By Paul M. Banks White Sox centerfielders are like Bulls post-players or Bears QBs prior to the Jay Cutler signing. There’s nothing close to a blue chip stock in the portfolio, so all you can do is take the collection of junk bonds you have, and try to maximize your return. 31 year old DeWayne Wise was a career minor leaguer for a reason, there’s no reason to expect his … [Read more...] about White Sox CF Issues
Archives for April 2009
Don’t Toews Calgary Bro
By Paul M. Banks The last time the Chicago Blackhawks won a playoff series in 1996, it was a first round triumph over the Calgary Flames. If history repeats itself in 2009, the series MVP could likely be Hawks Center Jonathan Toews, who was 8 years old back then. He was born the same year the Flames’ home arena, the Pengrowth Saddledome hosted Winter Olympic hockey in 1988. … [Read more...] about Don’t Toews Calgary Bro
Blackhawks Playoff Series Getting Chippy, Punchy
By Paul M. Banks Since the opening face off, the Chicago Blackhawks first round playoff series with the Calgary Flames has been a very physical one. Game one contained lots of good solid checking, but it didn’t have all the punches of games two and three. Monday night’s loss in Calgary saw even more checks get cashed in the currency of pushes, shoves and … [Read more...] about Blackhawks Playoff Series Getting Chippy, Punchy
NFL Mock Draft Update
By Peter Christian Only four days of speculation remain and the heat is on for both the draft analysts and the prospects. Expect daily updates in the mock draft from today until Friday! The NFL Mock Draft Database 1. Detroit Lions Matt Stafford QB Georgia Stafford held his own at the NFL Scouting Combine by showing off his … [Read more...] about NFL Mock Draft Update
Inside-Out Sox Exchange
By Soxman and Paul M. Banks In a role reversal, our South Side super hero Soxman grabs the interview reigns to lead this week’s Sox exchange, as Paul M. Banks has been completely consumed by the three P’s…Play-offs, Politics, and Pitching (for his local softball team) In this week's exchange, our sports media dynamic duo discuss the AL Central race this young season, the … [Read more...] about Inside-Out Sox Exchange
2009 NBA Mock Draft
By: David K. This is my first mock draft that has taken team needs into account. Now that the NBA regular season is done, the preliminary order is set until the draft lottery takes place on May 19th. Remember, I got as many picks correct last year as ESPN’s “expert” Chad Ford and watched 274 college basketball games this season, so I feel pretty good about my … [Read more...] about 2009 NBA Mock Draft
A Wildcat Experience at The Cell
By Rikki Greenberg The environment at U.S. Cellular Field was electric and it wasn’t because the White Sox were in town. This game was all about sporting purple and white or blue and gold while heading to the park to pledge your allegiance to either Northwestern or Notre Dame. Northwestern senior Tony Vercelli’s two home runs in the 5-1 defeat over Notre Dame was the … [Read more...] about A Wildcat Experience at The Cell
Alley-OOP & the SCOOP on what’s going on Around the NBA Hoop:
2009 NBA Playoffs Western Conference Special Edition By: Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson 1 Los Angeles Lakers (65-17) vs. 8 Utah Jazz (48-34): Didn’t we just see them play earlier this week? Yeah we did. The Lakers’ manhandled them like they stole their snack money before school with a 125-112 win on Tuesday. This Lakers team has been built to win and the time is now. … [Read more...] about Alley-OOP & the SCOOP on what’s going on Around the NBA Hoop:
What’s Brewing in ’09: Opening Week Woes, Cold Soup & Hot Hitting
By: Melissa Wollering It wouldn’t be rivalry if there weren’t highlights and lowlights to the Brewers Opening home stand against the Cubs this past week. Personal highlights include the first christening of my new handmade cornhole game with my little brother, having a Brewers fan tell me ‘that’s an impressive amount of liquor you brought for two … [Read more...] about What’s Brewing in ’09: Opening Week Woes, Cold Soup & Hot Hitting
Blackhawks Experiencing a Very Physical Series
By Paul M. Banks There’s one aspect of the game of hockey that makes the athletic achievements of the players all the more impressive: Most of the time, hockey players must perform their tasks aware that a giant Russian or Canadian man is speeding towards them on skates with the intent to kill them. Well, not literally kill them, but hockey is an extremely physical game and … [Read more...] about Blackhawks Experiencing a Very Physical Series