Bob Verdi

It is starting out to be a more peaceful year than last, and again we take our marching orders from the leafy state of Oregon. The Ducks and their Quack...

If Abraham Lincoln had met the opposing quarterbacks for the 81st Rose Bowl, he might have hedged on his notion that all men are created equal. Kerry Collins of Penn...

PASADENA, Calif.- Everything you wanted to know about next year's 81st Rose Bowl before this year is over. Question: How big is the "Grandaddy of Them All" going to be?...

It's been a year when athletes, more than ever, became parole models. The owners were no bargain, either, and there are a few coaches and agents who should wear bags...

Nowhere within the NFL manual on playoff eligibility is there a clause about style points. In fact, the Bears could have qualified Saturday by scoring no points whatsoever, a mark...

It has been a year of living dangerously for baseball, but, as they always say around what once was the most perfect sport of all, wait until next year. What...

They must have known something when they built Phil Jackson's office in the United Center. Even if a desperate coach were to walk from the desk to the window for...

There will be two football teams at Soldier Field Saturday. That represents an upgrade from last Sunday, when the Los Angeles Rams exhibited the killer instinct of a common household...

Not even Jimmy Johnson can straighten out a hairy situation. This legend announced over the weekend that his sabbatical from coaching shall continue indefinitely, that he will remain just another...

So, what's the real reason why baseball owners delayed implementing a salary cap? (A) They are waiting until Jack McDowell and his rock group find a suitable band shell in...