Bob Verdi

Not long ago, Ethan Moreau made a huge assumption. After the Hawks missed the playoffs last spring, he said he "almost felt embarrassed to walk around the city." If Moreau...

News: Albert Belle declares free agency. Views: If I'm Jerry Reinsdorf, I employ my full executive power as chairman of the White Sox and implore my rich, successful pal, George...

The World Series TV ratings are in, they were abysmal, and thus we are compelled to pose an uncomfortable question: Will baseball, which supposedly was saved from itself in 1998,...

With all due respect, the hunch here is that Mayor Richard M. Daley had to be jesting the other day when he suggested the Bears move to Comiskey Park. His...

Wait until next year. During their somewhat troubled century, the Cubs have made this an unofficial team slogan. But, like most things they do, it doesn't always work. Just when...

Well, it's that time again. During their somewhat troubled century, the Cubs have had an unofficial team slogan: Wait until next year. Unfortunately, like a lot of stuff the team...

How strange it will be Sunday at Wrigley Field, another day in another September when the Cubs conclude another home schedule, but with a proviso not usually required around these...

Kindly take note that for the 90th consecutive year, no member of the Cubs has been accused of taking performance-enhancing drugs. Mark McGwire, of course, is not so fortunate as...

The more he wrote, the more he embarrassed the rest of us. But we loved Jim Murray, anyway, because he was as wonderful a person as he was a sports...

Even when packed with zealous fans cheering players who can actually block and tackle, Soldier Field at best resembles a mausoleum. One shudders to imagine what the worst facility in...