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After trading for Roberto Alomar in 2003 and again in 2004, the White Sox are reverting to old, reliable means to improve their output at second base. Wednesday afternoon, the White Sox traded for Roberto Alomar on the same day the retired player was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.

Not willing to play second fiddle to Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville, the new Cubs manager has called out his crosstown 'Q' rival.

Every year countless people put together an impossible list of New Year's resolutions only to fail on most by the second week of January. Athletes and other sports figures are no different. Here's a list of resolutions from the best and brightest in the Chicago sports world and elsewhere.

Not too long ago Derrek Lee was the anchor of a promising Cubs squad that lead the NL in wins. Now after verbally agreeing to a one-year contract with the lowly Orioles, Lee's on the verge of obscurity after sulking his way to a mediocre 2010 campaign with the Cubs and Braves.

The new Cubs regime has placed a premium on statue dedication ceremonies and other feel good media events to drum up support for their fledgling ballclub. To usher in the New Year, the Ricketts family announced plans for a special ribbon-cutting ceremony along I-80 near rural Minooka, Ill., where a 300-mile stretch of interstate running from Chicago to Des Moines will be renamed the "Jeff Samardzija Highway."

Spring Training is months away, yet Hawk Harrelson is in midseason form, already rationalizing Adam Dunn’s career strikeout total. The newly acquired DH has over 1,600 whiffs and averages about 180 a season.

Even though Ron Santo can’t get into the Hall of Fame, Ronnie Woo-Woo might have a shot. Taking up the cause of the beloved late Cubs legend, Ronnie “Woo-Woo” Wickers has initiated his own personal campaign to get what no San Diego Chicken or Philly Phanatic has ever gotten before – enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame.