Lou Boudreau

Chuck Swirsky never has a bad day, not even the day after the Bulls were annihilated in Portland 116-74. The game was not as close as the score indicated, but their radio voice was rife with passion and energy, even though the vanquished visitors appeared...

A small envelope would come once in a while, familiar Evanston return address on the outside, familiar insight on the inside. Any word from Jerome Holtzman was welcome. He was a gruff man but a gentleman, a newspaper bulldog but an old softie, a U.S....

I'm no expert on kabbalah, and I don't want to be, but I do know this: If Madonna really has lured Alex Rodriguez into that circle, I am officially snagging him to fill the long-challenging shortstop position on my all-time......

It was a few hours before their 6 p.m. sportscast, and WMAQ-Ch. 5's 1-2 punch of Chet Coppock and Mark Giangreco realized they were hurting for a lead item. The date was April 29, 1983. The White Sox were in Toronto. The Blackhawks were down 2-0 to...

Player, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...

What's the Curse of the Billy Goat? It started during the 1945 World Series, which pitted the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. The Cubs refused to let Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis bring his lucky goat inside Wrigley Field for Game 4. An angry...

In Yankee-time, it's been a long drought since the last world championship came to the Bronx. Since the Yankees beat the Mets to win the 2000 World Series - their fourth title in five years - the championship has gone from west (Arizona and Anaheim) to...

When the Cubs began to become respectable in the late 1960s after 20 years of second-division finishes, columnist Mike Royko decried the rise of bandwagon-jumping fans. "Are they really Cubs fans?" Royko wrote in a 1968 Chicago Daily News column. "Were...

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

1. ILLINOIS Fighting Illini Big Ten winner Location: Champaign Record: 32-1 RPI: 2nd Record against field: 13-0 Road record: 8-1 Record in last 10: 9-1 Impressive victories: Dec. 1 - Wake Forest, 91-73 Jan. 25 - at Wisconsin, 75-65 Feb. 1 - at...

53 Seasons Total 1943: Caray begins his broadcastng career with WJOL in Joliet. MAJOR LEAGUE BROADCASTING: 1945 - 1969: (25 seasons total) St. Louis Cardinals on KMOX-TV and Radio. Broadcast partners: Gabby Street, Joe Garagiola, Jack Buck (main partner)...

Until Sunday, White Sox rookie third baseman Joe Crede had never heard of the term "Texas Leaguer." "I've heard 'flare' and 'blooper' and 'duck snort,'" Crede said. "But 'Texas Leaguer?' No. Maybe because I played in the Southern League." Whatever it'...