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The Stadiums that Built Chicago Sports: How Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park, Soldier Field and Chicago Stadium Shaped a City’s Identity

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Chicago has never needed much encouragement to argue about sports. Cubs or White Sox, Bears or Packers, Jordan's Bulls or the teams that followed, there is always another championship to remember, another collapse to explain, or another generation convinced it witnessed the city's greatest era. Yet some of Chicago's most enduring sports memories have less to do with the … [Read more...] about The Stadiums that Built Chicago Sports: How Wrigley Field, Comiskey Park, Soldier Field and Chicago Stadium Shaped a City’s Identity

From 121 Losses to October Baseball: Where the White Sox Rank Among MLB’s Great Turnarounds

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Two years ago, the Chicago White Sox had one of the worst seasons in modern MLB history. The team lost 121 games in 2024, and then another 102 in 2025. In 2026, they ended the regular season with 84 victories, 78 losses and a playoff berth. The White Sox came within one win of reaching the American League Championship Series, but the Cleveland Guardians knocked them out in … [Read more...] about From 121 Losses to October Baseball: Where the White Sox Rank Among MLB’s Great Turnarounds

Five Most Iconic Baseball Cards of the 1980s

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It's a time for a look back. Thus, I reflected back to when I was a hard core baseball cards collector: 1985-1992. Memories of opening up my first Topps baseball wax pack are still vivid. I even set up shop as a dealer at card shows during my youth. Then I lost interest when I entered high school, but here are the five most iconic baseball cards that will strongly resonate … [Read more...] about Five Most Iconic Baseball Cards of the 1980s

25 All-Time Worst Sports Interview Cliches, Platitudes, Bromides and Tautologies

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Editor's Note: this article originally ran in the fall of 2018. The sports calendar is sort of imbalanced, but once it gets moving, it has a lot of velocity. For about four months in the summer you have pretty much nothing but baseball. And that lull is extremely brutal. But once college football starts– boom! The NFL is the very next week. Hockey preseason starts two … [Read more...] about 25 All-Time Worst Sports Interview Cliches, Platitudes, Bromides and Tautologies

Jake Peavy Says Replacing David Ross with Craig Counsell a ‘knee jerk reaction’

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In 2023, the Chicago Cubs finished 83-79, under the guidance of manager David Ross. They did not make the postseason. After replacing Ross with Craig Counsell this offseason, they finished 83-79 and out of the playoffs once again. Counsell's contract is worth $40 million over five years, the richest ever in Major League history for a manager. So despite the fact that nothing … [Read more...] about Jake Peavy Says Replacing David Ross with Craig Counsell a ‘knee jerk reaction’

LaMarr Hoyt Made a Stunning Admission about Pete Rose Record-Breaker

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Rest in Peace Pete Rose. With the news of Rose's passing earlier today, I could not help but think of a very interesting factoid about what actually happened when he broke Ty Cobb's record for all-time career hits. This was hiding in plain sight, buried in the middle of a video posted 11 years ago on YouTube. … [Read more...] about LaMarr Hoyt Made a Stunning Admission about Pete Rose Record-Breaker

Jake Peavy on How Close He Came to Joining the Cubs

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You have probably heard this story before- Jake Peavy, recently coming off a Cy Young/Triple Crown season in 2007, and convinced that he was soon headed to the northside of Chicago, sang “Go, Cubs, Go” at a Las Vegas bar during the 2008 Baseball Winter Meetings. But according to the man himself, the signing, like the trade itself, never actually happened. … [Read more...] about Jake Peavy on How Close He Came to Joining the Cubs

Jerry Reinsdorf Must Sell, White Sox on Pace to be Historically Bad

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Jerry Reinsdorf, what on Earth have you done? How can a Major League Baseball team be metaphorically "out of it" well before the month of May even begins? Getting out of the gates 6-22 this season, the Chicago White Sox have been "done" since before the weather even warmed up. At 27-77, they're 50 games under .500, for the first time since franchise history since 1970, when … [Read more...] about Jerry Reinsdorf Must Sell, White Sox on Pace to be Historically Bad

Exclusive: White Sox 2B Nicky Lopez on How He Got into Baseball

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Major League Baseball draws big crowds, elicits huge ratings and inflames passions, which makes it truly more than just a game. However, it is still a game, and that means it's just win or lose, not life of death. Chicago White Sox second baseman Nicky Lopez knows that, as his team is currently on pace to finish this season 42-120. … [Read more...] about Exclusive: White Sox 2B Nicky Lopez on How He Got into Baseball