Mike Downey

What a messed-up month May turned out to be for females. *The No. 1 women's tennis player in the world, Justine Henin, made a surprise announcement Wednesday that she is...

As of Monday morning the White Sox were only a game out of first place. Was all of Chicago excited? No. As of Monday morning, the Cubs had a piece...

His mother waited several years for a kidney transplant. A week after she got one, she had a heart attack. Then a year or so ago, she went to the...

"Naked Dancers: Peep Show, $20 for 1/2 Hour" "X-Treme Body Massages with 'Hotties'" "Hot, Wild, Fun -- Blonde or Brunette?" Ads that ran in Wednesday's sports section of the Chicago...

Mike D'Antoni is a man Kobe Bryant considered his American idol when they both lived overseas. He was the 2004-05 NBA Coach of the Year. Avery Johnson is a man...

I was having a good week, what with all of those headlines: "Downey Is 'Iron Man.'" (Thanks, I didn't think any of you had noticed.) Kerry Wood also was having...

A child needs to have certain things explained. Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood said Wednesday that one of his own kids "cheers when I give up home runs," because when the...

The "experts" are idiots. The know-it-alls don't know a thing. First, they whined because the Bears did not draft a quarterback. Then they saw the Bears quickly sign Southern Illinois'...

I have decided to rank the Cubs' first 10,000 victories from most meaningful to least. This is a big deal. It isn't up there with historic events such as Christopher...

About an hour before Ozzie Guillen called him "the perfect man" and "the best thing ever in the game," Derek Jeter found a few minutes to chat about his future...