The first two games in this three-game Cell Series had been tight and thrilling. And of course, there was the Milton Bradley-Lou Piniella -- gasp! -- CLUBHOUSE LEAK in Game 1 for all gossip-worshippers.
If you wonder whether this Cubs-Sox interleague series is good for Chicago, don't.
What the hell's going on here? Is everybody smoking dope?
The Bulls got Wake Forest forward James Johnson with the 16th pick in the NBA draft, and maybe the most exciting part is that he comes from a family of kickboxers.
'It is with great agony that I announce that Mike & Be-Be North along with Jeff Schwartz are no longer members of the [ChicagoSportsWebio] team. It is the policy of Spectrum Entertainment Group not to discuss why relationships terminate. Next Monday, we will have an all-staff meeting to discuss re-organizing [ChicagoSportsWebio.com].
The column from April 2, 1995, my first, hangs on my basement wall. Almost nobody sees it, but I was looking at it the other day.
Rick Telander: If the Cubs had lost this one, it would have been bad. Real bad.
If the Cubs had lost this one, it would been bad. Real bad. To get swept at your field by the crosstown rival White Sox, a sub-.500 club led by a manager who thinks your quaint ballpark is suitable only for rodent housing or dynamiting — that would have been nasty.
Rick Telander: This seems like a perfect time to celebrate small ball. In the wake of the Sammy Sosa failed-drug-test news and lingering, dubious images of monstrous home runs hit by monstrous people, we have normal-sized Scott Podsednik and normal-sized Chris Getz providing us with fine drama in the White Sox 4-1 win over the Cubs.
Rick Telander: In the rain-soaked visitor's dugout at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen shook his head as he pondered the report from the New York Times stating that former Cubs star Sosa (once a White Sox, too) tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug back in 2003.
LOS ANGELES -- The score was 24-23 Lakers with less than seven minutes to go in the first half, and there were more bricks being laid at the Staples Center than at a masonry convention.
There are times when you get sent to your room without dessert.
The Bears were well out of hibernation and prancing under a blue sky Wednesday at Halas Hall.
