Barry Rozner
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Rozner: Pace of MLB games not real issueFeb 19, 2018 12:00 am - Jon Lester is about as old school as it gets. He grunts at himself, groans at umpires and greets each batter as the enemy. But for love of Nolan Ryan and all that's holy...
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Rozner: Blackhawks find the end of a dynasty isn't prettyFeb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Dynasties rarely end with a parade. It ends just this way, a team never certain it's over, continuing to look for that one last shot. Still, crystal balls are cloaked in...
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Rozner: Otto remembers 'Homestead Hobos' as free-agent camp beginsFeb 12, 2018 12:00 am - Every professional athlete knows the moment it's over. Few get to plan it. Few have a say in it. Even fewer have it happen in as ridiculous a setting as the one in which...
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Rozner: Length of Darvish contract doesn't scare CubsFeb 10, 2018 12:00 am - With seven being one more than six, the Cubs are guaranteed four more years of Kris Bryant. With that math firmly in tow, think of it as the “Bryant window,” and it migh...
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Rozner: Northwestern's Phillips leaves room in heart for NIU shooting victimsFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - No one ever anticipates the worst day of their life. The shock is staggering, in an instant the evolution surreal. Jim Phillips remembers that moment 10 years later as i...
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Rozner: Hot takes galore as MLB verbal war over free agents escalatesFeb 06, 2018 12:00 am - Another day, another dollar's worth of rhetoric from the MLB Players Association, followed by a quick response from the commissioner's office. The fight, as you know, is...
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Rozner: Pace of MLB conversation remains sluggishFeb 04, 2018 12:00 am - As my grandmother used to say, you can't have it both ways. She might not have been the first. Regardless, baseball wants faster contests and Commissioner Rob Manfred is...
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Rozner: MLB players have only themselves to blame for slow free agent marketFeb 04, 2018 12:00 am - The first sign that baseball is roaring toward labor quicksand at full speed with their Lamborghini headlights turned off is when they begin the battle for public opinio...
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Rozner: Two decades later, still missing HarryFeb 03, 2018 12:00 am - Time doesn't really march on, much as we'd be comforted if true. It's more like time races by at 90 mph while we try to get out of the left lane and avoid getting run ov...
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Rozner: Tiger Woods at Torrey was breathtaking startJan 29, 2018 12:00 am - In 2008, there was talk that Tiger Woods would never win again. But after capturing the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines on a broken leg and torn ACL - and sitting out the rest...