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Chicago Cubs Are Dealing With a Case of the Ricketts

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Back when the Cubs were for sale, Major League Baseball didn't award the team to Mark Cuban because it was concerned for all of the potential PR headaches he could bring them. He's no sporting gentleman! He wears t-shirts and criticizes officials! And so the team was sold to the Ricketts family, ...

Could Galaxy Gaffe Cost Obama Election?

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

I didn't think there was any chance I'd be voting for Mitt Romney this November, but then again I wasn't counting on Barack Obama making a disastrous gaffe that could lead to a Reagan or FDR-style landslide. Obama had the defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy at the Oval Office on ...

(C)Astro Fans Tweak Guillen, Win At Life

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

Finally, someone answered the gauntlet that I raised a few weeks ago when I hoped some opposing fanbase would greet Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen dressed as Fidel Castro. According to Chicago Tribune writer Paul Sullivan's official Facebook page,the above-pictured group of Houston Astro fans were up to the task Tuesday night. ...

Phoenix vs. LA: Bettman’s Playoff Wet Dream Come True

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

  Back when I took my first sex ed class -- near the end of fifth grade, if I'm not mistaken, though they clearly jumped the gun by several years when it came to me needing any knowledge of the subject -- we were encouraged to anonymously submit questions to the ...

The Year Of The Geezer

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

If 2010 was the Year of the Pitcher in baseball, it looks like 2012 is shaping into the Year of the Geezer. History was made on Tuesday by a pair of guys old enough to know a whole lot of history, as Jason Giambi of the Rockies and Chipper Jones of ...