Bob Verdi

It's not so much the altitude, but the attitude. What better way for the Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche to begin this passion play than to work overtime? They opened their...

With the Bulls about to put Pat Riley out of his misery, it's time we offer sincerest apologies for snooping on the Miami Heat rugby team. Between a 17-point defeat...

No Layups. Pressure and Body Them. Keep Ball Out of Paint. One Shot. Pat Riley, famed motivator and $45,000-a-speech raconteur, scrawled those messages on the board. For his Miami Heat...

The pro bowlers are in town this week, but relax. You won't have to hide your children, your pets or even your finest linen. These are just regular guys. They...

True, this is Chicago, where we are trained to think the unthinkable, and not fear failure so much as expect it. But this team is different. This is Destiny's Dozen,...

Psst. Are we allowed to talk hockey here? You remember hockey. It's the other winter sport in Chicago. Been played here for 70 years, not that you would know it...

So, where do these Bulls rank on the cosmic scale of greatness? Particulars are skewed and blurred by time's passage, so there can be no answer in black and white....

Absolutely the only golfer who could prevent Greg Norman from winning this Masters succeeded despite colossal odds. Actually, it is quite a feat, strangling oneself in broad daylight while also...

The pearly gates were unlocked at 8 o'clock sharp Saturday morning, and thousands of spectators awaited this grand opening, all the better to stake out positions for a match that...

The denials are emphatic, but the hints are everywhere, as much a part of this Masters landscape as the pine needles. Eldrick "Tiger" Woods, the 20-year-old golf prodigy, will turn...