Bob Verdi

All the purists out there can open their eyes again. Baseball is about to return to status quo. Our national pastime will be saved from Michael Jordan. Oh, he and...

By removing that label as perishable goods, Scott Sanderson has conquered one of the most difficult tasks in baseball. You get a reputation in this industry, and it tends to...

If the Cubs go nowhere again this season, rest assured they will do so more quickly, more alertly and with greater energy. That's the party line, anyway, from Tom Trebelhorn,...

Randy Myers arrives at the ballpark early and leaves late, but there still aren't enough hours in the day to sift through all that stuff. He gets two lockers instead...

For the first time since 1974, Robin Yount is not around to represent a sign of spring for the Milwaukee Brewers. Only months after his erstwhile sidekick, Paul Molitor, chased...

So, you want to play for the Cubs? It goes without saying you must be able to hit, throw, run and catch. All the Cubs can do all of those...

Somebody named Steve Trachsel will be the Cubs' starting pitcher for Friday's exhibition opener against the San Francisco Giants. Is this the Cubs' way of not peaking too soon? "Wait...

Just think. If only the Tonya Harding Rules applied to Chicago sports . . . Oct. 2, 1969-Before a standing-room-only crowd at Wrigley Field for the regular-season finale, the Cubs...

People, places, things. Erik Kramer. In their eternal quest for a quarterback, have the Bears really gotten a No. 1 or merely overpaid another No. 2? Kramer says Chicago is...

Last February, Tom Kite shot 35-under par to win the Bob Hope Classic. This year, Kite paid. He was 2 under and missed the cut. But at least, he wasn't...