Jon Margolis

To consider the Independence Bowl is to confront this basic question: Why? First, the facts: Oregon beat Tulsa 27-24 in the 14th Independence Bowl in Independence Stadium here on a...

You couldn`t exactly call them landslide victories because neither winner received a majority of the votes cast. But they weren`t close, either, the selection of Walter Payton as the American...

Almost 50 years ago, lyricist Lorenz Hart noted that some things were ''too good for the average man.'' Caviar, for instance. ''Finer things are for the finer folk,'' Hart wrote....

When he first appeared, almost 30 years ago, Fast Eddie Felson was all black and white, a callow young man from the wild side who drank cheap bourbon neat and...

Because it is hard to see what does not appear, it took awhile for Canadians to notice what was not being noticed. By Friday, though, the question surfaced: Where is...

Yes, it`s a fast-paced age when empires disintegrate, standards fall and new homes are being made laser-ready, whatever that may be, but here in New England, which knows how to...

Yes, just in case you wondered, Mike Ditka can still talk about football. Dressed in varying shades of gray, perhaps to emphasize his subdued mode, the (at last glance) coach...

Ah, the consequences of fate. Or perhaps incompetence. Thanks to one or the other or both, the world and the National Football League have been spared the need to ponder...

The San Francisco Giants of 1989 were done in by the Oakland Athletics and bad pitching. Well, that`s baseball. The San Francisco Giants of the future might be done in...

Being positive thinkers, the American people are asking the wrong questions about the late, not very lamented World Series. They are asking: Are the Oakland Athletics the new dynasty? Or...