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Hawks plan to ride a new Hossa

chicagosports — 2009-07-01T16:17:29-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply . . . The Blackhawks’ sneak attack on free agency essentially resulted in trading Martin Havlat for Marian Hossa, making them bigger, more dangerous and drawing them closer to the dreaded Detroit Red Wings by stealing...

Cubs can't do anything, and seem to be doing nothing about it

chicagosports — 2009-06-28T17:15:13-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply . . . Sunday’s finale of the crosstown showdown this season might’ve been just one game, but it seemed to sum up everything for the Cubs. Everything bad. The Cubs are in chaos. They look abysmal....

Cubs pitch worse than Sox field

chicagosports — 2009-06-27T20:10:34-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply . . . The Choice (and remember, death is not an option): The Cubs’ bullpen or the White Sox’s defense? Cubs manager Lou Piniella went through four relievers -- Aaron Heilman, Carlos Marmol, Sean Marshall and...

Hey, look! Some fire from Lou!

chicagosports — 2009-06-26T18:41:45-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply . . . Lou blew. Finally. After absorbing criticism for not showing fire, Cubs manager Lou Piniella fired on problematic outfielder Milton Bradley. In fact, he flat fired Bradley for the last 3½ innings of Friday’s...

Where's Piniella's fire? Under control, Quaa-Lou says

chicagosports — 2009-06-26T10:02:15-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply . . . When you have to say publicly that you still have the fire, you need to be fired. Or in Lou Piniella’s case, you sound like you’re trying to get yourself fired because you...

The numbers say the Cubs offense is bad, but really, it's even worse

chicagosports — 2009-06-25T10:57:29-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply ... Baseball’s mind-numbing love of stats betrays you today. The decimal heads who tell you that numbers don’t lie are, in fact, lying about how miserable the Cubs offense is when it counts. The trendy stat...

Sandberg has a conflict with Sosa, but Sandberg is a conflict himself

chicagosports — 2009-06-24T10:48:09-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply . . . Of course Ryne Sandberg doesn’t think Sammy Sosa should be allowed in the Hall of Fame. None of the current Hall-of-Famers want any other players inducted because it diminishes their select little club....

What's the deal with Sox's Williams?

chicagosports — 2009-06-24T10:46:25-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply . . . White Sox general manager Kenny Williams thinks his team can win the AL Central and said he’s disappointed the Sox aren’t in first place. Which is what he’s supposed to think and say....

Giving Fehr the Sosa-Bonds needling

chicagosports — 2009-06-23T09:48:11-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply . . . When the New York Times reported last week that Sammy Sosa was one of the 104 players on the list of drug cheats from the 2003 testing that was supposed to be confidential,...

You watch, Hawks will make sure you remember the Chelios roar

chicagosports — 2009-06-23T08:06:55-05:00

Standard messaging rates apply ... Chris Chelios won’t be back with the dreaded Detroit Red Wings after 10 years and two Stanley Cups. So, it’s a gimme he’ll be back with the Blackhawks. Question is, in which role? First, would...