Philip Hersh, the Olympic specialist for Tribune Co., has covered 17 Olympics and reported from some 50 countries in 30 years with the Chicago Tribune. He likes to use sport as a way to write about the culture of a country or an athlete. Hersh graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Arts in French literature. His passions include chamber music, road cycling (takes no PEDs except Advil) and Dr. Siri mysteries.
Not long after a 13-year-old kid became America’s ice darling of the moment by winning the U.S. Olympic Festival before the largest crowd ever to see a figure skating competition, her father realized he might soon need someone to look out for his daughter’s financial and promotional...
The NCAA Division I women’s soccer tournament committee did DePaul no favors.
The Northwestern women's field hockey team completed a string of upsets to earn their first Big Ten tournament title and a place in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994.
The DePaul women’s soccer team continued to make individual and program history Sunday.
Illinois forward Jannelle Flaws is a unanimous choice as 2014 Big Ten soccer forward of the year.
DePaul freshman Alexa Ben of Schaumburg has been named the Big East's soccer rookie of the year.
Another multiple women’s winner of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon has run afoul of doping control. Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo, who won a second straight title Oct. 12, tested positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO in an out-of-competition test Sept. 25, according to a Kenya track...
In bizarre and difficult weather, Rockford’s Abby Reed tied a DePaul goal scoring record as her team earned the first women’s soccer conference title in the program's 19-year history with a 3-0 win over St. John’s Friday afternoon at Wish Field.