Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said he's not sure why the Cubs' sale has languished into a second season, but he expects the process to accelerate now that Tribune Co. Chairman...
Last year, with shoo-ins Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. on the ballot, the Baseball Hall of Fame drama surrounded how much support Mark McGwire would get. The answer was:...
My favorite story Not a single member of the Colorado Rockies ever played with Mike Coolbaugh, or even knew him. But after the 35-year-old coach for the Double-A Tulsa Drillers...
When I met Terry Armour in December 1981, we were copy clerks in the Tribune newsroom, and I never would have dreamed this wacky guy from the South Side would...
The gold-and-green uniforms said "San Francisco," but the team that gave Notre Dame an entertaining tussle before falling 84-76 in a Joyce Center matinee Saturday bore faint resemblance to the...
When he took over as Notre Dame football coach in December 2004, Charlie Weis said his first order of business was to upgrade the Irish's talent level. He still has...
Alfonso Soriano followed Sammy Sosa out of this region of sugar fields and into the hearts of Cubs Nation, the current favorite of so many fans who once adored his...
What's the Curse of the Billy Goat? It started during the 1945 World Series, which pitted the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs refused to let Billy Goat Tavern...
Based on personal experience, Joe Montana has signed on as a spokesman for a program designed to identify and treat high blood pressure? Odd, Joe never seemed to have any...
Jim Thome, a baseball gentleman of the first order, solidified his stature as one of the game's signature sluggers Sunday when he walloped the 500th home run of his distinguished...