Melissa Isaacson

There are all kinds of reasons for the Bears to have a Monday morning hangover. Solid, valid, quantifiable reasons that explain a 3-8 slide to close the season, a 6-10...

When Bob Wylie walks into the children's ward of a hospital and starts performing, the kids figure he's a magician, and why wouldn't they? With a floppy mustache and a...

The Shedd Aquarium has lost another beluga whale. Immiayuk, a 14-year-old female who gave birth Aug. 3 to a female calf, Kayavak (both shown here in August), died late Sunday...

So much for keeping up with the big boys. So much for playoff hopes dangling by a mathematical thread. Beating the Detroit Lions, as it turns out, doesn't mean much...

Dick Jauron knew he was in for it. First of all, there was the dilemma itself. How would he take a rookie quarterback who was weeks behind from missing most...

Suspend him from the Braves? Ban him from baseball? Elect a special committee to look into the increasing stupidity of professional athletes? A waste of time, energy and more time....

They call him Zeus because he prefers that to his real name, Orlando Brown, and apparently because they are afraid of angering him. Even in trying to defend Brown for...

If Bears fans were still searching for signs that this is a team worthy of their time, faith and emotional investment, then Sunday's 28-10 victory over the Detroit Lions offered...

The NFL people are not happy. It seems the murder charge against former Carolina Panthers receiver Rae Carruth, along with the domestic-abuse case of Indianapolis Colts defensive back Steve Muhammad,...

Curtis Conway says he's not bothered by the fact that the Bears have not made him a contract offer. "I'm not getting any feeling around here whether they want to...