Bob Verdi

There is defeat, and there is defeat with honor. In Chicago's jagged sports history, there has been more of the former than the latter. But the Blackhawks needn't hide. This...

The Detroit Red Wings showed up at the United Center Thursday night expecting a round of handshakes. Instead, the best team in hockey got a face full of slaps. Obviously,...

One of the rarest sights on Chicago television occurred Tuesday night. The Blackhawks played a home hockey game, and you didn't have to mortgage your home to see it. Courtesy...

Well, at least it wasn't Dino Ciccarelli. That would have been the ultimate indignity for the Blackhawks and their fans, had this annual antihero raised his fists toward the roof...

And in the end, Ed Belfour stubbed his toe, too. For a second straight game, he gave the Blackhawks a chance to win. And for a second straight game, they...

As they're boasting here, the only time the San Jose Sharks touched Detroit's mighty Red Wings during that recent wipeout of a series was when it ended with perfunctory handshakes....

The Blackhawks had better get this right before it's too late. A goal saved can be as good as a goal scored, But even hockey's greatest defense cannot sustain virtually...

What an exciting Stanley Cup semifinal series this should be between the Blackhawks and Red Wings starting Thursday night. If only Gary Suter and Steve Yzerman live long enough to...

All aboard the Blackhawks' bandwagon. You have time to study the neutral-zone trap, because the big series against Detroit's mighty Red Wings doesn't begin until June 1. That's June 1,...

It's not the weather. It's the climate. According to the calendar, summer has arrived with this holiday weekend. That means the barbeque, the beach, but not necessarily baseball. And wouldn't...