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THE ICEMEN COMETH: Corey Crawford has one of the loneliest jobs in sports. But now he's got company: his backup and potential replacement, Ray Emery
by Jonathan Eig
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CELLULOID HERO: The Naperville man's company, Rare Sportsfilms, specializes in rescuing and restoring old sports films. Want highlights of the 1953 Milwaukee Braves or the Cubs’ 1935 World...
by Jonathan Eig
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THE QUIET MAN: Bears head coach Lovie Smith doesn’t shout or otherwise show emotion, which may be why Chicago fans haven’t warmed to him. But being the anti-Ditka has its advantages
by Jonathan Eig
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One of the brightest of baseball’s new breed of data-driven front-office execs, Theo Epstein is being hailed as the Cubs’ savior. But don’t order those World Series tickets just yet
by Jonathan Eig
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DAMAGE CONTROL: As evidence of the toll taken by head injuries in football continues to mount, the high-tech quest to create a better helmet advances, little by little, in the lab
by Jonathan Eig
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UNBROKEN: Five years after a bean ball ended his big-league career on the first pitch of his first at-bat, the former Cub still yearns to fulfill his big-league dream
by Jonathan Eig
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A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN: The players on the city's beep baseball team have the bruises to prove their toughness.
by Jonathan Eig
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MAKING STRIDES: Our man wonders why he endures the mental and physical grind of long-distance running. Then, one nasty spring day, in a stinging horizontal rain, the answer comes to him
by Jonathan Eig
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At 86—or perhaps 88—the team's first black player (one-man charm offensive) can often be found at the park surrounded by beaming fans.
by Jonathan Eig
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ARCTIC BLAST: The mission: a round of golf near the top of the world. The foursome: three boomers and their dead buddy’s ashes. They’ve got one RV, a full tank of gas, and plenty of rum...
by Jonathan Eig
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