Believe it or not: Cubs favorite to win World Series
Here's a sure sign of the apocalypse: The Cubs are favored to win the World Series by sports books in Las Vegas and offshore gambling sites. "I've been in the...
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Sammy Sosa-Mark McGwire home run chase? We should have known better
By 1998, when the Cubs' Sammy Sosa and the Cardinals' Mark McGwire started the slugfest that captivated the nation, I should have known better. After all, what was then nearly...
Deena Kastor top American female finisher at Chicago Marathon
Like many maturing athletes, runner Deena Kastor's goals have changed. She said she now runs for self-improvement and conquering mental challenges. "Years ago I might have tried to win races...
Chicago Marathon again a good time for Kenyan men in podium sweep
For nearly 20 miles, with no rabbit to lure them, the 10 men in the lead pack of Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon played a form of cat and...
For Deena Kastor and Joan Samuelson, a marathon run down memory lane
Joan Benoit Samuelson and Deena Kastor envisioned special ways to mark major anniversaries of their victories in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. For Samuelson, the 1984 Olympic champion, it...
Marathon champion thinks eliminating pacers could slow doping
For the first time in more than a quarter century, the elite runners in the Chicago Marathon will be on their own. Sunday's race will be the first since Carey...
Sammy Kitwara certainly not an old-school Kenyan
Sammy Kitwara's story does not fit the usual narrative for top Kenyan marathoners, the one that begins with their first steps in the sport coming from miles run to and...
Q&A with Pirates GM: Cubs ready to be good for a long time
Neal Huntington was 38 when the Pirates made him their general manager Sept. 25, 2007. A baseball player at Division III Amherst College -- and, coincidentally, from Amherst, N.H --...
Pirates have built sustained success: How did they do it?
In 2012, after five seasons as Pirates general manager, Neal Huntington remained convinced the structure he had been building with homegrown players was solid — despite the team's struggles. There...
Top male runner withdraws from Chicago Marathon
The top runner in the men's field for the Oct. 11 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia, has withdrawn because of an injury. Kebede win the race...