by DAN McGRATH | Jan 15, 2012
It’s clear the Bulls have re-established themselves as a team worthy of Chicago’s attention, because the city’s ever-twitchy fans are worried about them. Derrick Rose is playing too many minutes and is certain to wear down with so many games...
by DAN McGRATH | Jan 3, 2012
On Monday, while offering his post mortem on the Bears’ break-even season, coach Lovie Smith tried to spin a desultory 1-5 finish forward. He claimed the Bears were a solid football team that had been a virtual lock for a...
by DAN McGRATH | Jan 2, 2012
Happy New Year? For sure. Has to be. And it’s not as if 2012, from a sports perspective, has a tough act to follow. The best thing about 2011 is that it’s over. Mark Buehrle’s departure for Miami is one...
by DAN McGRATH | Dec 26, 2011
The Bulls rarely beat the Lakers in Los Angeles—they hadn’t, in fact, done so in Derrick Rose’s three years with the team. Forgive Bears fans, then, if they started to believe anything was possible on Christmas after Rose and the...
by DAN McGRATH | Dec 23, 2011
Journalistic objectivity is put to the test whenever Marquette University plays basketball. I went to school in that gritty, lively patch of Milwaukee just south of the late, great Avalanche Bar, and it was a life-altering experience. How so? My wife...
by MIKE CONKLIN | Dec 21, 2011
Late in the Blackhawks’ win Sunday against Calgary, a camera shot of players and staff from the 1981 Chicago Sting soccer team flashed on the scoreboard in the sold-out United Center. They were skybox guests of Hawks President John McDonough,...
by DAN McGRATH | Dec 18, 2011
So the Bulls are back at work, not noticeably affected by the N.B.A. lockout and deliberately sitting out the game of free-agent musical chairs that might result in some major stars realigning. Rip Hamilton should be a nice addition, but...
by DAN McGRATH | Dec 10, 2011
Tim Tebow ranks closer to Norris Weese and Pete Liske than to John Elway in the pantheon of Denver Broncos quarterbacks, but now is not a good time to be facing that much discussed and improbably successful left-hander, as the...
by BEN STRAUSS | Dec 9, 2011
A bevy of college scouts and curious fans flocked to the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion on Saturday for Jabari Parker’s first game of the season. The Simeon star is considered by many to be the nation’s top high...
by DAN McGRATH | Dec 4, 2011
Minnie Minoso’s unofficial title as the Jackie Robinson of Latin America never did much to advance his case as a Hall of Fame-worthy ballplayer. Minoso, who was a hard-hitting left fielder for the White Sox over 12 years in the...
