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Rick Telander

Sports columnist

Rick Telander is a sports columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times.

Northwestern got its way, protesters be damned, because big money talks.
We citizens shouldn’t fall prey to our teams’ brazen financial requests.
Recently elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, McMichael — who is battling ALS — is fighting with all he has to get there.
Patrick Mahomes’ latest title reinforces belief that Bears can’t settle for mediocre quarterback.
The Sun-Times’ experts offer their picks for Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Chiefs and 49ers in Las Vegas.
Big Ten-SEC alliance reeks of move to forestall the inevitable payment of players.
My football-pool gathering quickly devolved into a passionate discussion about why the team sucks.
The possibility of him having had an overdose puts him in a pool with many other Americans as we suffer through a crisis of epic proportions.
Reaction reflects general rudeness of society and fans’ continuing allegiance to Michael Jordan.