ENJOY CROWTON WHILE YOU CAN; HE’S BYU-BOUND
In one season he accomplished the unimaginable. As no more than an assistant he became the most intriguing coach or manager in Chicago sports. Fresh from Louisiana Tech, Gary Crowton...
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FISHER’S TITANS SHOW BEARS THE SAD TRUTH
This was unfair. This was vintage Buddy Ryan, tightening the upper hand around a hyped home team's throat. Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher is much better looking than bullfrog Buddy, but...
URLACHER’S FAILURE MORE LIKE BEARS COACHES’
When Wednesday's practice ended, he trotted alone to the far end of the Halas Hall practice field to beat on a blocking sled and perhaps on himself. Then he made...
TIGER MAKES VALHALLA LIVE UP TO ITS NAME
You can have his record runaways at Augusta, Pebble Beach and St. Andrews. You can have holding off a style-over-substance charge from Sergio Garcia in last year's PGA Championship at...
RUSH DECISION: BEARS’ DEFENSE LACKING ONE
Gleaming new stadium. Same old problems. Curtis Enis still hits the hole like a ton of sticks. New $5-million-a-year pass rusher Phillip Daniels remains a rumor. And defenses keep Cade...
PLAYOFFS LOOM, LIKELY DOOM DESTINY’S SOX
They must be destiny's children, these kids who can play. How else can you explain their upside-down success? Meant to be, it must be. Who needs great pitching, defense, deadline...
MACPHAIL PREFERS TO EARN TITLE, NOT BUY ONE
Andy MacPhail first won me over at the 1987 World Series when I stood in a group of reporters listening to his clever, insightful, self-effacing analysis of how his Minnesota...
BLUE-COLLAR FANS WOULD BE ABSENT IN SOLDIER FIELD II
Welcome to Soldier Field II, circa 2005. It is December. Freezing rain is blowing sideways off the lake. About all that receivers are going to catch is their death. The...
ANALYZE THIS: WHAT GAME WAS DITKA WATCHING?
As a head football coach, he could be a lovable fraud. Great player, great character, great friend to his friends. But as a coach, he often was faking it. Ditto...
ANALYZE THIS: WHAT GAME WAS DITKA WATCHING?
As a head football coach, he was always a lovable fraud. Great player, great character, great friend to his friends. But as a coach he often was faking it. Ditto...