Mike Downey

Paul Pierce was carried off the court, so it had to be serious. They put him in a wheelchair. He couldn't walk. He was badly hurt. But back he came,...

DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN. (A famous 1948 headline from the Tribune.) Uh, wrong. IT'S REAGAN AND FORD. (A famous 1980 front page from the Sun-Times.) Uh, wrong. COLLINS TO COACH BULLS....

In the excitement over reaching the 2016 Olympics "final four," you can't really fault a Chicagoan for jumping a little too high a little too fast. The 11 a.m. newscast...

I told my boss. I told friends. I told colleagues. I said it on radio shows. I tried to find Moises Alou myself for a day or two, but I...

Michael Beasley's coach at Kansas State has called him flat-out "the best player in college basketball." Derrick Rose has been asked which of them is better and said, "It's definitely...

John Paxson supposedly has his choice down to around 100 coaches now -- 125, tops. According to knowledgeable sources, the candidates for the Bulls' head-coaching job have been narrowed down...

Francisco Rodriguez, a.k.a. "Frankie," a.k.a. "K-Rod," came into Friday night's game in the ninth inning with his Angels ahead of the White Sox 3-0. He gave up a walk and...

Kind of a resemblance, this Bulls lottery pick and yours, don't you think? "I was just saying the same thing," Steve Key said. (a) You're the general manager of a...

Downey's Eleven: 1. Your first-place Chicago White Sox are back home Tuesday night. First place. First. Place. I will keep hammering home this point for a while to everybody here...

A home run Monday, a home run Tuesday, a home run Wednesday, two hits Thursday, two home runs Friday, a five-hit day Saturday (with two more home runs). He has...