Bob Verdi

Normally at this time, we pause to bestow a modest citation, the Sports Person of the Year. It goes to the man or woman who performed beyond the call of...

I would be a lot happier this holiday season if I could see an old friend, or at least talk to him on the telephone. But Jim Finks is down...

Not until he reached the locker room could Jeremy Roenick move from here to there without being elbowed. After three hours upstairs on Stadium ice Sunday night, the Blackhawks' star...

A few of the Bears were singing aloud two Sundays ago on their charter flight back from Tampa Bay, scene of a brutal 13-10 defeat. After Saturday's 13-3 surrender to...

While most of our planet yawns, the Bears and Denver Broncos will play Saturday at Soldier Field. If P.T. Willis is the starting quarterback, Jim Harbaugh becomes the most feared...

Where and when does the madness end? Not in sports anymore. A lunatic strolls through a crowded commuter train at rush hour, pulls out a gun and opens fire. The...

Paul Azinger never backed off a challenge, and he has one now. It's called cancer, an insidious disease that causes even the bravest of patients to blink. Doctors are optimistic....

Jim Harbaugh says he hopes he can be the starting quarterback again Saturday at Soldier Field. Doctors, as well as a few million Bears fans in Chicago, might have a...

Packers vs. Bears. Yes, when these two teams play, you can throw out the record books. While you're at it, throw out the game films, too. And don't worry about...

By now, Wisconsin and Michigan State football players should be getting adjusted to Japan, land of the rising sum. For a hefty guaranteed appearance fee, those Big 10 teams agreed...