Rick Morrissey

David Haugh NFC NORTH: Vikings SOUTH: Saints EAST: Cowboys WEST: Seahawks (Wild cards) Giants Panthers NFC CHAMPION: VIKINGS AFC NORTH: Steelers SOUTH: Colts EAST: Patriots WEST: Chargers (Wild cards) Jets...

The Cubs have one of the best records in baseball, but if you have any earthly idea what's going on with them now or where they're going, you're a genius....

The Cubs have one of the best teams in baseball, but if you have any idea what's going on with them now, you're a genius. Carlos Zambrano doesn't seem to...

Imagine a former TV sports reporter being a heartbeat away from the presidency. Imagine someone running our country whose first dream in life was to be a sportswriter. Would this...

I was trying to talk about aura, about what the poet laureate of Wrigley Field, Lou Piniella, has referred to as "Cubbie swagger." But Jim Edmonds was having none of...

Is this how Lovie Smith wants to go out? As friend to the players? As the Great Enabler? Does he want his professional tombstone to read: He got off the...

Javier Vazquez is capable of doing what he did Saturday, but he's just as capable of throwing poorly, which explains why he's a career .500 pitcher. So when Vazquez and...

Quick: Three-letter name for a fiery Cubs manager. Begins with "L." Lou? Yes. But Leo too. Two Cubs managers. One current, one former. One with the best team in the...

Quick: Three-letter name for a fiery Cubs manager. Begins with "L." Lou? Yes. But Leo too. Two Cubs managers. One current, one former. One with the best team in the...

I feel a little silly thinking what I'm thinking. Thinking what I'm thinking puts me in the same category as the rabid, knee-jerk, very possibly brain-injured football fan who is...