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A Beachwood Exclusive
“The Chicago Bulls announced overnight Wednesday that they are moving their practice facility from suburban Deerfield to downtown Chicago,” the Tribune reports.
Beachwood Sports can exclusively report what’s behind the move:
* Rahm promised luxury tax breaks.
* What good is it to have a Lamborghini just to get stuck on the Kennedy?
* If they wanted to live and practice in the suburbs, they would have signed with Orlando.
Posted on June 14, 2012
By Dan O’Shea
The trade deadline is more than a month-and-a-half away, but as the Cubs lurch inexorably toward a 100-loss season, there is plenty of buzz about who will be moved and when.
Beyond Starlin Castro, the Cubs really don’t have any players you would consider every day starters on fantasy rosters – and it’s highly unlike Castro will be moved. Other Cubs do see fantasy ownership, but they are more like bench filler for lineups and pitching staffs
Having said that, the fantasy fortunes of some Cubs could change if they do get traded sometime between now and July 31:
Posted on June 13, 2012
By Jim Coffman
You’ll be rooting for the Thunder, right? Or should we say against the Heat?
When the NBA finals begin this evening at 8 p.m. on ABC, the vast majority of the viewing audience tuning in from outside of South Florida will be pulling for the exciting, precocious team representing one of the smallest municipalities in the country to have a major pro team.
Posted on June 12, 2012
By Steve Rhodes
“Rising from the rubble of an old industrial site, the 20,000-seat Toyota Park was supposed to put a small suburb on the map,” the Tribune reported over the weekend.
“Yet the soccer stadium also has become a model of what can go wrong when a little town takes massive development gambles in a state with loose borrowing and ethics laws: Politicians and insiders benefit, while taxpayers are stuck covering budget-busting losses.
“The blue-collar suburb of Bridgeview now suffers under the highest rate of debt in the Chicago region, a Tribune analysis of thousands of pages of state and local records found.”
Posted on June 11, 2012
By Marty Gangler
Um, what? After enduring yet another horrible week of Cubs baseball I am left with a question. What is this? Sure, the answer is “a rebuilding year.” But there is so little to build with here. It’s like trying to build a skyscraper with some pipe cleaners and Elmer’s glue.
That’s just not going to hold up. Yes my friends, this is rock bottom. Whodathunkit?
Well, everyone kinda thunk it this year I guess, but now that we are here, it’s friggin tough to deal with. Which makes me think of the alternative.
Posted on June 11, 2012
By Roger Wallenstein
If you lower the price, they will come.
In an attempt to counter the lukewarm response to the White Sox’s early-season success, the team’s dynamic pricing strategy offered $5 seats last week for the Toronto series. Lo and behold, people showed up.
Posted on June 11, 2012
By Thomas Chambers
UPDATE 11:49 A.M.: I’ll Have Another, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner who was aiming to become the 12th horse to win the Triple Crown, was scratched Friday from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes because of a leg injury, the New York Times reports.
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Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist. – George Carlin
For any fan of Thoroughbred horse racing, and horseplayers too, Saturday will be the ultimate day. I’ll Have Another has a tremendous opportunity to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed capped off the great 1970s with his epic Belmont Stakes victory over archrival Alydar.
And yet.
Posted on June 8, 2012
A Recap
“Fire players Dan Gargan and Gonzalo Segares showcase their work with other artists at May’s Art of Futbol event held at Society Art Gallery.”
Posted on June 7, 2012
By Dan O’Shea
If you’re a Cubs fan, there isn’t much to do these days except debate when Anthony Rizzo will get called up. That’s how it is when you’re in last place.
And if your fantasy team is near the bottom of the standings too, you just might be doing the same thing, although more generally speaking. We’re getting to the portion of the season where bad MLB teams are starting to call up their prospects in hopes of shaking things up, and if you pick up the call-ups at the right time, they can provide a nice fantasy boost.
This season, we have already seen at least two prospects presumed to be mid-season arrivals actually called up early – Bryce Harper of the Nationals and Mike Trout of the Angels. Both of them (especially Trout) have been doing so well that they are not available in most fantasy leagues, but don’t worry. There are more call-ups on the way.
Here are my top picks for probable mid-season call-ups worth picking up:
Posted on June 6, 2012
By Jim Coffman
The basketball was beautiful Saturday night. Sunday’s action was less so.
But yesterday’s result certainly warmed the heart of anti-Heat fans everywhere. And there is some drama in the NBA playoffs after the first two games in both conference finals earlier last week were dominated by the favorites. Now deuces – a pair of 2-2 deadlocks – are wild.
Posted on June 4, 2012
