Bernie Lincicome

Irina Avvakumova, of the Olympic Athletes of Russia, reacts after the women's normal hill individual ski jumping competition on Feb. 13, 2018.

It’s a quadrennial duty to inform that figure skating is not a sport

May 31, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

The obligation weighs heavily upon those of us who appreciate the leaps and lifts and spins, who enjoy some of the music when it can be heard over the gasps...

NHL and Olympics never a match made in heaven

June 20, 2019 at 10:37 a.m.

Ask not what your country can do for the Olympics but what the Olympics can do for you. The chances of there ever being another great Olympic hockey story were...

In a way, we all contributed to making a Larry Nassar scandal possible

May 31, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

It is chilling now to read my own words, or rather the words of Bela Karolyi, who was explaining how one of his injured little girl gymnasts would be ready...

A fan’s guide to separating Super Bowl hype from truth

August 18, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

I see that it is time again for the Hyper Bowl. This is the week that precedes the Super Bowl. It is a week of elaborations, exaggerations, outright lies, video...

A Downers Grove native and former NHL All-Star player (Rangers, Kings, Sharks) and coach (Avalanche), Granato is the head coach of the U.S. men's team. He is in his second season as head coach for the University of Wisconsin.

Lasting peace from Winter Olympics? Don’t bet on it

August 22, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

The notion that lasting peace may result from the Winter Olympics is a bit far-fetched, not that the world shouldn’t take whatever chance it can. Using my own experience as...

He made the playoffs only once in five seasons, but it was a memorable one for sure. Jauron's 2001 Bears went13-3 in dramatic fashion and won the NFC Central — and he was voted coach of the year.
Jauron's record:35-45 (.438)

New Bears coach always better than the last one, and not as good as the next one

May 31, 2019 at 9:27 p.m.

And so … the new guy. Another clay pigeon at the carnival. Is this the guy, or just another guy? This guy with a one-ply resume and a three-day beard?...

Alabama defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick (29) warms up before the Sugar Bowl against Clemson.

Y’all Bowl for all the marbles no way to pick a national champion

May 31, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

Welcome to another Y’all Bowl. And thank you, Central Florida, the football team, not the theme park ghetto. You have managed to squirt some vinegar into the perennial query, “Alabama...

The Robbie Gould game. Five field goals. The game-winning 24-yard dagger with four seconds remaining. An animated and emotional celebration directed at Fox and special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers. The defeat also dropped the Bears to 0-7 during the Fox era in games in which they were favored. That's statistical evidence of a team that never wins games it's supposed to.

What should the Bears want in a new coach? It’s simple, just be …

May 31, 2019 at 9:28 p.m.

The list of great Bears coaches is as short as the list of great Bears quarterbacks, one of each, more by chance than design, though the coincidence is hard to...

Annual ‘Bernies’ aren’t prestigious, but that’s kind of the whole point

May 31, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

Well, let’s see. What kind of sports year was it? Michael Phelps raced a computer shark and lost. Floyd Mayweather fought a tattooed Irish body bag and won. And Billie...

Barry Bonds (left) and Roger Clemens have been getting closer to enshrinement in the Hall of Fame but it's still not a certainty either will get in.

Making case for flawed candidates in swan song Hall of Fame vote

May 31, 2019 at 9:12 p.m.

Whenever Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens join baseball’s hallowed hall — and they must — they shall forever remain suspects. As they should. It was the choice they made, to...

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