Mike Downey

I asked someone Sunday morning if he knew who won the Illinois high school basketball championship the night before. "Richards and Marshall," he said. "I mean just the boys," I...

It was obvious to Illinois' players long before Sunday's game was over that they were on their way to a 19th check mark in the 'L' column and not down...

Mike Downey PREDICTIONS Final Four: North Carolina Wisconsin Memphis UCLA Champion: Memphis UPSET SPECIAL Keep an eye on Clemson. That Midwest Regional is there for the taking for the Tigers,...

What would this be? A miracle? Or a mockery of what it takes for a basketball team to be worthy of being in an NCAA tournament? All you need to...

So the commissioner's office granting Billy Crystal permission to suit up as a New York Yankee for a spring game Thursday against the Pittsburgh Pirates -- a charming experiment or...

Downey's Eleven: 1. Indiana has to be laughing at us. I mean, that entire state must be enjoying a big, loud belly laugh on ours. Calling us names. Calling us...

William Wrigley III (1933-99), according to a biography on the Internet, lived by a family credo: "When your name is on the door, you're obliged to watch the store." It...

You can see many a goodbye to a sporting life that can bring a teardrop to your eye. Lou Gehrig's, for one. Magic Johnson's was another. But very seldom will...

Barack Obama is doing everything in his power right now to win and win big, including in Rhode Island. So is his brother-in-law. Chicago native Craig Robinson is the head...

You go to a grocery store, you walk through the parking lot, you get hit by a car. "You don't realize how quickly it can all be taken away from...