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After a pair of big trades and some lingering injury issues, the Bulls roster is extremely depleted heading into tonight's game in Minnesota. As a result, head coach Vinny Del Negro announced Derrick Rose will play one-on-five against the Timberwolves.

Tiger Woods shocked the sports world today by announcing that he has retired from the PGA and will attempt a new career in professional baseball.

Taking a cue from the Cubs ticket office’s recent decision to sell single-game tickets at a 20 percent mark-up ahead of the general start of ticket sales, Old Style vendors at Wrigley are discussing a similar strategy to maximize their profits.

Huge lizard passes over Woo-Woo and Soto

"Cubby Occurrences" come with the territory for members of the Cubs. Players slip in hot tubs and pull muscles while sneezing at regular intervals. Still, nobody could have predicted the latest Cubby Occurrence: Marlon Byrd being eaten by a large Mesa Gila monster.

Wrigleyville resident John Wellmeyer has only been a Hawks fan for three months, but he's already extremely excited about watching Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook compete alongside Patrick Kane and Marian Hossa on the U.S. Hockey Team.

Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is aiming to do his country proud by winning gold in Figure Skating at this year's Winter Games.

Chicago has a rich history of gang activity and the most well-known incident was the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre in Lincoln Park. Even though it happened more than 80 years ago, Cubs superfan and notorious publicity hound Ronnie “Woo-Woo” Wickers found a way to work himself into photos of the aftermath.