Bobby Thigpen won't mourn passing of his saves record

August 24, 2008

If and when Francisco Rodriguez registers his 58th save this season for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, he can anticipate a prompt congratulatory message from the man whose record will cease to exist. But beyond that, expect no split-screen interviews, elaborate conference calls or formal passage of the baton on "SportsCenter."

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• Thigpen won't mourn passing of his saves record

  August 24, 2008

  If and when Francisco Rodriguez registers his 58th save this season for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, he can anticipate a prompt congratulatory message from the man whose record will cease to exist. But beyond that, expect no split-screen interviews, elaborate conference calls or formal passage of the baton on "SportsCenter."

• Bobby Thigpen won't mourn passing of his saves record

  August 24, 2008

  If and when Francisco Rodriguez registers his 58th save this season for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, he can anticipate a prompt congratulatory message from the man whose record will cease to exist. But beyond that, expect no split-screen interviews, elaborate conference calls or formal passage of the baton on "SportsCenter."

• Sick and tired of tired gunslinger

  August 17, 2008

  This just in. Now Brett Favre says his arm is slightly fatigued and dragging just a bit. But he is 38, and he's still getting the rust out in training camp with the New York Jets. So there's nothing to worry about, and if there is, rest assured you will be among the first to know. All you need to be is conscious.

• BOB VERDI: BRETT FAVRE WATCH OVER THE TOP

  August 17, 2008

  This just in. Now Brett Favre says his arm is slightly fatigued and dragging just a bit. But he is 38, and he's still getting the rust out in training camp with the New York Jets. So there's nothing to worry about, and if there is, rest assured you will be among the first to know. All you need to be is conscious.

• Holtzman smoked foes, lit up rooms

  July 27, 2008

  My contributions to Tribune lore have been modest and few, but one for which I will take credit occurred during the major league All-Star Game in Cleveland in 1981.

• Holtzman torched his opposition, lit up room

  July 27, 2008

  My contributions to Tribune lore have been modest and few, but one for which I will take credit occurred during the major league All-Star Game in Cleveland in 1981.

• Holtzman had a real passion

  July 27, 2008

  My contributions to Tribune lore have been modest and few, but one for which I will take credit occurred during the major league All-Star Game in Cleveland in 1981.

• Shark's still very much in hunt

  July 19, 2008

  SOUTHPORT, England — Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer of the 20th century, dropped by the 137th British Open on Friday to shed some light on current events at Royal Birkdale, a fearsome links course that was cloaked otherwise in raw wind and piercing rain. Naturally, he fielded inquiries on what might happen during the absence of Tiger Woods, to whom The Golden Bear gladly has conceded the 21st century.

• Shark's still very much in hunt

  July 19, 2008

  Jack Nicklaus, the greatest golfer of the 20th century, dropped by the 137th British Open on Friday to shed some light on current events at Royal Birkdale, a fearsome links course that was cloaked otherwise in raw wind and piercing rain. Naturally, he fielded inquiries on what might happen during the absence of Tiger Woods, to whom The Golden Bear gladly has conceded the 21st century.

• Bob Verdi: Chicago's teams go for it now

  July 13, 2008

  Let us resist defining this as a golden era for Chicago sports, because parades around here include only specific celebrations according to schedule, such as Columbus Day, Venetian Night or Gay and Lesbian Pride.

• Chicago's teams go for it now

  July 13, 2008

  Let us resist defining this as a golden era for Chicago sports, because parades around here include only specific celebrations according to schedule, such as Columbus Day, Venetian Night or Gay and Lesbian Pride.

• Attention! NBA refs to get it

  July 6, 2008

  What scintillating news this is, that NBA Commissioner David Stern has drafted the Army to keep an eye peeled on suspicious referees and an ear poised to monitor strange whistles. Now that the league has the stripes covered, who watches the stars? The Coast Guard?

• Attention! NBA refs to get it

  July 6, 2008

  What scintillating news this is, that NBA Commissioner David Stern has drafted the Army to keep an eye peeled on suspicious referees and an ear poised to monitor strange whistles. Now that the league has the stripes covered, who watches the stars? The Coast Guard?

• Trendsetting NBA turns to military man

  July 6, 2008

  What scintillating news this is, that NBA Commissioner David Stern has drafted the Army to keep an eye peeled on suspicious referees and an ear poised to monitor strange whistles. Now that the league has the stripes covered, who watches the stars? The Coast Guard?

• City Series just might be prelude to Classic

  June 29, 2008

  There will be a time in the checkered history of Chicago sports when six games between the Cubs and the White Sox mean absolutely nothing, save for bragging rights, territorial edges and superiority complexes.

• BOB VERDI: CUBS-WHITE SOX WORLD SERIES LONG OVERDUE

  June 29, 2008

  There will be a time in the checkered history of Chicago sports when six games between the Cubs and the White Sox mean absolutely nothing, save for bragging rights, territorial edges and superiority complexes.

• Fall could bring ultimate in rivalry

  June 29, 2008

  There will be a time in the checkered history of Chicago sports when six games between the Cubs and the White Sox mean absolutely nothing, save for bragging rights, territorial edges and superiority complexes.

• Believe it or not, Tiger Woods underappreciated

  June 21, 2008

  Identifying an upside to Tiger Woods' sabbatical is as daunting a task as locating a flaw in his game, but it appears as if we will have at least until the end of 2008 to conduct such a search.

• Cabrera not scoring points with attitude

  June 1, 2008

  Once upon a time, I covered the White Sox. No, not during the dead-ball era, but during the mid-'70s. The mid-1970s.