Bob Verdi

Forget those concerns about security at the World Cup. The question is not whether soccer players will be safe, but whether they'll be sane. Now, the last thing we need...

The word is "purist" and it has been tossed around a lot lately. Whenever someone or something in sports offends the sensibilities, we feel that urge to remember a more...

After the monkeys got the Cubs off their backs Wednesday, I heard the most unusual explanation yet for all that futility by the firehouse. "You realize what they're doing over...

We always hear that golf is a sport to be played from ages 8 to 80. If that indeed is the sad truth, at least there should be one ball...

Remember to score. That was the Blackhawks' survival plan Thursday night, or else. The other part of the equation-remembering the roar-never has been a problem for Stadium fans. Nor was...

And the organ played on. Surely, this was no way to say goodbye to a great lady. After 65 years of standing tall on West Madison Street, the Stadium closed...

Everything you wanted to ask about the lively ball and the deadly realignment but were afraid to know: Q-The major leagues went to a six-division format this season to create...

He's going fishing. However and whenever this season ends for the Bulls, Phil Jackson will retire briefly from his public life as coach and return to Montana. And don't call...

What the Bulls must realize now is that the last six months mean nil. They had a better winter than Chicago did, but those 55 victories, like snow blowers, are...

Regardless of their fate in the ongoing Stanley Cup playoffs, the Blackhawks will do more than move into new offices when they cross the street next season. There will be...