Pro Sports
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Cubs’ Cashner ready for rehab assignmentAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - Pitcher Andrew Cashner is ready for the next step in his rehab from a strained right rotator cuff. Cashner threw in the bullpen Sunday and will board a plane Monday to j...
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Chicago Bandits win softball championshipAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - SULPHUR, La. — From start to finish Sunday, the Chicago Bandits engineered a crowning performance. Rookie leadoff hitter Megan Wiggins blasted a triple in the bot...
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Fire break 10-game winless streakAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - There were small celebrations on the field and smiles in the Fire postgame locker room for a change Sunday night. Breaking a 10-game winless streak that lasted more than...
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For GM, Cubs a better gig than White SoxAug 21, 2011 12:00 am - The most asked question around here forever has been, “Cubs or White Sox?” Few Chicago baseball fans are given until the Age of Reason to answer. Far more have it decide...
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Kinney thrilled to be back in the bigsAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - It took some time, but relief pitcher Josh Kinney is back in the big leagues. If Friday’s debut was any indication, the White Sox have themselves a keeper. Kinney bailed...
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Bears need Williams, Cutler to sizzleAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - The Bears' offense is hoping to begin developing an identity Monday night against the New York Giants at New Meadowlands Stadium — and new wide receiver Roy Williams sho...
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Cubs owner may be in over his headAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - The sun rose on a new Cubs’ era Saturday morning and then rain stormed down on good old Wrigley Field. Reality set in that it’ll take more than Jim Hendry’s dismissal as...
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Bears O-line has lots to prove against GiantsAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - Even without Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora, who had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Friday and could miss the regular-season opener, the Giants present a c...
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Hendry departs as Ricketts begins search for Cubs GMAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - You might say the Tom Ricketts era began in earnest Friday. And it began in a bizarre way. Just days after allowing Jim Hendry to help sign the Cubs’ important picks f...
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Sox' Gordon Beckham a bust with the batAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - In 2008, Gordon Beckham was blasting baseballs over the fence while leading the University of Georgia to the College World Series. The following year, he was doing much ...