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Midweek musings: Give Ryan Dempster 10 runs in one game and he can get one victory. Give him 10 runs over four games and he probably can win at least three. The Cubs right-hander finally won his first game of the season with a 10-0 decision Tuesday (June 5) against the Brewers at Milwaukee. Dempster […]
With the sixth pick in the 2012 amateur draft Monday night (June 4), the Chicago Cubs selected Albert Almora, an 18-year-old outfielder from Mater Academy Charter in Hialeah Gardens, Fla. He is the first pick of the Theo Epstein era with the Cubs. The question now becomes whether Almora becomes a Hall of Famer — […]
The Chicago Rush featured a number of meaningful numbers in its 73-62 Arena Football League victory against the visiting Spokane Shock on Sunday (June 3) at Allstate Arena in Rosemont. There was quarterback Russ Michna setting team records for touchdowns (nine), completions (32) and yards (412) in a game. And connecting 32-of-38 attempts isn’t too […]
If Shea McClellin is half as good on the football field as he was at his first Chicago autograph signing, the Bears’ No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft will be a formidable force for the foreseeable future (yeah, some of us are alliteration aficionados). The defensive end/linebacker/just get him in the game from Boise […]
For some in the crowd, the Chicago Sky’s victory Friday (June 1) was something of an epiphany. For most, it was an Epiphanny. As in guard Epiphanny Prince. The third-year player from Rutgers had a career-high six three-point shots in a 65-63 victory against the Washington Mystics that Sylva Fowles provided with a lay-in with […]
WNBA president Laurel Richie was in Chicago for the Sky’s home opener May 25 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. A week later, the Sky still is looking for a home victory. Of course, the team has played only one game since that loss to the Indianapolis Fever, and that game was on the road. […]
Thursday thoughts: Nine more victories in a row and the Chicago Cubs will have offset that 12-game losing streak. A victory Wednesday (May 30) did provide them with their first three-game winning streak of the season and their first series sweep. The only downside? The Cubs don’t play the San Diego Padres with greater regularity. […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether the Chicago Cubs actually will be able to achieve their first three-game winning streak of the season with a victory Wednesday (May 30) vs. the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field: * Speaking of streaks, the White Sox have won seven in a row. Or what is known recently by […]
When you’re hot, you’re hot. And Monday (May 28) was hot in Chicago and for Chicago. Left-hander Chris Sale strikes out 15 as the Chicago White Sox defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 in St. Petersburg, Fla.; and the Chicago Cubs thump the San Diego Padres 11-7 at Wrigley Field to end a 12-game losing […]
If Paul Konerko was any hotter, he would spontaneously combust. The Chicago White Sox first baseman has been anything but a bust at the plate this season. Konerko (.399 batting average in 2012) has 23 hits in his last 36 at-bats in his last 10 games. Included in that span are five home runs and […]