A Lark in the Park

Steve Rushin

June 10, 2002

"He probably wants to talk about steroids," says Bill Murray, the actor and baseball owner, sizing up a writer from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. But in fact the writer, like Murray, has an even unhealthier interest at heart: the Chicago Cubs. "In seasons when the Cubs or Bears are out of it early," says Murray, "I spend a lot of time cleaning my garage." That garage is—now more than ever—the Carport of Dorian Gray, for it gets neater with each new Cubs catastrophe. "I'm getting worried," says Murray. "I'm worried that my garage, by the end of the summer, will be spotless." He sighs and looks momentarily stricken: "I might even repaint it."