Bob Verdi

Now that owners and players have reduced local air-pollution levels by leaving town, we can get a clearer picture of when this stupid strike might end. As you probably know,...

Jerry Reinsdorf surely doesn't look like the 10-ton gorilla he's supposed to be, but his words are those of a baseball heavyweight. "I think a substantial number of regular players...

However long this lasts, there is no future to it. The Cubs did everything right Friday while thrashing Seattle 10-1 in a Cactus League opener that felt like it was...

Let Stan Mikita tell you about another miracle on ice. There's the ongoing celebration at Lake Placid, N.Y., for the 15th anniversary of the United States' gold medal hockey experience...

They want to be treated as individuals and with respect. That's the hymn of superstar athletes in the '90s, a magnitude-of-me generation. If money doesn't altogether corrupt our heroes, it...

Gary Suter was pausing between practice and pushups Wednesday when word spread throughout the United Center. The Blackhawks had made another trade. Paul Ysebaert and Rich Sutter were off to...

It might be wise to dust off a few of those old jokes about Curtis Strange. You remember him. The pro from Mt. Rushmore. The guy they ask to leave...

At the Bob Hope Classic, it's always shanks for the memories . . . - Mike Ditka, one of the most popular amateurs in the celebrity field, brought a 5-handicap...

If only official scorers for President Bill Clinton's golf game Wednesday applied such creative accounting to the federal budget, there would be no deficit by Thursday. Clinton posted a 93...

Our mission today is to defend Jerry Krause, the fat and paranoid Bulls general manager who never tells the truth. He dresses like an unmade bed, too. We didn't level...