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By AP
“Research on the brains of 202 former football players has confirmed what many feared in life – evidence of the devastating disease CTE in nearly all the samples, from athletes in the NFL, college and even high school.”
Posted on July 27, 2017
By Thomas Chambers
Yes, racing fans, it’s that time of year.
The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are here, with Del Mar, site of this year’s Breeders’ Cup, opening Wednesday and Saratoga ringing the bell Friday.
Shipwrecked nines across America will be treading water for more than 90 days, waiting for a rescue boat, the S.S. Rebuilding Plan, that will never come. The Cubs still seem to be searching for identity, but therapy takes time. Can the White Sox get caffeinated with some wins over Crane Kenney’s North Side Gang? The Bears will soon straddle the bow, bleating for relevance, while we look over their shoulders and watch the iceberg closing in on them. Dog Days, indeed.
In this last number of weeks, four big things happened on four different ovals. Two of them should have and two of them shouldn’t have.
Posted on July 24, 2017
By Roger Wallenstein
Goodbye, David Robertson. So long, Todd Frazier. See ya, Tommy Kahnle. (Was it Con-lee or Cain-lee; I was never quite certain.) We hardly knew ye.
Paul Konerko played 16 years for the White Sox. So did Frank Thomas. Mark Buehrle pitched on the South Side for 12 years. Now that Chris Sale (seven seasons) and Jose Quintana (5½) have departed, Avisail Garcia enjoys the greatest longevity as a member of the White Sox, having made his Sox debut on Aug. 9, 2013. Times change.
Posted on July 24, 2017
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Unlike the North Siders, the South Siders haven’t revamped their whole organization – and Kenny Williams still lurks. Plus: Are The Cubs Back?; Hahn’s Stockpile; The Ignominous Return Of Jay Cutler; and Schweinsteiger!
Posted on July 22, 2017
By World Roller Derby Day
Athletes from across the Midwest will launch World Roller Derby Week on August 13th on the 82nd anniversary of Chicagoan Leo Seltzer presenting his creation, Roller Derby, at the Chicago Coliseum in 1935.
Posted on July 18, 2017
By Roger Wallenstein
Your attention! Your attention, please. Have your pencils and scorecards ready for today’s 2020 starting lineup. Let’s glance into the future by looking at a hypothetical cast of White Sox and how they’re performing today.
In center field, we have Luis Robert. Playing in the Dominican Summer League, the soon-to-be 20-year-old Cuban prospect, who signed in May with the Sox for an astounding $26 million, is slashing .255/.479/.872. He’s hit one homer, but more importantly, the kid has walked 17 times while striking out just 14. MLB Pipeline says, “[Robert] pairs electrifying bat speed that should translate into considerable power with well above-average speed.”
Posted on July 17, 2017
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
A rarity: Two Chicago front offices pull brilliant move – at the same time. Plus: Return To Bulls Mountain; Return To Blackhawks Mountain; Schweinsteiger!; and Bustville.
Posted on July 14, 2017
By Rainbow PUSH
NBA Hall of Famers Bernard King and Isiah Thomas, along with legendary sports agent Leigh Steinberg, influential ESPN anchor/journalist Adrienne Lawrence, human rights activist and sports expert Richard Lapchick, and NBA Player’s Association career counselor Lloyd Walton, will be honored Thursday at the RainbowPUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund’s 46th Annual International Convention.
Posted on July 13, 2017
By Tacuma Roeback
“The Department of Defense Warrior Games took place in Chicago from June 30 to July 8. This report looks at two athletes who persevered to compete at these games.”
Posted on July 11, 2017
By Jim Coffman
Who knew David Ross’s retirement would do so much damage? I mean, besides everyone else.
I sure didn’t. I weighed in with the opinion that the biggest celebration of a back-up catcher in baseball history at the end of the regular season last year was a wee bit of overkill.
But all those fans who gave Grandpa Rossy three standing ovations during David Ross Night late last year obviously knew something I should have known. Apparently the Cubs juggernaut couldn’t take the departure of the guy who played one out of every four or five games during the historic 2016 season. The team just wrapped up its by-far worst week of the season (and that is saying something) with an embarrassing 14-3 home loss to the Pirates. The Cubs enter the All-Star break at 43-45, five-and-a-half games behind the Brewers.
Posted on July 10, 2017
