Mike Downey

Hide the kids. Cover your ears. Guard your face. Here come the Peoria Chiefs! You've seen them on ESPN and CNN. You might have YouTube'd or Yahoo'd them last week,...

Well, you fun-loving, song-singing, "W"-flag-waving Cubs fans, you still feeling confident in the Confines? Did you see this coming? Who knew? Who knew before Saturday's 12-inning, 3-2 defeat at Wrigley...

Every day, some idiot tries to tell you what is wrong with the White Sox. Ozzie this, Kenny that. It's all Reinsdorf's fault! Konerko can't hit. Thome is through. Jenks...

A small envelope would come once in a while, familiar Evanston return address on the outside, familiar insight on the inside. Any word from Jerome Holtzman was welcome. He was...

I had an idea. The deal of the century. The deal of any century. The most talked-about trade in the history of trades. Brian Urlacher for Brett Favre. It would...

Greg Norman and I hung out together in Australia after he won the British Open for the first time. He came by for breakfast. Then we took his Jaguar for...

Greg Norman is leading the British Open? After three rounds? By two shots? At 53? I'll be right over, Greg. Let's see, if I catch a jet to Liverpool, rent...

Let's see now: Games 3, 4 and 5 of the World Series would be played at Wrigley Field on Oct. 25, 26 and 27. "I'll be there," John McDonough vows....

July 6 was the 75th anniversary of baseball's original All-Star Game, held at Comiskey Park before a crowd of 47,595 and won by the American League 4-2. The Midsummer Classic...