Mark Shapiro

Tuesday will be a time for Brooklynites in all quarters of the globe to laugh, cry and slam their fists against a wall. It will be 50 years since Brooklyn's...

Martin Truex Jr. Age: 24 Car No.: 81 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 2004: 18 starts, 4 wins, 13 top 10s The skinny: Has slim series lead. Won three titles in...

. . . And then there are those of us who wish the city series didn't exist. We're uncomfortable. The whole thing is no fun. Why? This is very hard...

Smarty Jones' loss in the Belmont just might not be such a terrible blow to thoroughbred racing. The upside is that he's more likely to keep competing, less likely to...

The only certainty about the succession to Joe Paterno's football throne at Penn State is that it's a royal mess. The Nittany Lions' 3-9 season in 2003 is just a...

Arsenal is--or "are" as they say in England-- on the brink of going through the Premier League soccer season unbeaten. The Gunners have 25 victories and 12 ties with one...

It's a shame that fans who want to watch a Chicago team try to reach a championship game--the Fire vs. Revolution in an MLS semifinal Friday night at Soldier Field--will...

Kenny Brack, a Swede who's one of the top drivers on the IndyCar circuit, is at least as passionate about his other pursuit, music, and his other team, Kenny Brack...

Update Scrimshaw's upset victory in Saturday's Lexington at Keeneland punched his ticket for Louisville and means D. Wayne Lukas will have a Derby starter. A similar scenario played out last...

Update Trainer Bobby Frankel couldn't hide his joy after winning the Wood Memorial (Empire Maker) and Blue Grass (Peace Rules) last weekend. They're the Derby favorites, but Frankel knows as...