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Monday meanderings: Once upon a time (or at least a few decades ago when some of us were much younger), Labor Day meant — along with parades and politicians embracing the working man and woman — doubleheaders. Two games for the price of one. A working person’s dream. Or at least a frugal working person’s […]
The Chicago Sky enjoyed a benchmark victory on Saturday. Fittingly, the bench left a mark in the process. With an 85-68 victory against the Atlanta Dream at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., the Sky clinched homecourt throughout the WNBA’s Eastern Conference playoffs. Among the reserves contributing to the Sky’s sixth consecutive victory (tying a franchise […]
The dog days of August — in fact, any days of August — are coming to a close. Any day now. OK, actually today (provided that you are reading this on Aug. 31). Which means football (college, pro, high school — take your pick, any and all) are upon us. Of course, for those of […]
Now don’t get me wrong; $765 million is not chump change. In fact, The Wife said she would be willing to have that as her shoe and purse budget for the next decade or two. But that sum that the NFL has agreed to pay players who brought a concussion lawsuit against the league is […]
Thursday thoughts: With Chris Sale pitching them to a 6-1 victory against the visiting Houston Astros on Wednesday (Aug. 28), the Chicago White Sox improved to 10-2 in their last 12 games. Which prompted the statistical analysis department around here to thinking (no easy task to do that either, let me tell you). And here […]
Midweek musings: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has an incredible 1.72 earned-run average. He aso has a 13-8 record — with the latest loss coming Tuesday against the Chicago Cubs 3-2 at Dodger Stadium. For those who contend Kershaw should win he National League Cy Young Award, doesn’t a loss to the Cubs automatically […]
.Random thoughts while wondering what bothers Chicago White Sox management more — losing to the Houston Astros (who have the worst record in baseball) or hearing reports that the Astros will lead the big leagues in profitabilty at $99 million this year: * There seems an excellent chance the Astros (44-86) will lose at leas […]
Monday meanderings: Chicago Cubs 55-74, last place in the National League Central 21 games behind the division leader. Chicago White Sox 54-75, last place in the American League Central, 22.5 games behind the division leader. Sox 8-2 last 10 games; Cubs 3-7 last 10. And so the stage is set to see which team will […]
A beautiful day for softball. An enthusiastic capacity crowd at your home ballpark. An opportunity to win a championship. You couldn’t have asked for much more than that Saturday (Aug. 24), if you were the Chicago Bandits or a fan of the National Pro Fastpitch team. Well, other than a victory. The Bandits, who entered […]
August 23 is memorable for a variety of reasons. Let the record show that in 2013 on that date the Chicago Bears defeated the Oakland Raiders in an exhibition game in which Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and the offense looked impressive, the Chicago Cubs scored six runs in the first inning in a game at […]