Mike Downey

"Same field you clinched a Super Bowl trip on," I mentioned to Muhsin Muhammad. "Same end zone too," he said. He was a Carolina Panther when he went to his...

You can make it all about David Beckham if that's the extent of what you know about soccer. You can flaunt your ignorance with a lot of lame "bend it"...

Go into a mall, stop a shopper and ask if he or she thinks Kobe Bryant ought to be a Bull. Is Kobe the best active player in basketball? Yes,...

These old eyeballs have seen a lot of football. OK, so I didn't see it played in leather helmets, I did not know Knute Rockne personally and when Howard Cosell...

He already had sped 89 yards with a punt and 81 with a touchdown pass, so Devin Hester did what Devin Hester does ... he fastened his helmet (and his...

Friday was the 100th anniversary of the first time the Cubs won the World Series. Sunday is the 99th anniversary of the last time the Cubs won the World Series....

Brian Griese saw no unhappy faces. He wasn't met by a firing squad of questions. He didn't need to defend his own play or that of his team. "See what...

Hey, don't blame the city of Chicago if you were too tired and too hot Sunday while running a marathon. And don't blame sponsor LaSalle Bank if you were weak...

In the end, a Cub is a Cub is a Cub. Another season bites the dust. Bury it 6 feet under with the rest. Cubs lose ... again. No one...

Don't worry, all the Cubs need to do to win the World Series now is take 11 of their next 17 games. Piece of cake. Of course, this assumes the...