Ricketts badly injured in freak accident in first day as Cubs owner
Longtime North Side fans won't be surprised to learn that another "Cubbie occurrence" struck their favorite team earlier this week when Tom Ricketts took a terrible spill walking to work on the first day as the new Cubs' owner.
Under McGwire, Cardinals hitters to abandon doubles and triples
While much has been made of the steroid-injecting past of new hitting coach Mark McGwire, inside sources suggest that the team has a deeper strategy up its sleeve.
Cards hire McGwire as hitting coach/steroid injector
When the Cubs got swept out of the playoffs by the Dodgers in 2008, GM Jim Hendry made a reactionary off-season move by signing malcontent Milton Bradley to a lucrative contract, and saw the decision blow up in his face.
Lovie’s moment of indigestion mistaken for emotion after ugly loss to Bengals
Despite video evidence suggesting he clearly expressed disgust after Chicago's 35-point loss against Cincinnati Sunday, Bears head coach Lovie Smith continues to vehemently deny a public display of emotion ever happened.
Local teen reclaims stolen possessions from ‘Monsters in the Morning’ set
Jimmy Kain of Lombard was relieved to learn that the contents of his bedroom--stolen two weeks ago in a home burglary--had been located safe and sound on the set of Comcast SportsNet's "Monsters in the Morning" TV show hosted by Mike North.
Woo-Woo in History: Amazin’ Mets of 1969
Ronnie Woo-Woo Wickers often tells people he's been a Cubs superfan since birth, but he switched sides if only for a bit when the upstart Mets took the world by storm in 1969.
South Sider welches on promise to cut mullet if Sox miss playoffs
Joe Malonecki, an out-of-work South Sider, has gone back on his promise to shear off his beloved mullet if the Sox failed to make the postseason. His friends were perplexed by his unwillingness to part with the hairstyle nearly a month after his team was eliminated from postseason contention.
