Mike Downey

When they got out of bed on Monday morning, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Frank Thomas might very well have felt like getting all dressed up to go...

Some days, Reed Johnson does not take his dog to the park. His dog takes him. "He brought me here this morning," the Cubs center fielder said a couple of...

Jim Boylan had the look of a condemned man granted a last meal. On probably his last night as the Bulls' coach, what were the first words out of his...

You make sacrifices. You fight for what's right. It is expected of you if you care about your country, if you believe in standing up for it, which means a...

Frosty air puffed from every South Side mouth. An April shower soaked the White Sox from first pitch to last. The base paths were made of mud. Gavin Floyd's goal...

The kid from Chicago had the championship right in his hands. Derrick Rose bounced the ball, exhaled ... then shot a free throw that went in and out. He did...

Derrick Martell Rose, 19, a major basketball star in the making, no bar set too high. "Hopefully he's [going to be] the best player ever," Memphis teammate Antonio Anderson says....

At a minute past 6 o'clock Friday night on the main streets of Memphis, much of the city went quiet to mark the time and place where Rev. Martin Luther...

Can the games measure up to the teams? Can we assume Kansas, Memphis, North Carolina and UCLA are as strong as they seem? If so, then yes, get ready Saturday,...

Game 2 for the 100-year-slumping Cubs had none of the thrills and chills that Opening Day did. Fixing a typo on Ernie Banks' statue was the highlight, LETS PLAY TWO...