Articles filed under The Athletic
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Matt Shaw completes an already dangerous Cubs lineupJun 07, 2025 4:44 pm - The Cubs always saw Matt Shaw as the best-case solution to their hole at third. Whether he could actually produce was the only question worth asking. From the time Shaw was sent to the minors on April 14 to when he arrived back on May 19, Cubs third basemen posted a 38 wRC+ with just four doubles in 105 plate appearances.
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CHSN inks deal with Comcast, ending long saga for Bulls, Blackhawks, White SoxJun 06, 2025 8:13 am - Eight-plus months after launching, Chicago Sports Network will finally reach a wider Chicago-area audience.
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What I’m hearing and seeing about the Blackhawks: Mitch Marner, Ryan Donato and moreJun 04, 2025 11:55 pm - The Blackhawks could be aggressive this offseason, but if they are, it won’t be just to meet outside expectations. Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson remains firm in his rebuild plan and continues to believe in the strategy of building through the draft. While Blackhawks fans may be growing impatient, Davidson intends to see that plan through, and vital to that is chairman Danny Wirtz’s continued patience and support of Davidson.
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Seiya Suzuki’s talents and personality are showing up in a big way for first-place CubsJun 04, 2025 11:20 am - Seiya Suzuki has grown to become very much a part of the Cubs clubhouse’s social fabric, the inside jokes and silly celebrations that get amplified when a team is in first place.
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Why Anders Sorensen chose to stay with the Blackhawks after Jeff Blashill took his jobJun 03, 2025 7:05 am - Disappointed he wasn’t hired as the Blackhawks’ permanent head coach, Anders Sörensen still saw an exciting opportunity when he was offered a position as an assistant on new Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill’s staff.
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Cubs aren’t waiting until the trade deadline to make more moves for pitchingJun 03, 2025 6:55 am - The sudden emergence of Drew Pomeranz as a key member of the pitching staff explains why the Cubs are continuing to monitor pitchers who have June opt-out clauses in their minor-league contracts, as well as relievers such as Jorge López, who was recently designated for assignment by the Washington Nationals.
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Bears OTA takeaways: Why Johnson worked with Williams on body languageJun 01, 2025 3:28 pm - The Athletic’s Kevin Fishbain and Adam Jahns write about key takeaways from recent Bears OTAs.
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How Iowa made multimillion-dollar moves with suburbanites to end the jokes and start a new eraMay 29, 2025 5:10 pm - The addition of two former suburbanites, a coach and a player, both commanding big money, could be the key to making Iowa a playoff team.
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‘Blackhawks hit a home run’: Why Jon Cooper thinks Jeff Blashill will succeed in ChicagoMay 28, 2025 9:00 pm - Jeff Blashill and Jon Cooper had been friends for years — Cooper still remembers thinking he had made a unique connection the first time they met in 2001 — but they had n...
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‘I wanted to come here’: Bears QB Caleb Williams responds to book detailsMay 28, 2025 4:47 pm - Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams stepped up to the lectern at Halas Hall and delivered an opening statement that lasted nearly four minutes Wednesday. He then too...