Jerome Holtzman

Yes, Virginia, there is a team known as the Chicago Cubs. I, too, had my doubts and was beginning to think it was a fantasy-similar to the Michael Jordan dream,...

Michael Jordan, the celebrated rookie, will be leaving for spring training in a few days. And so, hopefully, for the last time, I will field some of the many questions...

Anybody else and he would have been laughed out of town, but Michael Jordan has been rewarded with a minor-league contract and an invitation to the White Sox spring training...

Getting fired by Charlie Finley was among the best things that happened to Haywood Sullivan and demonstrates anew that nobody can predict the future. It is almost a Cinderella story....

In an effort for balance and to give both Chicago teams equal circus time, I put in a call to Bozo the Clown, the WGN television star. Al Hall, producer...

General Manager Ron Schueler dipped into the White Sox treasury Monday and pulled out a $20.7 million plum for Robin Ventura, his All-Star third baseman, and said: "I'm extremely happy....

The Colorado Rockies last week locked in catcher Joe Girardi in a three-year deal for $5 million. But there is more to the story than dollars. The Rockies want Girardi...

We are constantly hearing about those selfish, self-centered million-dollar ballplayers who take the money and run, so it was with great pleasure that I shook the hand of pitcher Jose...

Statistics lie. According to the official 1993 American League averages, Mike Huff of the White Sox, a reserve outfielder, batted .182: eight hits in 44 at-bats. But, to me, he's...

Two opposite views on salary arbitration-22 years apart: Philip K. Wrigley, owner of the Cubs, Oct. 17, 1951, testifying before a congressional committee on the "Study Monopoly Power:" "As far...