a lot of respect for their tailback,"...

Cubs manager Jim Riggleman believes in playing his regulars, even after the wild-card race is decided, rather than using players called up from farm teams. Riggleman said Thursday that Oakland...