Melissa Isaacson

Situated in the heart of the Olympic complex, the Games can't help but pass through the "Today" show set. Of course, it is not merely a happy coincidence. NBC and...

They are articulate. They are diplomatic. And they are absolutely devastated. They are the members of the U.S. women's softball team, very likely the most gifted team ever to gather...

In a nation of 1.3 billion people, she was one of the very best in a sport held in higher regard than all others. Trouble was, fourth best was only...

The publicist for Chicago boxer David Diaz was playing an impressive game of "If Only," and you wanted to believe him. If only Diaz had stayed on his feet in...

His fists were what saved him, stayed his execution that day the Nazi commandant stared him down and threatened to hang him. Those fists spared him again in the concentration...

The sweet, hopeful, slightly sweaty faces of the 8th-grade graduating class from Carl Von Linne Elementary School fidgeted under their powder-blue satin caps and gowns Monday morning. Surely, they could...

The release said they were honoring a DePaul alum Wednesday night. Mabel Landry Staton would be presented a letterman's jacket, it said, before the inaugural running of the DePaul Relays...

The university dubbed Wednesday night's DePaul Relays its "first home track meet in 50 years," but in fact, it was much more than that. The dedication of the Lane Stadium...

It was never fair to mention Anna Kournikova's name in the same sentence as Danica Patrick's, but Patrick understood. Kournikova was all about failed potential and commercial appeal and, even...

Dusty Baker agrees with Moises Alou, who said recently that Steve Bartman should be let off the hook for the chain of events leading to the Cubs' playoff loss in...