John Leptich

With prices for baseball cards soaring, it seemed inevitable collectors would turn to football sooner or later. Save those Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, Walter Payton and Joe Namath rookie cards,...

- Elk Grove sectional-Eighty minutes of regulation play, 20 minutes of overtime and 40 penalty kicks were not enough to decide Saturday`s championship game. But Frank Lazarra was. The Addison...

The year was 1949. The Yankees reclaimed the American League pennant and won the World Series. Brooklyn still loved Ebbetts Field and its also-ran Bums. The Giants home was the...

The St. Viator soccer team remembers. On Sept. 20, the Lions beat Hoffman Estates 2-1 in a nonconference game with little at stake for either team. Saturday, the two staged...

Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays are coming to town this week. No, the two baseball Hall of Famers won`t be here in person. Instead, original artwork from their 1953 Topps...

The season series is now tied at one. On a day better suited for beach volleyball, neighborhood rivals Mother McAuley and Richards traveled an hour north on the Tri-State Tollway...

Collecting World Series programs used to be fun. It was a scramble sending letters to league champs with a buck or two. That changed in 1974 when Major League Baseball...

You can`t beat the fun of winning a division championship. Or what it and a pennant race mean to the price of a contender`s baseball cards. Take the Cubs. Collectors...

If you were fortunate enough to obtain a ticket for either of the Cubs-Giants National League Championship Series games at Wrigley Field this week, do yourself a favor. Spend five...

The rumors just won`t stop. Upper Deck isn`t filling customer orders, Upper Deck cards aren`t available, Upper Deck is going out of business. Upper Deck this, Upper Deck that. Don...