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It looks like the Blackhawks are back in the Winter Classic
The Blackhawks are reportedly headed back to their home away from home: The Great Outdoors. According to BarstoolChief, the Blackhawks will square off with the Boston Bruins in the 2019 NHL Winter Classic at Notre Dame Stadium. An official announcement is expected to be made later this month, per BarstoolChief. The 2019 Winter Classic will mark the Blackhawks sixth appearance in at...
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White Sox add prospect with intriguing power potential
The White Sox already boast one of the most loaded farm systems in all of baseball, and on Saturday they added another interesting prospect to their stable. The South Siders claimed outfielder/first baseman Daniel Palka off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. Palka was placed on waivers earlier this week after the Twins had to trim their 40-man roster. Palka, who...
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White Sox add prospect with intriguing power potential
The White Sox already boast one of the most loaded farm systems in all of baseball, and on Saturday they added another interesting prospect to their stable. The South Siders claimed outfielder/first baseman Daniel Palka off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. Palka was placed on waivers earlier this week after the Twins had to trim their 40-man roster. Palka, who...
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Inaugural Innings Festival mixes music with spring training baseball
Cubs and White Sox fans heading down to Arizona for spring training baseball may have to extend their vacation a few extra days. The inaugural Innings Festival, produced by C3 Presents, will take place from March 23-25 at Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park in Arizona. Chris Stapleton, Queens of the Stone Age and The Avett Brothers will headline the…
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Report: Cubs fire pitching coach Chris Bosio after six seasons with team
In Theo Epstein’s end of season press conference on Friday he said that any coach Joe Maddon wants back will return in 2018. Evidently, there’s one coach Maddon didn’t want back. According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, the Cubs have fired longtime pitching coach Chris Bosio. Bosio served as the Cubs pitching coach from 2012-17. He was the team’s pitching...
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Cubs flight to LA diverted to New Mexico and it wasn't because they wanted to see the set of Breaking Bad
Well, that’s a buzzkill. After a night of enjoying an abundance of adult beverages following an epic Game 5 victory over the Washington Nationals, the Cubs were probably looking forward to enjoying a little shut-eye when they arrived in Los Angeles early Friday morning. Sleep will have to wait as the Cubs’ team plane was diverted to Albuquerque, New Mexico...
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Get your popcorn ready: The Mitch Trubisky-Tanner Gentry connection is back
It doesn’t take a football expert to see that Bears rookie quarterback Mitch Trubisky is limited when it comes to weapons in the passing game. The Bears did something to patch up part of that problem on Wednesday. In a move that likely should have been made before Trubisky’s first career NFL start, the Bears promoted wide receiver Tanner...
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Fantasy Football: 10 waiver wire targets for Week 6 and beyond
Another week. Another rash of injuries in the NFL. Odell Beckham Jr. was one of three New York Giants wide receivers to go down with season-ending injuries. Bilal Powell, DeVante Parker and Travis Kelce all exited their team’s victories after getting struck by the injury bug. While the majority of these injury cases won’t really do much in terms of...
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White Sox resort to surgery for Carlos Rodon's shoulder; could miss time in 2018
The White Sox said earlier this month that they wouldn’t rule out shoulder surgery for injured starting pitcher Carlos Rodon. On Thursday, White Sox GM Rick Hahn revealed that the White Sox choose surgery as the course of action for Rodon’s ailing shoulder. Hahn told the media before Thursday’s final home game of the 2017 season that Rodon’s underwent arthroscopic surgery....
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Combating divisiveness, Steelers opt to skip national anthem in display of team unity
All eyes were on the NFL Sunday afternoon after President Donald Trump told his supporters at a rally on Friday night that team owners should fire any “son of a bitch” who protests or takes a knee during the National Anthem. The remarks fell on deaf ears as the Pittsburgh Steelers took a stance against President Trump before their 23-17...
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