Rick Telander
Sports columnist
Rick Telander is a sports columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times.
The cicadas are coming, and these glorious insects fill me with wonder.
Déjà vu is a heck of a thing. Whether it’s 1970 or 2024, war weighs heavily on campuses — and on athletes.
It would be beyond shocking to this city if the Bears’ future had any other path than following Williams as a trailblazer.
We all love sports teams, but regular people don’t own the buildings or the land they frolic upon. We just pay homage to the teams — and to the power-laden who own them.
Has there ever been an athlete — I could almost say, has there ever been a man? — who rose to such a peak in life and then descended into such a valley?
Records come, records go. Clark is deserving of plaudits, but an explanation of the scoring record requires a deeper dive.
Iowa superstar’s three-point prowess provides us all with something to admire.
Nothing says ego, entitlement and status like a furious diatribe from a coach at a news conference about a piece of unseen journalism. And nothing guarantees more viewers of the alleged upcoming story.
Maybe Fields will develop with the Steelers and become a franchise star. It’s more likely he’ll be an updated Mitch Trubisky.