Steve Nidetz

Neither Will Clark`s grand slam onto Sheffield nor Kevin Mitchell`s rocket onto Waveland could stop baseball fans from watching the opening game of the National League Championship Series on WMAQ-TV...

The Cubs and Giants won`t be the only teams battling during the National League Championship Series. So will WGN Radio and WLUP because the two stations are airing play-by-play broadcasts...

An American institution closes up shop Saturday. Perhaps forever. When NBC`s ''Game of the Week'' concludes around 5 p.m., it will end the 32-year weekly series that covered 901 dates...

An American institution closes up shop Saturday. Perhaps forever. When NBC`s ''Game of the Week'' concludes around 5 p.m., it will end the 32-year weekly series that covered 901 dates...

Chuck Swirsky recently celebrated his 10th anniversary in Chicago. Swirsky, the workaholic WGN Radio sports director, takes a lot of flack for his hyperkinetic approach. But he`s been a force...

This wasn`t a summer to remember at Comiskey Park. But one of the bright spots has been White Sox broadcaster John Rooney. Rooney, who moved over to WMAQ Radio this...

Now that the dust has settled on the new contract between WGN-TV (Channel 9) and the Bulls, Steve Schanwald may be forced to make a tough decision. The Bulls` vice...

Notre Dame and Michigan have a heated football rivalry to begin with. Toss in the fact the teams are ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the poll and Saturday`s game...

Bill Walsh came, he saw, but he didn`t conquer. Not yet, at least. The former San Francisco 49ers coach, despite five weeks of extensive rehearsals, fell into the usual pitfalls...

It is 3:12 on Sunday afternoon, and at Soldier Field, Cincinnati quarterback Boomer Esiason is screaming signals over the din of howling Bear fans. There is a din, too, at...