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Chicago Sky forward Elena Delle Donne took a shot at improvisation Wednesday night. Also a shot at the Phoenix Mercury basket with the game tied. With 5.8 seconds left in regulation in the WNBA game at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., guard Epiphanny Prince inbounded the ball to Delle Donne and waited for her to […]
Midweek musings: Wasn’t it just yesterday (meaning Tuesday, Sept. 10) that we were speaking of the unpredictability of baseball? So what happens. The Detroit Tigers thump the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Predictable. The Cincinnati Reds lose at home to the Chicago Cubs and Edwin Jackson, who leads the major leagues in losses. […]
Random thoughts while wondering why some people think it’s a good idea to bet on baseball. Latest case in point being Chicago Cubs left-hander Travis Wood going up against the Cincinnati Reds, who traded him to the Cubs after the 2011 season. He entered Monday’s game at Cincinnati with an 0-4 reocrd against the Reds, […]
Monday meanderings: So there’s nowhere but down for Marc Trestman. Unless the first-year Bears coach can guide his team to an unbeaten season capped by a Super Bowl victory. It’s tough to improve upon perfection, and the Bears are as perfect as can be — as far as a won-lost record: 1-0. The season-opening 24-21 […]
The NFL’s kickoff weekend is upon us. Once upon a time, it encompassed merely a few hours on a Sunday afternoon. Now, thanks in no small part to television, there are games on Thursday night, Sunday afternoon and night and Monday night. Regardless of any proliferation of pigskin presence on your TV or other viewing […]
The Chicago Sky season took another twist Friday. Courtney Vandersloot’s right ankle to be precise. She twisted it in pregame warmups and subsequently missed the first game in her WNBA career. More painful than the ankle for Vandersloot was watching an 82-77 loss to the Indiana Fever at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. Not that […]
So the Baltimore Orioles were concerned that the Baltimore Ravens would be playing the Denver Broncos to open the NFL season Thursday night (Sept. 5) with both contests to be played in Baltimore. Consequently, the football game was moved to Denver. And attendance at the Orioles-Chicago White Sox contest was 17,383 (37.8 percent of capacity). […]
Thursday thoughts (or what passes for thinking around here): With their loss Wednesday, the Chicago White Sox (56-82) are assured of a losing record this season. With their victory Wednesday, the Chicago Cubs can retain hopes for having a .500 season — as long as they go 22-1 to finish the season. OK, so a […]
Midweek musings: Well, you have to admit the Chicago White Sox are showing improvement. As long as you aren’t expecting a victory. The Sox, who gave up eight runs in an inning in losing on Labor Day, gave up five runs in the eighth inning Tuesday (Sept. 3), as the host New York Yankees prevailed […]
Random thoughts while trying to figure out what day of the week it is: OK, so it’s Tuesday — even though it seems like Monday and Monday seemed like Sunday. What all this means is it’s either one day closer to the end of the baseball season for the Cubs and White Sox or one […]