Paul Bako
Paul Bako was on the receiving end of half of Kerry Wood's two-way performance Tuesday night--the part Wood got done with his arm. Then he watched in wonder as Wood...
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Connors’ prescription: Pump up the volume!
Jimmy Connors, who provided the best theater in tennis, wishes his sport wasn't played to reverent, theatrical silence. "The fans are ... begging to get into it and to be...
Rain raises talk of roof
You think Andy Roddick and Jennifer Capriati contend with pressure? Try going down on all fours before a live audience of thousands and a television audience of millions, swabbing madly...
Sampras’ slow exit his call, for Pete’s sake
Pete Sampras will walk on and off the court Monday night at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, the last place he played a competitive tennis match, without unsheathing his...
Fans part of Tour’s soul
In baseball, fan interference usually gets you a ground-rule double. In cycling, it's more likely to get you a broken collarbone. Yes. It is absurd that Lance Armstrong's valiant late...
Lumber for jacks
Bill Fosnocht hunts trees. Specifically, he stalks Northern white ash (fraxinus maximus), 40 to 80 years old, up to 100 feet high, native to the undulating terrain along the Pennsylvania-New...
At a glance
Stage 1: Saint-Denis to Meaux, 104.3 miles. Stage winner: Alessandro Petacchi (Italy), Fassa Bortolo, in 3 hours 44 minutes 33 seconds. How he did it: Petacchi was one of the...
BONNIE DeSIMONE SIZES UP LANCE ARMSTRONG’S TOP CHALLENGERS IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE, WHICH BEGINS SUNDAY
1. Tyler Hamilton Country: U.S. Team: CSC Top finish: 13th in 1999. Armstrong's ex-teammate has grown into leader's role with the Danish squad, winning two races this spring. Has the...
A ride to test anyone’s courage
His name is Michel. I promise. I know there's been some fuss about fictitious sources in newspapers lately, but the fact is, sheer terror obliterated his last name from my...
Crash course for Armstrong
Anyone can crash the way Lance Armstrong did, but it hadn't happened to him in three years. On Friday, as he was screaming down a road in the Alps at...