Rick Morrissey

I don't generally put a lot of stock in what coaches say about the lack of respect their teams are receiving, for the simple reason I would prefer not to...

I don't generally put a lot of stock in what coaches say about the lack of respect their teams are receiving, for the simple reason I would prefer not to...

The Big Ten doesn't have to apologize for anything. It shouldn't have to explain itself, defend itself or just get it over with and kill itself. It received seven NCAA...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Robbie Hummel's father was a tennis player at Illinois. His grandfather was a chemistry professor at Illinois, and his grandparents still live in Champaign. His uncle is a...

We know what Chester Frazier's medical problem is in general terms, but beyond that, it's a mystery. "It's just a hand injury," Illinois coach Bruce Weber said. "That's all I'm...

It sounds like such a dainty injury: small stress fracture of the right tibia. Small, as in not big. Stress fracture. Not even a real broken bone. Tibia -- what...

Northwestern is either wonderfully maddening or maddeningly wonderful. And if anyone can tell me the difference, that would be great. The Wildcats want to be more than a team that...

Most Americans are approaching the World Baseball Classic with an enthusiasm normally reserved for putting on their socks in the morning. In the meantime, the Dominican Republic very well could...

The sports talk shows in town were hyperventilating Thursday over what appeared to be one of the great debates of our time: Should the Bears pursue Terrell Owens? This is...

It's quiet. Too quiet. Everybody is happy here. Very, very happy. And why not? Every day the past week, it has been 80 degrees and as clear as a popular...