Simple truth: You must win
A coach's son, and so much more--near-mythical, Chip Hilton-like exploits as a schoolboy athlete in New England. An Ivy League degree. A solid career as a tough, smart NFL defensive...
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Magnuson was a man
John Ferguson, Dave Schultz, Terry O'Reilly, the Plager brothers . . . there were plenty of bad dudes in the NHL during Keith Magnuson's playing days. He fought them all...
Favre mistake had Bears riding high–briefly
Sore thumb and all, Brett Favre looked like his old gunslinger self against the Bears for much of Sunday. But there's no doubt he'd like to have one first-quarter pass...
Can’t teach some players
A 4-10 start to a season in which the playoffs were all but guaranteed . . . a 51-100 record for pretty close to two full seasons . . ....
Cubs manager
All season, Dusty Baker has been urging, if not ordering, his Cubs to ignore billy goats, black cats, mentions of Leon Durham . . . in short, anything that pertains...
Williams tosses a strike
Tennis star Venus Williams, who has a house in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., threw out the first pitch before Game 5 on Sunday and pronounced herself pleased with her delivery,...
McKeon is Mr. Hospitable
The Marlins erected a hospitality tent on the grounds of Pro Player Stadium to enable media types, Major League Baseball officials, club employees and others involved with staging the NLCS...
Cubs ace
Mark Prior tried to stay prepared for anything as he watched Game 5 of the NLCS from the Cubs' dugout on Sunday. "I'm pitching Tuesday," he said. "It's going to...
Game 5 loser
Carlos Zambrano pitched better than he had in the last month, but not well enough to beat Josh Beckett on Sunday in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series....
Taking the blame
Of the 109 pitches Kerry Wood threw in Game 3 Friday night, there were four he definitely would like to have had back. Wood held a 2-1 lead and had...