You have to give credit to Major League Baseball for holding onto and honoring its history more than any other professional sports league. With the NFL continuing to sweep the health problems of its former players under the rug, the NBA forcing its former stars to judge Dunk Contests or actually participate in that crazy [...]

Carlos Boozer was interviewed on ESPN Radio in Chicago yesterday, and it appears that rumor sending him to the Windy City may not be dead after all.  The entire interview is interesting so I recommend giving it a listen, but here are some of the highlights from a written transcription:
Do you think you will be [...]

Some idiot at ESPN decided to stir the pot for Chicagoans the other day by implying that we are too easy on Cutler before he has even thrown a single pass.  Not only that, but apparently Cutler will definitely remind us of Rex Grossman before too long.  Cue K.C. Joyner of ESPN:

I’ve said it many [...]

In honor of the return of StevieY19 this week (hopefully by Friday), here’s a little Detroit Lions link.  This is what the players would tweet on the sidelines if they could.  Funny and sad at the same time. [Detroit4Lyfe]
Professional memoribilia-hawks had Granderson’s number right when he got off the plane in St. Louis. [The Grandstand]
Bulls [...]

Over the weekend, the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals found themselves writing the newest chapter in their long standing rivalry. Ho-hum. Yawn. Wake me up when one of the teams actually moves up or down in the standings. The Cubs and Cardinals battled to a draw: 2 games won, 2 games lost, 17 runs [...]

All things considered, the Cubs are lucky to have the record they do going into the All-Star break, but how have individual players and parts on this team rate so far?  Here’s a take on their performance thus far by position.
1st Base (Derrek Lee, Micah Hoffpauir): Derrek Lee started slow but has come on extremely [...]

It is the 30th anniversary of one of the great promotions in sports history.  When you discuss great promotions in sports, invariably the discussion will include nickel beer night in Cleveland and battery giveaway night at the Vet.  But no discussion is complete without talking about Disco Demolition Night.  Bill Veeck, famous promoter on both [...]

In the three series we saw this weekend matching intra-divisional opponents, we saw one tie (Cubs/Cards 2-2), and zero sweeps (Det/Cle 2-1)(Min/Sox 2-1). Outside of these spirited contests that did little to impact the divisional races, every other team in the Central divisions, except for Houston, lost their series. Houston just eeked out a series [...]

About a month ago, Deadspin ran a story about all the people that Sports Illustrated has declared the “Chosen One”.  It is a hilarious list.  Some of them worked out, and some of them were complete busts.  In honor of that list (which you should definitely check out), I have decided to do my own [...]

A new camera system is being installed in every Major League ballpark to measure the exact location and speed of the ball on every part of the field, as well as where the players are.  This will allow for a better statistical analysis of the game in a lot of ways.  Joe Morgan is not [...]

I know I said that the Bulls were pursuing some options and that for the most part I didn’t like any of them.  Although I said Boozer would be the best of the available options, I still tried to argue he probably wouldn’t be a good fit for the team.  Upon hearing the latest rumor, [...]

Unless you have been in a cave for the last 3.5 months, you’ve heard all about Milton Bradley’s struggles at the plate (his struggles in the field too, I’m guessing, though that’s a topic for another day).  There is a lot of speculation as to why he’s having these problems, and most of them have [...]

Top ten moments in Chicago sports in the last decade.  They aren’t all good either.  Yikes. [Pippen Ain't Easy]
Soriano is upset about his recent benching.  Here’s what I have to say about that: Hit. [Tribune]
Tallon cleaned up most of his mess regarding the Blackhawks qualifying offers.  It was expensive though. [Sun-Times]
LeBron James got dunked on, [...]

I saw this on Chicagoist and had to share it with everyone.  I know its not sports-related, but it is too funny not to post.  Apparently this is the sign out front of  Marie’s Golden Cue on Montrose in Albany Park.  I wonder if it’s helped business or not:

Sounds like my kind of place.

I remember a guy named Derrek Lee.  From 2001-2003, he averaged about 26 home runs, 35 doubles and 80 walks a season, while winning a Gold Glove at first base in 2003.  He was just on the cusp of being a perennial all-star.  The Cubs at the time had a young Korean with a lot [...]