Brian McBride took some time out from the Fire's pre-season camp in Los Angeles to answer readers' questions. Here are his responses: What exactly did Daniele De Rossi say to you after he received a red card for an elbow on you in World Cup 2006? Thank you so much for bring...

It’s Tuesday, and I have all the answers . . The rookie Bulls coach explicitly called for the dribbling-challenged John Salmons to set up a game-winning shot. Actually, it did turn into a game-winner. Salmons got double-teamed, lost the ball to Dwyane Wade, and helplessly watched as the Heat star ...

By Bob Sakamoto, 7:20 p.m. Marc Fagot and his son Drew at practice in October. (Photo for the Tribune by Warren Skalski) After a courageous 11-month battle against terminal cancer, Geneva running backs coach Marc Fagot, 55, died Thursday at his home in Geneva. Fagot had been an inspiration to the Vi...

It’s Friday, and I have all the answers . . . The White Sox are 15-1 to win the American League or they’re 4-1 or they’re somewhere in between. As always in Las Vegas, it depends where you shop.  And as always in the AL Central, it depends who pitches, and until the Tigers, Indians and T...

It’s Thursday, and I have all the answers . . . The Bulls have had it with Luol Deng. Oh, they can’t come out and say it like that. But you don’t need a Lucky Charms Decoder Ring to understand how they just publicly questioned his guts. At least, that’s the way it reads to me. To recap, Deng...

It’s Wednesday, and I have all the answers . . .    The Broncos say they are not trading Jay Cutler. They tried. Didn’t work. Cutler got mad because he felt lied to. Through it all, the Bears never sounded as if they were interested. Maybe they did it quietly, maybe not. Or maybe itâ...

It’s Wednesday, and I have all the answers . . .    Bulls coach-for-now Vinny Del Negro turned into Bulls coach-for-now Vinny DelRedbutt. Or, if not red, then certainly tight. To back up a bit -- and backing up a bit is something these Bulls players and executives are intimately famili...

You have to give Kobe Bryant credit. The guy is one hell of an ambassador for soccer. Kobe appeared in a Nike soccer commercial, took part in a Barcelona press conference in L.A. in 2006 and was recently on the cover of ESPN The Magazine wearing a Barcelona jersey. Now he's showing some love to...

It’s Tuesday, and I have all the answers . . .   I like ESPN analyst Steve Phillips. I also like when Cubs manager Lou Piniella gets mad. So Piniella gets ticked at Phillips’ criticism that he showed no patience “with assimilation into culture, assimilation into the team’’ with impor...

    Red Stars forward Ella Masar has been forced to wear a protective mask on the field ever since being elbowed in the face during U.S. national team camp on Jan. 28. The accidental elbow from Casey White left Masar with a fracture across the bridge of her nose. "I heard a cr...