Irish have luck, but not much else
Notre Dame looks like Notre Dame again. This is not the good news for you Fighting Irish football fans. This is the bad. Only a lucky fumble -- or a...
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After 50 years, comic strip still tackling issues
A mythic coach marks his 50th anniversary Monday. If you haven't paid him a visit in a while, this might be a fine time. Gil Thorp, coach and athletic director...
Comic strip tackles issues
A mythic coach marks his 50th anniversary Monday. If you haven't paid him a visit in a while, this might be a fine time. Gil Thorp, coach and athletic director...
Shufflin’ down to middlin’
As a lifelong Bears fan, true-and-blue division, it kills me whenever the Bears look weak. I sat through seasons when the Bears couldn't beat 11 grandmothers. I endured too many...
And the winners will be . . .
David Haugh NFC NORTH: Vikings SOUTH: Saints EAST: Cowboys WEST: Seahawks (Wild cards) Giants Panthers NFC CHAMPION: VIKINGS AFC NORTH: Steelers SOUTH: Colts EAST: Patriots WEST: Chargers (Wild cards) Jets...
Hard to picture it happening without Big Z
We know the guy with TORO 38 on his license plate is as strong as a bull. We suspect that he has the pride and heart and fearlessness of a...
As ‘tired arm’ emerges, Cubs’ bats retreat into the shadows
A lot of talk about a "tired arm" has been aimed in Carlos Zambrano's direction of late, so it will be very interesting to see how much zing Big Z's...
As ‘tired arm’ emerges, Cubs’ bats retreat into the shadows
A lot of talk about a "tired arm" has been aimed in Carlos Zambrano's direction of late, so it will be very interesting to see how much zing Big Z's...
Raise an umbrella to these medalists
Mike's Medals: Food: Bronze. No, I did not eat a grilled snake, a scorpion kebab, a dung beetle or a silk worm. I do not eat unhappy meals. I eat...
America punches out early in boxing
Oh, how Howard Cosell would mock this. Having followed the halcyon days of Cassius and Smokin' Joe and Big George and the young Sugar Ray, how it would have pained...