Lace up your ‘Roos and let’s run up a hill

There’s a little ritual in the Dolan household just before the start of every Bears season.  We sit down and we watch the unbelievably good piece that NFL Films did about the greatest Bear of all time.  Pure Payton is a 45 minute Walter Payton Splooge-fest and...

Devin Hester Splooge-o-rama

Because his 2008 returns were lackluster, you almost forget how unbelievable he was in 2006 and 2007.  Hey, I said almost. What follows is ten minutes of pure bonertime.  Well, except for the Pro Bowl one, I mean, it’s the Pro Bowl.  Who cares?...

You’ve been banned

Apparently, people who frequent this site aren’t the only ones who aren’t allowed to post elsewhere. An overseas Cubs fan got some disturbing news. And frankly, he didn’t handle it as well as you might think. And no, he doesn’t actually have a...

Free the Daily Herald two

It’s not exactly news to say that newspapers are in trouble.  Within a 10 day span last month, three papers that had each been in business for more than 130 years all went belly up.  Papers are trying to cut costs as much as possible.  Some are doing it more...

2009 Cubs Preview

Last summer we watched what we figured was the best Cubs team of our lifetimes.  They could pitch, they could hit and they could actually field the baseball (well, not Theriot, but…).  They won 97 games.  They blew away the NL Central (which, everyone says is...

An open letter to Tom Ricketts (and family)

Dear Tom Ricketts (and your dad and your sister and whoever else is going to own the Cubs in a month or so), I see from credible reports (wait, Carrie wrote that?  Oops.) that you and the Tribune Company are getting close to completing the first part of the sale of...