I don’t envy anyone who missed the Hawks game last night.  Chicago won a 7-5 thriller to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 1995.  Kane had a hat trick. [Sun-Times] Indians beat the White Sox in an AL Central pillow fight.  [Yahoo] The Bears signed ex-Lions tight end Michael Gaines.  [...]

Cubs almost blew it in the 9th, but still came away with a solid 8-5 win.  Lilly pitched very well and Fonzy hit 2 homers. [Sun-Times] Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of “The Shot”.  I’m talking about Jordan over Ehlo of course.  Here’s a little tribute. [BDL] If you have a few minutes, this is [...]

Cubs win the opening game of the series in Houston.  Harden looked good and Reed Johnson provided a three run triple.  [MLB] The season hasn’t gotten off to a good start for the New York Yankees.  The new stadium is having its share of growing pains and some crazy things are going on in there.  [...]

Bulls lost in Game 7 if you haven’t heard.  As much as it’s dampening my mood, it was a great series and there’s a lot of promise for next season.  P.S.-Vinny sucks. [Blogabull] Cubs won 6-4, but Z went down with some kind of leg injury.  Dammnit. [Bleacher Nation] Uh-oh, the IOC is impressed by [...]

The Blackhawks beat the Flames 4-1 to advance to the second round for the first time since 1996.  They’ll face the Vancouver Canucks.  [ESPN] ESPN collects draft grades from across the interwebs and gives each team a GPA.  ESPN’s GPA=Fail. [Awful Announcing] Four things to like and four things not to like about the Bears [...]

After it seemed like the Bears would never make a draft choice, trading out of their only first day pick, Jerry Angelo did a solid job of filling needs with talented players. Starting with defensive tackle Jarron Gilbert Angelo addressed the defensive line, which he called the “cornerstone of the franchise.”  Gilbert weighs in at [...]

Ok this post is not directed towards myself, since I obviously already love the guy.  He has a cannon for an arm and is pretty accurate with the football.  The problem some people have is that they think he goes out and parties too much and has a bad attitude.  In regards to the first [...]

Bulls win an instant classic!  Obviously more on this to come, but here’s a good take on the game. [Hardwood Paroxysm] Tex Winter, the mastermind behind the triangle offense and former Bulls assistant, suffered a stroke on Saturday. [Truehoop] A great breakdown of all the Bears picks this weekend. [WCG] The Cubs finally won a [...]

Time to finish out the first round and take a look at what the Bears will do with their only pick of the first day, which comes in round two. 23.  New England: Brian Cushing, OLB USC- The Pats took a young linebacker last year, but with their aging and departed linebackers, it wouldn’t be [...]

The Blackhawks made a great comeback in the second period, but fell short in Calgary 6-4.  The series is tied and headed back to Chicago on Saturday night.  [ESPN] John Danks got the job done for the White Sox as they beat the Orioles 8-2.  [Sun-Times] Aaaannnd the Cubs got shut out 3-0 by Johnny [...]

Well, last night did not go nearly as well as Saturday.  Bulls lose.  [ESPN]  Hawks lose.  [ESPN] Rumor has it that ESPN is considering changing up their College Gameday crew.  If this is true I can’t imagine anyone ever watching it again.  Ever.  [SEC Live News] So the Lions got a new logo and new [...]

Kyle Orton was a very solid quarterback that looked like he could be decent for a while in this league.  Trading him for Jay Cutler didn’t cause much of a problem for Bears fans, however, seeing as that Cutler looks like he could be a great franchise quarterback for years to come. That was on [...]

Geovany Soto will get his shoulder examined in Chicago on the Cubs day off today.  Last year’s ROY missed the game last night.  [Tribune] The San Francisco Giants have kicked off quite the ad campaign.  Haha, balls. [Deadspin] The White Sox only managed three hits last night as they got shut out by the Royals.  [...]

The Bengals continue to make their impression on NFL fans everywhere.  They just have an amazing ability to keep on letting us know they have a commitment to crime.  Around this time last year the team released criminal mastermind Chris Henry, only to re-sign the wide receiver a few months later; they also went on [...]

The Bears have acquired Jay Cutler by trade from the Denver Broncos.  I’m speechless.  Except I’m not and will obviously be addressing this in detail later today. [Zoner] They also got someone to help protect Cutler.  Welcome to Chicago Orlando Pace. [Tribune] The Bulls have been efficient in their dollars spent per wins the last [...]