Steve Nidetz

If there was one thing that put ESPN on the cable TV map, it was college basketball. And while CBS stole away a bit of that clout with its current...

ESPN didn't pick Dennis Miller as emcee of its first "American Sports Awards" show at 8 p.m. Thursday just because the comedian once sneaked into a World Series game. Or...

The saga of Ron Williams continues this week in, uh, Toledo. "He's a phenomenon," Nelson Burton Jr. says, "and he was given the stage on which to perform." Ron Williams?...

Mike Ditka may not be the only former Bears employee filling the national airwaves next football season. Mike Singletary, whose gentle off-the-field image in interviews and commercials has belied his...

Doug Collins remembers his four NBA All-Star Game appearances in the late '70s for the comradeship they offered. "I always looked forward to the All-Star Game because it was a...

What WSCR-AM (820) radio has done for Chicago sports fans during daytime hours-provide a call-in forum to discuss the great issues of the day-a heretofore unknown Highland Park station is...

When CBS Sports ended its National Football League telecasts in January, it was time for producer Bob Stenner to hit the beach-Daytona Beach, Fla. Stenner, who has worked with Pat...

As all-sports-talk WSCR Radio begins its second year, the Score's attack-dog-style journalism has garnered much praise from other stations' executives and sportscasters in the city-and a little grumbling. "Because of...

When Riddick Bowe makes his first heavyweight title defense Saturday night against Michael Dokes on HBO, it also marks the first of a six-fight deal the champ's management made with...

It was hard to tell when Super Bowl Weekend officially began. Was it Friday night when Dan Rather was seen in Los Angeles anchoring the "CBS Evening News?" Or was...