Darren Lewis

Knowingly or not, it was a pursuit that started a little more than three years ago. In the same era, two record breakers were changing history, just a few streets away from each other. Wichita Heights' Perry Ellis finished his career with 2,231 points,...

All state quarterfinal games are in the books after the second day of action.  See how Friday’s semifinals shake out in the March 8 State Basketball Catch-All. Boys Two defending champions move into the semifinals while one got knocked out.  And...

Sammy Sosa, Moises Alou, Corey Patterson and Todd Hundley went a combined 0-for-12 with six strikeouts Sunday. So how in the name of Roy Oswalt were the Cubs able to eke out a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros in the Wrigley Field sauna? "It's a...

The Cubs fared better against Japanese sensation Kazuhisa Ishii this time. Instead of scoring one run against him, as they did last Sunday at Wrigley Field, they scored two. And they boosted their hit total from three all the way to four. That might...

Bruce Kimm erased any doubt that he'll put his stamp on this Cubs team in the sixth inning of Sunday's 2-0 loss to the Braves. After Joe Girardi led off with a double, pitcher Jon Lieber stepped to the plate in an obvious bunting situation. Trailing...

Just what has the City Of Chicago done to the baseball gods that they deserve two sad-sack organizations such as the White Sox and Cubs? --Frank Caldwell, Plano, Texas Let's see … Black Sox scandal, Billy Goat curse, Albert Belle … take your pick....

EXPOS 8, CUBS 4 Delino DeShields looked distressed after Tuesday night's game. As he sat behind a table in the Cubs' gloomy clubhouse, he clutched his newly shaven head in his hands. By the time he was ready to speak, DeShields had put the Expos' 8-4...

After three games the Cubs lead the National League in only one offensive category—runners left on base. If there were an objective way to measure frustration, they might top the charts in that too. "A couple things in our offense aren't clicking,"...

A remarkable thing happened in the ninth inning of the Cubs' 3-2 victory over the Braves on Monday night. With Cubs closer Antonio Alfonseca about to fire his first pitch, Darren Lewis trotted to right field in the direction of a seemingly stunned...

The inning that wouldn't die started with Moises Alou's double and ended with a groundout by Fred McGriff. In between the Cubs benefited from two bloop hits, one Paul Konerko error, one Jose Valentin misplay and plenty of feistiness against three White...

Insufficient evidence. Win or lose, the result of the Bears' opening preseason exercise Sunday night would have provided little if any evidence of the team's 1993 promise. For the record and for the sake of the 52,752 paying customers at Veterans...

A Bears team whose playoff possibilities seemed limitless less than two weeks ago continued its free fall to oblivion Sunday night with a galling 31-28 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. "That hurts," said Bears coach Mike Ditka, wincing as the...