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CBS analyst Irv Cross talks into a microphone during an NFL game circa 1985.

Irv Cross, the groundbreaking analyst on CBS’ ‘The NFL Today’ by way of Northwestern and Hammond, Ind., dies at 81

March 1, 2021 at 7:58 p.m.

For Irv Cross, the eighth of 15 children in an impoverished family in Hammond, Ind., football was a lifeline, a gateway to a Northwestern degree, a pro career and the...

Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine, left, tries to drive past Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid on Feb. 19, 2021, in Philadelphia.

Improving Chicago Bulls will double their national TV appearances — though only to 2 games — in the NBA’s 2nd-half schedule

February 24, 2021 at 5:15 p.m.

The good news concerning national perception of the Chicago Bulls? Their improvement has not gone unnoticed. In the second-half schedule the NBA released Wednesday, the Bulls have twice as many...

In this aerial image take from video provided by KABC-TV video, a vehicle rest on its side after a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods along a road in the Rancho Palos Verdes section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.

Column: When news of Tiger Woods’ crash broke, ESPN was slow to commit, new details were hard to come by and Bob Costas boosted CNN

February 24, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.

It should surprise no one which TV person was best at boiling down Tuesday's news about Tiger Woods' crash, recounting the epic sweep of Woods' time on the public stage...

Patrick Kane starts his celebration after his overtime goal gave the Blackhawks a 4-3 win against the Flyers in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final on June 9, 2010, at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.

Doc Emrick regrets his cautious call of Patrick Kane’s 2010 Stanley Cup-winning overtime goal for the Chicago Blackhawks — so the retired NBC announcer does it over

February 21, 2021 at 5:48 p.m.

Nearly 11 years later, Patrick Kane and the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks finally got the Stanley Cup-clinching overtime call they deserved from NBC's Doc Emrick. Emrick, like the game officials, was...

Oscar Gamble hits the one of his two upper-deck home runs during Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Blue Jays on July 13, 1977, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Gamble belted a team-leading 31 homers that season for the "South Side Hit Men," who had nine players hit double-digit home runs.

How Mary Shane broke new ground as a part-time Chicago White Sox TV and radio announcer in 1977

June 23, 2026 at 7:23 p.m.

Now seems as good a time as any to celebrate Mary Shane and what she did with the Chicago White Sox 44 years ago. Much will be made this baseball...

Chicago Cubs radio broadcaster Pat Hughes works a game between the Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field on Sept. 15, 2016.

Pat Hughes, Beth Mowins and Chris Myers will be the backup Chicago Cubs TV announcers on Marquee Sports Network

February 17, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

Pat Hughes, Beth Mowins and Chris Myers were named backups to new Chicago Cubs play-by-play man Jon "Boog" Sciambi by Marquee Sports Network, the team's TV channel. Marquee on Wednesday...

Matt Spiegel on hanging in, hanging on and now returning to the Score’s weekday sports radio lineup: ‘I just knew that I wasn’t done’

February 16, 2021 at 2:49 p.m.

For Matt Spiegel, it never has been about settling scores. The Score favors him again just the same. "I just knew that I wasn't done," said WSCR-AM 670's Spiegel, an...

Chicago Cubs radio broadcasters Ron Coomer, left, and Pat Hughes during a game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 15, 2016, at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

Chicago Cubs and WSCR-AM 670 agree to a multiyear extension of their radio deal

February 12, 2021 at 9:23 a.m.

No one knows what the Chicago Cubs' future will look like. What's certain is radio listeners will hear it on WSCR-AM 670. The team and the Entercom Communications sports talk...

Matt Spiegel and Danny Parkins are reunited on WSCR-AM on weekday afternoons — 3 years after the Score broke up the on-air team

February 8, 2021 at 2:29 p.m.

Undoing a mistake of nearly three years ago, sports talk station WSCR-AM 670 has officially reunited co-hosts Danny Parkins and Matt Spiegel. The move, which followed months of Spiegel and...

El All-Star de la Liga Nacional Ryan Braun habla con Pedro Gómez de ESPN antes del Juego de Estrellas de la MLB el 14 de julio de 2015.

Pedro Gómez, veterano reportero de béisbol de ESPN, muere a los 58 años

February 8, 2021 at 9:15 a.m.

Pedro Gómez, reportero de béisbol para ESPN desde 2003, murió el domingo, informó la cadena. Gómez tenía 58 años. "Murió inesperadamente en su casa esta tarde", dijo la familia de...

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