Bob Verdi

If Barry Bonds feels all hot and bothered now, wait until he draws closer to Babe Ruth's career home run mark of 714. When Hank Aaron approached that hallowed turf,...

Wally Phillips, the king of Chicago radio forever, wanted a guest for his WGN-AM 720 morning show. So one of his assistants sought to secure a "big-name" guest before Thursday's...

So here comes baseball, making a valiant attempt to attach itself to a couple of other national pastimes--bailouts and layoffs. But before you contract the contraction virus, here's a morsel...

When the screaming finally subsides over Casey Martin's right to play golf with a cart, let us see what indeed poses a greater threat to deflating our precious little sports...

In the good old days, when the New York Yankees beat everybody else like a rug, they at least served a purpose for millions of baseball fans. You could loathe...

Frank Thomas has been around Chicago long enough to remember how Michael Jordan dealt with the pangs of poverty. For many years, His Airness was underpaid as star of the...

Allan H. "Bud"' Selig, commissioner of this volatile industry called baseball, has yet to issue a gag order on typist-clerks. We admire Selig, but before he gets any ideas, here...

I hereby plead guilty to a charge of moral depravity because I cannot, with all honesty, say that I detest the XFL. In fact, I am ambivalent about the new...

It's baseball convention weekend in Chicago, and after a rather difficult 20th Century, this should be a glorious time. Whenever a bunch of Cubs and White Sox gather with no...

David Wells throws, bats and thinks left-handed. Why he makes me think of Rick Sutcliffe I have no idea, but it might have something to do with presence. The 1984...