Daily Dose: Nice bullpen

The Cubs managed to do what few teams have been able to do this season. They gave up nine runs in one inning to a Pirates team that would have a hard time doing that with a batting tee and an empty field. Of course, it’s hard to walk in tee ball. It wasn’t...

Honesty compels me to say

I think we all hoped that the return of Steve Stone to the Cubs broadcast booth would “save” Chip Caray. I think the opposite has happened. I think Chip’s unique brand of dimentia has worn off on Steve. Friday night’s Cubs-Astros game was a...

Daily Dose: Gordon Gund never saw it coming

You have to feel kind of good about the results of the NBA Draft Lottery last night. There’s only one person in the world who would geniuinely have been excited about finding out he’s going to be the first pick of the draft and have to move to Cleveland....

Daily Dose: Lotto madness

The Bulls have a 4.4 percent chance of winning the draft lottery tonight. That’s approximately the same chance that Jalen Rose has of actually making one of those last second shots he loves to toss up after running about the last 13 seconds off of the game clock...

Cubs Report: In first place, and loving it

It’s May, do you know where your Cubs are? If you guessed first place in the National League Central despite an injury to the single most indispensible Cub, you’d be right. At times they do it with smoke and mirrors, but mainly they do it with smoke and...