Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Pat Hughes will go solo on WGN, but well-timed Santo clips to be piped...

Pat Hughes may be the only one in the booth during games in 2011, but fans will still be able to enjoy that classic Hughes-Santo banter.

Oney Guillen Twitter defense: ‘I m not a incompitint dooshbahg’

Oney Guillen's remarks about former Sox closer Bobby Jenks earned the son of the controversial skipper criticism on virtually every sports talk show. Oney defended himself via Twitter this week.

NFC Championship forces ESPN to admit pro sports not just an East Coast thing

Sunday’s matchup between the Bears and Packers has forced ESPN to begrudgingly cover a sporting event not taking place in the Eastern Time zone.

Wannstedt pissed no one’s asking him for his Bears-Packers pick

A day after Mike Ditka made headlines by predicting the Bears would beat the Packers in Sunday's NFC championship game, another former Bears coach was upset no one's asking him for his thoughts on the match-up.

Every former NFL player now an ESPN correspondent

With the hiring of Ryan Leaf as a special Super Bowl correspondent from Vancouver, ESPN now employs every living former NFL player, including those currently serving prison sentences around the world.

Ernie Banks’ party frequented by White House party crashers

Ernie Banks’ 80th birthday party celebration at Harry Caray’s Saturday night was attended by, among others, the same couple who famously crashed President Obama’s first White House State Dinner in November 2009. For another attendee, former White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers, the sight of the couple at the Cubs legend’s gala was not quite déjà vu.

Heckler Video: Check out Ben Roethlisberger’s Charles Schwab Super Bowl ad

Just in time for the Super Bowl, Big Ben signed on for a Charles Schwab ad. Seems like Roethlisberger wants to spend his money on exactly what you'd expect from the guy.