Mike Downey

Downey's Eleven: 1. OK, now that the White Sox have been exterminated at the rat-friendly confines, I know what you want to know: What's the record for consecutive victories at...

And your final score: St. Louis Cubs 11, Chicago White Sox 7. Alfonso Soriano is out, Carlos Zambrano is out, Carlos Marmol is out of control, so the Chicago Cubs...

It wasn't easy to hear during Friday's seventh-inning sing-along if country music superstar Kenny Chesney gave the traditional Wrigley Field rally cry "Let's get some runs!" after he sang "Take...

Apollo beat Rocky. OK, so that was a Sylvester Stallone story. That was boxing, not golf. But that's what it felt like here Monday -- the champ, Tiger Woods, hanging...

A correspondent from the Golf Channel was chatting with Tiger Woods' agent about a half-hour before Sunday's (supposedly) final round of the U.S. Open. "Is Tiger's knee still giving him...

A nine? A nine? Excuse me -- a quadruple bogey? A fragrant odor came from the 13th green of Torrey Pines in the late afternoon Saturday and, let me tell...

Few knew him. He was asked how he would describe himself. "I'm Zach Johnson and I'm from Cedar Rapids, Iowa," he said on April 8, 2007, the day he unexpectedly...

Following a picturesque Pacific Ocean sunrise, the first U.S. Open to be played in Southern California in 60 years began with a birdie by D.A. Points, a 31-year-old former Illinois...

OK, which of these guys is our Cinderella story? Who's going to become our Tampa Bay Rays of golf? Where is our Da' Tara, that 38-to-1 colt out of the...

Possible distractions for Tiger Woods in his return to golf: *The nude beach. *The hockey backlash. *The hole the Lakers are in. *Having to walk 18 holes. *Having to play...