Writers from the Tribune Co. discuss who would be the most effective successor to former St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who retired three days after the team won the World Series championship: The…
The Blue Jays claimed right-hander Jesse Chavez off outright waivers from Kansas City on Friday afternoon. Chavez spent most of 2011 pitching for Triple-A Omaha of the Pacific Coast League. He placed a 2-4 record…
In his standard workmanlike fashion, the esteemed Yankees closer, Mariano Rivera, tore through the three hitters the Twins offered during the top of the 9th inning Monday at Yankee Stadium, becoming Major League Baseball’s all-time…
When news of the sports scandal at the University of Miami started spreading Wednesday, I just wasn’t feeling it. It seemed odd, given the unprecedented size and scope of the allegations. Between 2002 and 2010,…
The disappointment of losing 1-0 in sixteen innings to the Red Sox left several Rays saying Sunday’s and Monday’s match was their most difficult loss. But all that happened to get to that point when…
Gianluigi Buffon has revealed that he will stay at the Turin club next season. Reports in Italy have linked the 33 year old with a move away from the Olympic Stadium this summer after ten…
Baseball may be the most temporal and transient of sports. Today’s teammate is tomorrow’s opponent. There was a time when management could trade players anytime, and free agency and its ripple effect have made that…
Major League Baseball is attempting to spread its wings above and beyond the United States. The MLB is reaching out to other countries and beginning to educate them about baseball and show them why the…
A series that had been pretty evenly played exploded in a third-quarter burst of Derrick Rose Tuesday as the Chicago Bulls finished the season for the Indiana Pacers, beating the visiting team 116-89. Rose, who…
Before you scream with glee, just because a judge granted an injunction to stop the NFL owners from locking out players, you need to remember that the case is currently on appeal. All it takes…
