4+ hour ago  (356+ words) DING DONG, the dork is gone. After six disastrous seasons leading the Chicago Bulls to, well, nothing, team ownership finally mustered up the sack to sack Director of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas. Caught in the crossfire, General Manager Marc Eversley…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (497+ words) WELCOME TO THE DOG DAYS of April. The Bulls and Blackhawks are staggering their respective ways to the end of another garbage season. The Bears are quietly prepping for the NFL Draft. The Sky are doing some semblance of roster…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (786+ words) BECAUSE WE'RE SPORTS FANS, we stick with our teams even when they're the definition of meh. My Chicago sports-viewing life has been more meh than not, yet here I am, taking time out of my busy mornings week after week…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (872+ words) THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS HAD it's fair share of infamous teams. The Bartman Cubs. The Rodman Bulls. The Double Doink Bears. But no team was more infamous than the 1919 Chicago White Sox. As detailed in Eliot Asinof's brilliant book…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (1742+ words) This article was originally published on July 19, 2024. I'VE READ BALL FOUR an absurd number of times. And I'm far from the only one. For the uninitiated (and the non-obsessive), Ball Four is Jim Bouton's oftentimes hilarious, oftentimes heartbreaking, and always…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (605+ words) (Editor's note: This article was originally published on July 4, 2024 in a slightly different form.) IT'S APRIL 15, 1985. The 4-1 Chicago Cubs are hosting the 1-4 Philadelphia Phillies. The temperature at Wrigley Field hovers in the mid-50s, but The Hawk whipping off of Lake Michigan…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (422+ words) THE 2025 CHICAGO WHITE SOX were lousy at baseball, wrapping their summer with a record of 60-102, the second-worst in the Majors. The 2024 Chicago White Sox were even lousier at baseball, bumbling their way to a record-breaking 121 losses. But here's the thing:…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (370+ words) DUDE. IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY. YOU'RE EARLY." Can't argue. Mid-February is far too soon to have a legitimate on any Major League Baseball baseball season. The first Spring Training game is four days away, and there are still free agents to…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (253+ words) CHICAGO SPORTS STUFF was (and is, I guess) a happy accident. About two years ago, I was contracting as an MLS writer/editor for Apple (yes, soccer, go figure). After my contract ran out, I had a bunch of time…...