National League Championship Series

One of the last things Punkin Miller wanted to do as manager of the MetLife Orioles in the Blue Mountain League was get a scoreboard dedicated at his team's Curt Simmons Field at Egypt Memorial Park. On Sunday afternoon, that scoreboard was dedicated,...

INDIANAPOLIS — Inside a cramped Northwestern locker room where 73 years of NCAA tournament futility hung in the heavy air, John Shurna tried in vain Thursday night to explain how his team blew a 75-68 overtime loss to Minnesota. "To be honest I'm...

Here we are again. For the second series in a row, the Giants have refused to fade to black. They have extended the National League Championship Series to six games, forcing the Cardinals to make a round-trip flight they would have liked to avoid. The...

CINCINNATI — Hensley Meulens must be a very happy man. Throughout Game 3 of the National League Division Series, the Giants hitting coach was one timely hit away from the flight of shame home to San Francisco. Buster Posey and his teammates were...

Bill Buckner and Leon Durham gave the Cubs solid first basemen from 1977-87, when this reporter spent some time covering the team as the Tribune's beat writer. Each enjoyed a solid major league career. Buckner wound up a .289 career hitter with a batting...

Is an orange-headed baby monkey a lucky charm for the San Francisco Giants as they head into the World Series?...

The main programs Monday night are contests, and none is bigger than the third and final presidential debate. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney share their foreign-policy views at Lynn University in Boca Raton. CBS' Bob Schieffer moderates from 9 to 10:30 p.m....

Steven Spielberg's ‘Lincoln' with Daniel Day-Lewis was previewed on ‘60 Minutes.' Handout art THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED A SECOND TIME: The NFL was a ratings booster for CBS, NBC and “60 Minutes” Sunday evening. A football...

It wasn't as big as the first two presidential debates, but the final showdown between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was a ratings blockbuster anyway. The Monday debate pulled in 59.2 million, down from the 67.2 million for the first debate and the 65.6...

Dancing and debating were the biggest draws Monday for Orlando viewers. ABC's “Dancing With the Stars” topped the night's rankings with 273,300 viewers. The contest offered one hour of dancing, then shifted to the final debate between Barack...

Swing, batter, batter! In less time than it takes to say that phrase, Major League Baseball sluggers have their bat across the plate, and the best of them are golfing the shot over the outfield wall. How does the brain "know" when to swing?...

PHOENIX -- A walk-off, 1-0 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday at Chase Field marked the end of the Dodgers' three-day break from a blood feud with the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers will return to Dodger Stadium on Monday to face the Padres,...