Bob Verdi

Before the inaugural Skins Game was staged in 1983, bleating hearts warned that such a gimmicky event-four legends playing 18 holes for $360,000 of the house's money-would ruin professional golf...

Barry Switzer, carrying a drumstick the size of an oar, politely swallowed his food so we all could digest his fantasies. "I told you fairy tales can come true," he...

If anybody can tell the difference between need and greed, is it you, the sports fan. We realized that all over again a few weeks ago after a column about...

Ferguson Jenkins indeed tackles a challenge as the new Cubs pitching coach, but to suggest it will be his ultimate ordeal is to compare bats and balls with life and...

Having completed the Florida grand slam, the Bears return home Sunday to face Hurricane Barry. Which is as it should be. The forecast for the Bears always seems to be...

At these prices, Phil Jackson probably could have gotten more bang for his buck. But the cerebral Bulls coach is blessed with a vocabulary longer than his bench, and, besides,...

Already spreading holiday spirit, the White Sox have mailed out World Series tickets. They are for Games 1, 2, 6 and 7, if necessary, to the 1994 tournament at Comiskey...

Joe Paterno says we should not feel sorry for him, and his wish is hereby granted. Even if the Penn State Nittany Lions demolish the Oregon Rubber Duckies 52-0 in...

Maybe what bowling needs is a corked-ball controversy. Or a drug scandal. Or an alley-emptying brawl. Something. Anything. The sport is such a secret, you can hear a pin drop....

It says here in The Ring Record Book, boxing's bible, that George Foreman was born in Marshall, Texas, in January of 1948. Attempts to verify this information at mission control...