Mike Downey

"It was awesome. Opening Day, man," new White Sox left fielder Nick Swisher said. "So much excitement out there! It was nuts, man." It sure was, Swish. How about that...

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Don't you have to have at least one underdog at the Alamo? Guess not. No room in San Antonio at the Alamodome next weekend for a Davy Crockett-like long shot...

You could imagine the moans and wails in Madison, in Milwaukee, in Sheboygan, in Kenosha, in Beloit, in front of every TV in every home and every bar. "Who is...

Dan Nelms has scored nine points for Davidson this season -- that's all, nine. But when the sophomore from Lake Forest got a minute of playing time in an NCAA...

You could imagine the moans and wails in Madison, in Milwaukee, in Sheboygan, in Kenosha, in Beloit, in front of every TV in every home and every bar. "Who is...

Sixteen schools return to NCAA tournament play Thursday and Friday, but it won't be long before 15 know the agony of defeat. A star from some team -- a lot...

Downey's Eleven: 1. Love, love, love those Cubs fans. Within minutes of Monday's announcement that Jason Marquis and Ryan Dempster had made Lou Piniella's pitching rotation over Jon Lieber, our...

The big banquet will be Thursday, followed by the game Friday, and, naturally, Jaclyn Murphy is expected to be in Evanston for both. She means so much to each of...

The latest Las Vegas odds I saw pertaining to which team will win the 2008 World Series have the Cubs as a 10-1 shot. For comparison's sake, the Red Sox...