Mike Conklin

- Let's head into the new NFL season this weekend with a little good news. A survey to be released Friday by Team Marketing Report in Chicago indicates pro football...

You've heard of rolling out a red carpet. Three of Chicago's best golf palaces-Olympia Fields, Cog Hill, Medinah-rolled out a green carpet Monday for John Daly, Davis Love III, Tom...

Here's mud in your eye: Try as he might, maybe it just wasn't in the cards for Dick Duchossois. First the virus thinned this year's Arlington Million field. Then the...

- He's back! Mike Ditka! In Soldier Field! Live! Ditka returned Monday afternoon to the stadium for a promotion with the hardware show in nearby McCormick Place. Along with baseball...

- There is no word whether the Michael Jordan celebrity golf tournament, a benefit for Ronald McDonald Charities, will go on as scheduled later this month. A top official for...

- Expect a very big announcement in Chicago this month concerning women's collegiate basketball. It's sort of hush-hush at this point, but here's what is expected: Ohio State, Tennessee, Texas...

Phoenix Suns owner Jerry Colangelo is pursuing a baseball franchise for Phoenix and he's getting incentive from Chicago. Colangelo, a Chicago Heights native, said Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry...

Chicagoan Chris Devine, who once ran across America in 74 days in a promotion, now is running the Chicago Marathon. Devine acquired all rights to the event Tuesday from Lee...

When Chip Beck moved to Highland Park a few years ago, the PGA star said he was struck by how little land you got for the high cost of housing....

The Milwaukee Brewers have taken to the streets-literally-to sell tickets to this season's remaining games. The club has hired a sales force, supplied in part by a Chicago firm, Granton,...