Diop, Griffin offer draft’s best benefits
Never has a draft in any sport been harder to predict for GMs or reporters. The top five or six players could go in just about any order to any...
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Time to think big, MacPhail: Bet the house
In three home games he went from Andrew B. MacBrain back to Andy MacFail. Oh, well, at least Wrigleyville saloonkeepers should thank him for the sorrow-drowning boom. Andy's dandy, but...
Jordan clearly isn’t ribbing about comeback
It was after 8 Thursday evening in Washington when Michael Jordan returned the call from his Wizards office. He was working late. "My neck's on the guillotine with this first...
Striking change in Goosen since bolt from blue
Eerily, "National Lightning Awareness Week" began Monday. Dr. Mary Ann Cooper of the University of Illinois at Chicago, America's foremost specialist in lightning strikes, will speak at a PGA-sponsored news...
Open’s a joke after 18th hole devours leaders
The stunned aftermath reminded me of passing Cubs President Andy MacPhail as I scrambled back up the County Stadium ramp from his team's clubhouse. This was September of 1998. The...
Woods falters, so Open goes to the dogs
You imagined Tiger Woods, Saturday round completed, back on the couch at his rental estate, sharing cold ones with his buddy Charles Barkley, rolling his eyes at Phil Mickelson and...
Bulletin: Woods looking human
Now we find out just how good this Woods guy really is. He dropped jaws again Friday. He sent reporters running to their keyboards. He prompted a flooding of NBC's...
Irwin’s bag is solid play, not excitement
Midway through the interview session I noticed the 30-something Asian reporter next to me had nodded off. It wasn't that he didn't understand English. The last quote he had taken...
Bears could’ve done worse– or much better
Bears fans should be thankful for this much. Jerry Angelo is a seven-point favorite over Mark Hatley. New GM Angelo has a little better eye for talent than Hatley. He's...
Little things loom large for Cubs, Sox
Remember this Sox-Cubs series for the tropical weather, the civil behavior of Civil War fans, the can't-miss-a-pitch unpredictability and the celebration of two of the best things about Chicago, summer...