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Bernie Nicholls isn't in the business of giving advice, but he'll gladly talk about one possibility for Bob Probert's new and improved lifestyle. "Any day now, he'll become a father,"...

If Andy MacPhail is permitted to leave the Minnesota Twins for the Cubs, he will represent the boldest and wisest move by this sleeping giant of a franchise since Dallas...

In 1942, with World War II threatening the planet, President Franklin D. Roosevelt thought it would be in the best interests of the United States "to keep baseball going." Something...

Under normal circumstances, you could say that witnessing the Bears vanquish Tampa Bay 21-9 Sunday is as exciting as watching grass grow. Problem is, there exists scant evidence of the...

Shaun Gayle didn't have the right stuff when he was drafted in the 10th round 10 years ago, or so he learned over lunch. While Wilber Marshall, the Bears' marquee...

There isn't much left for Nick Price to accomplish this summer, unless he can figure out how to settle the baseball strike, too. He might as well try another sport....

In this kind of heat, you have to like the guy from South Africa who doesn't wear a hat. That would be Nick Price, the world's warmest golfer. He leads...

If it makes you feel any better, baseball fans, the golfers don't get it, either. "A strike in the middle of the season?" says Greg Norman. "I'm not taking sides,...

Paul Azinger got mad about his golf game Thursday, and an encouraging sight it was to behold. There he paced, this familiar stick figure of the men's pro tour, tugging...

About a driver and a sand wedge away from Oral Roberts University, in a region where most of the shade is provided by Rush Limbaugh billboards, golf's international jet set...