Rick Morrissey

There's something primal here, something elemental. Something theatrically sinister too. Before each bout begins, the throbbing bass of the piped-in music vibrates inside legs and chests and brainpans. If you...

Two weeks ago, I asked Derrick Rose about walking the fine line between being an assertive point guard and being a 20-year-old rookie who has to defer to older, more...

If Kyle Orton had any lingering self-esteem issues after his all-you-can-eat experience against the Vikings, they should be gone now. As I was writing my column in the Soldier Field...

It was football as low-budget reality show, a guilty pleasure, a sugar buzz. If you like defense, the Bears' 48-41 victory over the Vikings mortified you. If you like offense,...

The current Blackhawks are a textbook marketing creation. They very well could be the real thing, an actual competitive hockey team, but I have no way of knowing that right...

Paul Konerko recently said the Tampa Bay Rays remind him of the 2005 White Sox. It's not the kind of recommendation that will lead to a surge in Rays' merchandise...

The Tampa Bay Rays had a seven-run lead Thursday night in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series and were just seven outs away from going to the World...

It was Tuesday evening, about 24 hours after Rocco Baldelli had homered in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, and he was sitting in the Rays dugout while...

The Red Sox needed Jon Lester to pitch well in the worst way Monday. He must have misunderstood because, well, he pitched in the worst way Monday. It's why Boston...

It's not that Northwestern recoiled from its first true test of the season, against No. 23 Michigan State on Saturday. It's that the Wildcats moseyed in for the exam a...