Melissa Isaacson

Precedent is not on his side. Track stars, with a few notable exceptions, historically have not made the best football players. For every Bob Hayes and Willie Gault, gifted sprinters...

So he officially becomes a blip, the answer to the future trivia question: Name the former No. 5 draft pick for the Bears who celebrated his first NFL touchdown with...

Those who scribble religious musings on their sneakers are not generally your deepest thinkers. Let's get that straight right off the bat. But those who babble words of hate and...

They're all phonies. The college administrators who act morally offended when coaches break their word. The coaches who appear insulted or, as the case may be, outraged when the subject...

The questions were offered softly and phrased delicately, and just as politely, Oklahoma State players and coach Eddie Sutton answered by not really answering at all. This was Wednesday, when...

The idea is to receive a major scare in your conference tournament but win. Trail by 15 in the second half but win. Slink out and get scalded by your...

Oh, sure, they're coming around. Signs reading "Hire Davis" have popped up at Bloomington's Assembly Hall and were spotted Friday at the United Center. And Indiana players are going so...

There was no pretense. No polite lead-in questions about the last shot in Michigan's loss to Penn State, his team's rebounding or anything else, for that matter, about one of...

Don't laugh. Granted, this is not the ideal way to start a column. But then, spewing coffee through your nose isn't the best way to start your morning. Anyway, this...

When your first official move as a professional athlete is to sign one of the dumber contracts ever, it's tough to ever attain martyr status. But if any first-round pick...