Penguin goalie’s jockstrap found in Calumet City
Police found the jockstrap of Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in a Calumet City alley after the garment went missing following a series of dekes by the Hawks’ Patrick Kane before scoring a goal in an overtime shootout win.
Hickory’s Norman Dale replaces Thibodeau as Bulls coach
“Of course, we’ll use the picket fence, although I’m a little concerned about Derrick Rose running the team,” Dale said. “He’s no Jimmy Chitwood.”
A-Rod traded to Jackie Robinson West for illegally-recruited, out-of-district player to be named later
As for the former Yankee great, he couldn’t be happier. After all, with the post-season ban in place on Jackie Robinson West, there’s no pressure on A-Rod to perform whatsoever, and that’s typically when he does best, in meaningless exhibition and regular season games.
Chicago Cubs’ entire 2015 season released 9 months early on Netflix
Following the premature release of the 3rd season of "House of Cards" earlier this week, Netflix erred again and posted the Chicago Cubs' entire 2015 season on Friday. The mistake was caught within 30 hours and all games were pulled off the service, but not before several hundred area viewers were able to view most of the season.
Newsman Brian Williams reminisces about his time as Cubs bullpen coach
“Talking baseball with Jim Frey, doing shots and beers with Harry Carey and catching fungos off the bat of Shawon Dunston are memories that are simply priceless,” Williams wrote on his blog titled “Williams: Believe It or Not.”
Cubs change name to Chicago Rats for 2015
The Chicago Cubs have decided to open the 2015 season as the Chicago Rats, paying homage to the many colonies of rats that have apparently been living at Wrigley Field for the past century.
Facebook to charge users $1 million per post during Super Bowl
"We live in a dynamic media world comprised of digital and traditional channels," said Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. "If NBC is going to charge $4.5 million per Super Bowl commercial while everybody in America is busy playing on Facebook, we feel it's time to monetize what the big blue thumb brings to the big game."