Bob Verdi

As the crowbar flies, only CBS gains from figure skating's battle of wounded knee. The bereaved network, skunked out of its pro football meal ticket, is left with morsels such...

Bob Love plans to make a short speech Friday night after his No. 10 Bulls jersey is hoisted to the Stadium ceiling, midst those championship banners. This ceremony, though, will...

Jeremy Roenick will be 24 next week, no age for him to be worrying whether he'll still be in a funk next week, too. "Something is bothering me," says the...

Sorry, I plead guilty. Guilty on all counts of daring to address the possibility, however remote, that Michael Jordan might play professional baseball. I didn't know this was a crime,...

Michael Jordan is serious about playing baseball. Feel free to assume that the disclaimers being issued from Comiskey Park are camouflage. He's working out there, often and seriously. If he...

Besides saving Jim Harbaugh, the Bears must learn to conserve fuel, too. This past weekend, they log about eight hours on a charter plane that travels from Chicago to Southern...

Well, look who's the big cheese now. Four years ago, the Wisconsin football program was like a slice of Swiss, full of holes. Four years later, it's like a Swiss...

Harvard has won more Rose Bowl games than Wisconsin, which means Barry Alvarez could make history. Just don't ask him to dwell on it. "This is for the university, for...

Well before noon Wednesday, while Wisconsin's football Badgers practiced beneath the warm sun at nearby Citrus College, the patio grill was firing outside Robin's, a downtown establishment. Bratwurst for breakfast....

On the opening day of Bulls' training camp last fall, Toni Kukoc was handed an envelope full of money. He took it, but he didn't get it. "What is this?"...