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Monday meanderings: The Chicago Sky lost its final regular-season game Sunday against the visiting San Antonio Stars 84-72. The Sky rested key players Elena Delle Donne, Sylvia Fowles and Epiphanny Prince. So they would be ready for the playoffs. And, it would seem, so the Sky doesn’t have to face the Indiana Fever in the […]
Sunday smorgasbord: Derrick Rose played a basketball game Saturday night at the United Center. Which will come as good news to Chicago Bulls fans. Even better, he did not require surgery after the contest in which he played for Team USA in an exhibition victory against Brazil. * Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Mark Buehrle made […]
The Chicago White Sox might have injured outfielder Avisail Garcia back sooner than expected. Meaning sometime soon. As in before the end of the season. Which is good news for the Sox because the guy can hit. It would be even better news if he could pitch. * Speaking of the Sox, starter Hector Noesi […]
The Chicago Bears scored on a Jordan Palmer pass with 50 seconds left to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-19 Thursday night at Soldier Field. There are few things more exciting in exhibition football games than making evaluations of potential backup quarterbacks. Which should tell you a lot about excitement and exhibition football games. * Jay […]
Thursday thoughts (or reasonable facsimiles thereof): Javier Baez and Anthony Rizzo hit back-to-back home runs as the Chicago Cubs defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Wednesday night at Wrigley Field. They inch closer to the division-leading Brewers. Meaning the Cubs are a mere 13 games back of the Brewers. All the Cubs need is to win […]
Midweek musings: Yes, Chicago White Sox left-hander Chris Sale needs to learn to pitch right-handed, too. Just so the bullpen won’t blow it. Which was the case again Tuesday in San Francisco. Even though the Sox won 3-2 in 10 innings on Gordon Beckham’s run-scoring single, Sale had exited after eight innings with a 2-0 […]
Robin Williams was many things, some even involving sports. Not that today’s topic is sports. The comedian/actor died Monday in California at age 63. Cause of death appears to be suicide. Today’s topic is depression. And not the type that you might feel after your team loses a ballgame. Not the type you feel after […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago Bears welcomed tight end Martellus Bennett back from a brief suspension for “conduct detrimental to the team.” If coach Marc Trestman and team management really wanted to punish him, wouldn’t they have had him play substantial minutes in the exhibition opener vs. Philadelphia? * Speaking of the Eagles, there’s video of […]
Sunday smorgasbord: For those who stated up Saturday night, the Chicago White Sox ended a four-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory Saturday at Seattle. OK, even if you didn’t stay up, the Sox still won. They scored an unearned run in the 10th on a two-out Conor Gillaspie single. Sox starter Hector Noesi allowed […]
One of the great philosophical questions of the day: Is a Chicago Bears victory in their exhibition opener of greater significance than a White Sox or Cubs regular-season loss? Or are they all equally significant/insignificant? I’ll hang up and not listen for my answer. * NFL exhibition games are the worst in pro sports. Unless, […]