This just in: the Chicago Bulls will not need Dwight Howard to win the title. Why? Pundits say they’re sure of winning without making any major moves. They have been the best defensive team, the first in defensive efficiency and the second best rebounding team. That only shows that they do not really need Howard, [...]
There’s no doubt that the Chicago Fire had a rough 2011 regular MLS season. However, the team seemed to find its stride near the end of the year, even posting a winning record during the final third of the season. Part of Chicago’s growing pains were due to interim coach Frank Klopas, who was finally [...]
The months of July and August have been a bit of a rough patch for the Chicago Fire MLS club. The team entered the summer at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, having tied most of its regular season games, including key matches against conference rivals New York, Houston, and DC United. But the team [...]
The Chicago White Sox began in St. Paul, Minnesota as the White Stockings. After the move to Chicago in 1900, the team joined the National League and became World Series champions in 1906, defeating the other Chi-town club, the Cubs. In 1910, the White Sox got a new ballpark named Comiskey Park. The team became [...]
The Chicago Fire Major League Soccer team started their regular season with a match against FC Dallas. Both teams scored one goal and the game ended in a tie. The next week, though, the Fire were more aggressive, beating Sporting KC by a score of 3 to 2. Currently, the Fire are fourth in the [...]
Chicago is famous for its major-league baseball franchises, the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs. But Chi-town is also home to an impressive minor league farm team, the Kane County Cougars. The team has been a fixture in the city for twenty years, relocating from Wisconsin in 1991. The Cougars are part of the [...]
Wrigley Field is well-known throughout the country, and die-hard Cubs fans can be found in just about every state. What makes this ballpark stand out from the rest? Some say that it’s the rich history of the stadium that makes it so distinct, as its one of the oldest parks in the history of American sports, and [...]
When Cubs legend Ron Santo died on December 2, the news came as a shock to many. Although Santo had suffered from diabetes for many years and was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2003, friends and family never knew Santo to complain. In fact, it seemed that Santo was in good spirits days before his [...]
Chicago sports fans are the best! Through ups and downs, we stand by our teams and remain loyal no matter what the season brings. With a rough preseason, the Bears had us wondering if we were going to make it out of the first few games alive. Yet to the surprise of many, our competitive-driven [...]