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Chicago White Sox: Francisco Liriano's No-No Latest Example of a Bad Season
I’ve been a White Sox fan for almost 15 years and have followed them closely for almost eight. I’ve sat through some rough spots, including the disastrous 2007 season in which they won only 72 games...
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NFC Championship Game 2011: Seriously, Bears-Packers Will Be One for the Ages
First, let me apologize to all the Packers fans out there. This piece will be written strictly from a Bears fan's perspective. Any attempts I make to sound neutral will be purely coincidental and unintentional...
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Chicago Bears Stick It To Dallas Cowboys To Remain Unbeaten
The Bears entered a stadium fit for a king on Sunday and not many expected them to come away with a victory. After all, this is the team that was one controversial call away from dropping their season opener to the lowly Detroit Lions...
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Chicago Bears Report: Ugly Performances Like Sunday's Won't Translate Later
Forget all that controversy ever happened. Forget whether or not Calvin Johnson really had control of the ball during what many feel should have been ruled a touchdown...
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Chicago's Opening Day as Mixed as Can Be
It was a tale of two Opening Days for Chicago's two Major League Baseball teams. One club impressed in every way possible, the other not so much. All of it took place before the sun even went down...
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The Final Four: Where Anything Can Happen
If you were somehow 100 percent accurate in picking this year's Final Four, give yourself a huge pat on the back and declare yourself the most knowledgeable person about college basketball in your circle of friends...
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Mike Martz Hired As Chicago Bears' Offensive Coordinator
The Bears have hired Mike Martz, who used to work with head coach Lovie Smith in St. Louis, as their new offensive coordinator...
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Bulls Not Making Predictions Easy
The last real memory most people have of the Bulls is bowing out to the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of a classic first-round playoff series...
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On-Ice Success Will Put Up-and-Down Blackhawks Offseason Behind
Normally, hockey doesn't become a roller coaster ride until the games actually begin. For Blackhawks fans however, that ride carried over from the end of the playoffs to the summer activities...
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Chicago Bears Linebackers: Need To Adjust Without Urlacher
Fans braced for the worst when word broke out after the Bears' Week One loss to Green Bay that Brian Urlacher would have to have surgery on his wrist the following day...
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Jake Peavy Needs to Sit for the Rest of the Season
Just when it seemed like Jake Peavy was on the verge of pitching for the Chicago White Sox in 2009, he suffered another setback during a minor league rehab start with Triple-A Charlotte...
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The Eight Position Players Who Have Pitched in 2009
In Thursday night's loss to the Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona, down by seven runs with two innings to go and wishing to preserve his 'pen for the next series, summoned back-up shortstop Nick Green to take the mound...
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Bears O-Line: Don't Hype Them Yet
Bears fans who watched the team's preseason victory over the New York Giants will be quick to point out the success Jay Cutler had in his home debut. One scoring play in which he was not involved was Matt Forte's long touchdown run...
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White Sox Hope Baldwin Can Solve Fifth-Starter Problem
After being dissatisfied with how 2005 returnee Freddy Garcia performed in Tuesday night's loss to the Kansas City Royals, White Sox GM Kenny Williams decided that since it was too soon to call ...
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Alex Rios Acquired By the White Sox
Following rumors that the White Sox were the team to make the waiver claim on Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Alex Rios, we learn today that the Sox acquired Rios for nothing...
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Pitching Woes Will Leave The Minnesota Twins in the Dust
When people go to the racetrack, they would rather see three horses in contention turning for home than just two. Right now, the American League Central race is at about the third turn and has those three horses right now...
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It's Not the Dome's Fault the Sox are Bad in Minnesota
Every time the White Sox go to Minnesota to play the Twins at the Metrodome, everybody associated with the organization, even the fans, expects the worst. This is exactly why the worst happens every single time the Sox play there...
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Why Frank Thomas Deserves Redemption from the Fans of Chicago
Reports have finally come out that Sammy Sosa tested positive for steroids in 2003. The confirmation only proves what I have known for so long, which is that there was no way Sosa could have ...
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Chicago Baseball: This Summer May Not Be as Pretty
Maybe the Cubs and White Sox are already looking forward to football season to see the Jay Cutler-led Bears, or maybe it's just too early to tell. Perhaps the injury bug has bitten them once too often this season...
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Experts May Have Made Accurate Ugly Predictions For White Sox
Fresh off an AL Central division championship and an offseason that showed underachievers and liabilities like Javier Vazquez, Nick Swisher, and Joe Crede the door, the Chicago White Sox thought ...
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Game 4: The Bulls' Best Playoff Win This Decade
If you don't believe what Chicago Bulls fans say about yesterday's game, just turn on ESPN Classic at 4 p.m. CDT this afternoon. Game 4 between the Bulls and the Boston Celtics was far and away the best postseason game for the team in the post-Jordan era
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Jay Cutler Acquired by Chicago Bears
In a surprise move, the Chicago Bears have emerged as the winner of the Jay Cutler sweepstakes, trouncing the thought of several doubters and second-guessers...
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Detroit Hoops City: A Final Four Preview
Tough times may have hit the Motor City, but this coming weekend college basketball will reign supreme as the Final Four is slated to be held at Ford Field. Fans and students from North Carolina, Connecticut, Villanova, and especially Michigan St...
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A Public Service Announcement Regarding March Madness
This is the time of year when many women worry about the states of their husbands and boyfriends. There is a bug that goes around in this season, and millions of ladies go to bed at night worrying what their significant others will be like the next day...
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Loss of Van Lier, Kerr Tough For Bulls Fans To Take
When I got back from class late this afternoon, I heard the news that former Chicago Bulls player and broadcaster Norm Van Lier was found dead in his apartment at age 61. It was a big blow, considering he died so suddenly...