Ronnie Wickers was looking around his room for his get-well cards. “Where are they?” he asked his daughter, Yolanda Linneman.

Ronnie “Woo Woo” Wickers is rehabbing from a lung disease in an Evanston facility but hopes to return soon to his natural ...

When Durham homered in San Diego to give the Cubs the lead in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the 1984 National League ...

Cubs players all knew him, or at least knew the voice. One day in ‘87, former Cubs great Billy Williams stood near the batting cage 2½ hours before a day game and heard Wickers chanting outside ...

Billy Williams played MLB games from 1959 to 1976, mainly as a left fielder for the Chicago Cubs. The legendary player was named NL Rookie of the Year in 1961 and runner-up in NL MVP voting in 1970.

1970 — Los Angeles Lakers guard Jerry West hits a 60-foot desperation shot at the buzzer to tie Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. The Knicks outscore the Lakers 9-6 in the overtime ...

1990 — At Fenway Park, gimpy-legged Bill Buckner, 41, hits an inside-the-park home run for the Boston Red Sox. It will be his only homer in this, his last, season as he will play just 22 games.

1994 — David Robinson scores 71 points to win the NBA scoring title as the San Antonio Spurs end the regular season with a 112-97 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. Robinson, the fourth NBA player ...

The Charlotte Hornets ended yet another disappointing season this week with their seventh straight loss, raising questions ...