THE VOICE OF OUR YOUTH
When I started writing sports for the Tribune much earlier this century, I couldn't quite figure out what to make of Jack Brickhouse. As a fan, I watched and listened...
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MARIS RACE BEARS MARK OF DILUTION
Roger Maris got an asterisk for his considerable efforts, and it felt wrong at the time. But if his single-season home run record is broken this September in multiple fashion--by...
BASEBALL NEEDS BUD TO BE WISER AS COMMISSIONER
Boo them, and they will come. Regrettably that might be the rallying cry for disenchanted baseball fans as our erstwhile national pastime heads toward the 21st Century, entrusted to the...
ACQUIRING HULL MADE SENSE, SO THE HAWKS DIDN’T
Brett Hull, we hardly knew ye. The Blackhawks readily admit that letting Bobby Hull escape to the rival World Hockey Association was a terrible mistake, probably their worst of many....
EXIT POLL: JACKSON A CLASS ACT
One of these years, Phil Jackson probably will return to the NBA and guide another team to another title. Then, maybe he will let his beard down and throw rocks...
TALK OF FIXES STIRS BLOOD OF THIS SOCCER NUT
If you're like me, if soccer is your life, if you walk around the house in shinguards and knee-high socks, I do not have to explain the horrible feeling. When...
SOX ARE LOSING, BUT AT LEAST THEY’RE HERE
It isn't enough that the White Sox have grown accustomed to losing. Now they are sentenced to a weekend in Wrigley Field, where they must deal with novelties such as...
THERE’S ALWAYS ROOM FOR MORE OF LESS
Build it, and we will succumb. That's all there is to say about the noble proposal for a new professional football league, as concocted by those twin purveyors of public...
IN BASEBALL ASYLUM, CUBS CAN PLAY TOO
What a farce. Thanks to a certain airline that specializes in losing luggage, I've had golf clubs spend more time in Florida than Mike Piazza did. So much for that...
WHEN COOPERSTOWN CALLS, WILL WOOD STILL BE A CUB?
Now that Kerry Wood of the Cubs has established himself as a bona fide major-league pitching prodigy, the next question is painfully obvious: Which hat will he wear when he...