Mike Conklin

At last, someone with a perfect background for owning a franchise. The newest lodge member in the Continental Basketball Association, which in eight years has had teams in two Canadian...

The Black Hawks` Bill Gardner will join Denis Savard and Doug Wilson here Tuesday, but not as an All-Star. Instead, he`ll become the newest Whaler after the Hawks dealt him...

Playing in the National Hockey League`s All-Star game is a real labor of love. It has to be, of course, because the compensation isn`t all that much. But even if...

Ever wonder what happens to all the hats that get thrown on the Stadium ice after a Hawk scores three goals? The Hawks were wondering the same thing after Denis...

The Bears travel to Minnesota to play the unbeaten Vikings Thursday night on national TV, and the players aren`t overjoyed at the prospect of two games in four days. Usually,...

Will you ever forget the guy who beat Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe at Wimbledon, only to lose the championship match to Boris Becker? It was Kevin Curren. Remember? Curren...

Cubs` president Dallas Green responded angrily Wednesday to news stories linking current Cub pitchers Steve Trout and Dennis Eckersley with illegal drug use in 1982. Green called the stories ''unfair...

After four years of Division I hockey, the University of Illinois-Chicago is beginning to feel like the rich kid who threw a party that nobody attended. The Flames play in...