Richard Rothschild

Sunday wasn't about friendly wagers of local delicacies between elected officials. It wasn't about which city's music scene casts the longest shadow (Chicago blues vs. Seattle grunge). And it sure...

Imagine a bowl season in which no national rankings were at stake, three of the nation's top five teams didn't even play and the lowly Sun Bowl featured the most...

As baseball concludes its annual awards period, it's a good time to wonder why a sport so rich in history doesn't choose universally recognized regular-season all-league teams. The NFL picks...

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen may want to reconsider his goal to have the White Sox finish with the best regular-season record in baseball. Since divisional play began in 1969,...

1. 1937 NFL title game Redskins 28, Bears 21 In the Redskins' first year in Washington after moving from Boston, rookie quarterback Sammy Baugh completed 18 of 33 passes for...

Analysts trying to gauge the Patriots' place in NFL history should look back three decades to a different sport on the opposite coast. There's another three-time champ that won without...

1. 1914 World Series Boston's "Miracle" Braves, a last-place team in July, finished 68-19 to win the NL pennant, then swept the defending champion Philadelphia Athletics for the world championship....

Note: Based on average point differential (PPG) with symbolic games from each of those seasons Most competitive 1970: 7.4 PPG Colts 16, Cowboys 13 in Super Bowl V. Only one...

Thanksgiving traditionally brings a National Football League anomaly: Thursday football games. Two contests on Thanksgiving, plus the more recent Thursday night NFL season opener, should be plenty for a sport...

Overshadowed amid the many changes the White Sox have implemented at U.S. Cellular Field this season has been management's decision to push back the starting times of Sunday afternoon games...