Jerome Holtzman

First, the so-called bad news: The championship season will open without a new commissioner. The good news: It doesn't mean anything. Baseball's 10th czar, whoever he may be, will not...

Albert Belle appears to be a serial sinner. Not only does he frighten sports writers, male and female, and chase delinquent juveniles with his Explorer, but on Wednesday came the...

They aren't likely to be the reincarnation of Dizzy and Paul Dean--also known as "The Legendary Me and Paul"--but the White Sox could have a pair of pitching brothers during...

Ordinarily, there's nothing wrong with maximizing profits, but it would seem somewhat cheesy if the White Sox go ahead with their idea of forcing fans to buy four tickets for...

Sports writers aren't supposed to have favorites. But an exception can be made to stray from the path and root for catcher Chad Kreuter when the White Sox open their...

The long-awaited "summit" between the players and the umpires will be Tuesday in Palm Beach, Fla. Acting Commissioner Bud Selig will preside, and he insisted Monday: "A dialogue is long...

In big-league baseball, as in other artistic endeavors, there is the constant struggle between the ancients and the moderns. The ancients are against change and want to keep it the...

The annual salary arbitration season, now in progress, always brings to mind an incident that occurred during the early years of this procedure that, in essence, is a simple player-management...

In a recent column, mention was made of the unusual brain power of Doug Rader, who is returning for his second term as a White Sox coach. Included was the...

Albert Belle met his Chicago public for the first time Friday and, believe it or not, you couldn't have found a nicer man in a long day's march. Obviously sincere...