Bob Verdi

This should be fun, if baseball will allow it. Our national pastime, such as it is, commences the second season Tuesday, and in a progressive departure from a year ago,...

During a recent make-or-break road trip comprised of 10 games, the Cubs did it their way. They produced more contract extensions (two) than victories (one). Even for a franchise mired...

Apparently, Erik Kramer found it difficult to sleep after Sunday's surrender in Detroit and was concerned. So he opted for the ultimate test. He watched Bears game films, and when...

A catering van is seen around Halas Hall, not exactly the type of truck much of Chicago would want backing up to Bears headquarters at this point in time. "Food...

Jim Leyland picked up the telephone at his home in Pittsburgh Wednesday, but that's about all he would answer. "I'm not going to discuss teams that already have a manager,"...

God bless America, land of the free, home of the brave and winningest country on our planet, outside Wrigley Field. Why, just this past weekend, we added to the world's...

It was an appropriate conclusion to a rather formless road trip for the White Sox, who are both dangerous and endangered. On a shiny Sunday afternoon when participating arson squads...

A year ago, James Baldwin surely would have accepted such a fate, losing a game that mattered to Roger Clemens on a damp September evening in Fenway Park. "Roger Clemens,"...

How important was this game that Alex Fernandez pitched for the White Sox Thursday night? So big that he might never pitch a bigger one if he pitches with them...

Compared with Comiskey Park, a good place to catch a cold, Oriole Park at Camden Yards is where you go for pennant fever. That's where the White Sox went Tuesday...