Bob Verdi

The Colorado Rockies are one defeat away from elimination, and it's about time. Expansion teams just aren't supposed to be this good, this soon. It defies logic. Next thing you...

The magic number for the Cubs is 1997. That's when their savvy new management can make a bold move, to prove its commitment and rectify one of the worst gaffes...

Of course, baseball's new postseason formula has flaws. But at least there is one, and that beats last October's alternative. Also, it still beats the questionable playoff policies in football,...

Location, location, location. If Soldier Field is refurbished, if Soldier Field is rehabilitated, if Soldier Field is reborn, it still will be difficult to reach. That's why for Bears president...

With the regular season about to begin next week, the Blackhawks continue to agonize over an issue that haunted them all summer: Jeremy Roenick or Keith Tkaczuk? Here's a better...

After European golfers dry off from bubbly baths and bereaved American counterparts emerge from a well-earned collective funk, they should congratulate each other. Sunday's combined efforts put a new coat...

This was like the 1969 Cubs all over again, only with caddies. If you call that a tragedy, bite your tongue. A tragedy is what happened just the other morning,...

Pitching wedge from the light rough, just beyond the collar. About 18 feet above the hole. Ball lands softly, funnels on a right-to-left path. Hits the back of the cup,...

So much for sweaty palms, parched throats and rubbery knees. The United States team, liberally sprinkled with newcomers to this global arena for golf, could have betrayed at least some...

Outlined against a gray September backdrop of corporate tents, the 31st Ryder Cup matches will begin shortly after dawn Friday at luxuriant Oak Hill Country Club. This biennial competition has...