Piniella uses cardboard cutout of Ricketts to motivate team
Lou Piniella has been looking for ways to motivate the Cubs for most of the season. He's read books, hired motivational speakers, and in desperation, turned to one of the Holy Grails of baseball movies—"Major League."
Cubs discipline Big Z by making him continue to pitch for them
The Cubs disciplined Carlos Zambrano, following his outburst in the dugout last month, by advising the maligned hurler that he still has to pitch for them consistent with the terms laid out in the five-year, $91 million contract he signed in 2007.
Woo-Woo gets vuvuzela for second half of season
Fueled by the popularity of the vuvuzela in the FIFA World Cup, Cubs super fan Ronnie "Woo-Woo" Wickers has acquired one of the cheap plastic meter-long horns to play during Cubs games when his favorite team returns home from the All-Star break Thursday night to play the Phillies.
David Stern emerges from month-long vacation to speak out against LeBron debacle
NBA Commissioner David Stern returned yesterday from his month-long vacation to speak out against the LeBron James "Decision" debacle and fine Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert $100,000 for the emotionally charged, comic sans letter to fans he posted just hours after James spurned his team for Miami.
Radio Brief: Woman pissed recent run of decent play has made husband care about...
A woman can't believe her husband has been fooled into thinking the Cubs still have a chance.
Angels’ Rally Monkey drugged even more than usual to prepare for All-Star festivities
Tuesday's 2010 All-Star Game in Anaheim will feature Angels mascot "The Rally Monkey" frequently during the festivities throughout the weekend.
July ’10 issue is out: Big Z returns, Cubs get Hall of Fame, Hawks...
With so much going on in Chicago's topsy-turvy sports world, The Heckler's July issue is here to help you make sense of it all.
