Mark Lazerus

Sports Editor Mark Lazerus has been honored nationally by the Associated Press Sports Editors for three straight years, was named one of the top three …Read More

• Blackhawks defenseman Steve Montador placed on waivers

  Blackhawks defenseman Steve Montador’s been around the NHL long enough to know he’s not supposed to talk about injuries. He’s supposed to be vague and elusive, deceptive and deliberately obtuse. Never show any weakness, never give an opponent something to exploit. Upper-body this, lower-body that. …Read More

• Blackhawks get significant offense from checking line

  Go back and re-watch Wednesday’s dramatic Blackhawks victory over the Colorado Avalanche. Watch how Dave Bolland sneakily (illegally?) knocks the stick out of Avalanche forward Jamie McGinn’s hands to free Jonathan Toews for his game-tying short-handed goal. Look how Marcus Kruger fights for the puck …Read More

• NHL, players reach deal; Toews calls pact ‘bittersweet’

  The NHL lockout is finally ending. After a 16-hour marathon bargaining session at the Sofitel Hotel in New York on Saturday that ran deep into Sunday morning, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and NHL union chief Don Fehr announced that the two sides had tentatively agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement, ending the 113-day lockout.