Rick Morrissey

I don't want to say the men of Yankeeville are overcompensating for something, but wow. The high-definition Mitsubishi Diamond Vision screen in the new Yankee Stadium is 101-by-59 feet. A...

If Jay Cutler doesn't raise red flags, Bears fans, you are colorblind. From all appearances and indications, he has the maturity level of larva. Two weeks ago, he demanded the...

I don't pretend to hold the thermometer that takes Chicago's temperature, but if the city is at a fever pitch about the possibility of landing the 2016 Olympics, it's doing...

Mark Allen is sitting in a Starbucks that is a stoner's throw from where he used to score crack cocaine. The incongruity of the picture isn't shy, the way it...

Imagine the uproar in town if Kyle Orton demanded to be traded at the first whisper the Bears were considering sending him to another team. Your imagination is spot on:...

As the weather improves, the Fukudome T-shirts are starting to reappear, ghostlike, around town. If they had been given proper burials at the bottom of drawers after last season, this...

The overwhelmingly pro-Washington crowd was looking for a reason, any reason, to cheer. So whenever there was even a teaspoon of hope, a pinch of it, the fans saw it...

If you watched Western Kentucky's victory over Illinois the other night, you might have noticed the Hilltoppers' Orlando Mendez-Valdez. He's a really, really good basketball player. He's also 6 feet...

The road to nowhere stopped here Thursday night, liked what it saw and decided to put down a deposit on a cul-de-sac. For the longest time, this wasn't even close....

Illinois was sure Chester Frazier wouldn't play Thursday night because of an injured hand. Illinois wasn't sure Demetri McCamey would show up Thursday night, and he was completely healthy. That's...