My Life in Sports

By Bob Markus Having just watched two disgraceful performances by my two favorite professional football teams, I'm ready to declare what...

By Bob Markus Every so often, like maybe once a century or two, there occurs something so delicious, so right, that even a confirmed atheist...

By Bob Markus Like the little engine that could, the Boise State football express is still chugging along. The track ahead is clear and ther...

By Bob Markus By rights, I should have been in class at the University of Illinois-Chicago. But I had gone instead to my dentist, who also...

By Bob Markus Before pronouncing the last rites over Tiger Woods' career, it might be well to make sure that the deceased is really dead...

By Bob Markus "There was a guy from The Chicago Tribune who. . . ." Before Dean Smith could finish the sentence, the first he ha...

By Bob Markus I think I understand now. I think I know what they mean when they speak of six degrees of separation. They mean that if you ta...