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As FanHouse went over in our Footprints in the Snow on the Chicago White Sox earlier on Friday, the Sox aren't expected to be big buyers this offseason after making big moves to land Jake Peavy and Alex Rios last summer. Still, that doesn't mean they won't be making smaller moves to tweak their ...
MLB
Chicago White Sox
Omar Vizquel
Jake Peavy
Alex Rios
This is actually a depressing weekend for me because it’s the last Saturday of the year that will feature a full Big Ten schedule. Which means that I’ll no longer be able to use “work” as an excuse to sit in my chair all day and watch football, so the girlfriend will be able to drag me out into ...
NCAA Football
The only bad thing about the White Sox adding Jake Peavy to the team last July is that he was the team's biggest "free-agent signing" of this offseason. Which means that for someone like me, who loves to come up with ideas and pretend he's running the team during the winter, it's going to be a ...
MLB
Chicago White Sox
Omar Vizquel
Mark Teahen
Alexei Ramirez
Gordon Beckham
Jake Peavy
There haven't been as many rumors this winter circulating through Chicago about a Milton Bradley trade as most Cubs fans would probably like to hear. Which, in my opinion, isn't exactly that much of a surprise.
All the drama that took place with Bradley in Chicago last season and the ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Milton Bradley
Texas Rangers
New York Mets
Luis Castillo
Kevin Millwood
The 2009 season was not one with which the Chicago White Sox were pleased. They followed their 2008 division title with a third-place finish in the AL Central and a record of 79-83. When you consider that the team's general manager Kenny Williams is never shy on making big moves when the team ...
MLB
Chicago White Sox
Kenny Williams
Jake Peavy
Alex Rios
It's a winter of transition for the defending AL Central champion Minnesota Twins. The Twinkies are going back to their roots in every way. No longer will they be playing indoor baseball at the Metrodome as the team will open the new outdoor Target Field in 2010. The team also just unveiled ...
MLB
Minnesota Twins
Metrodome
The Detroit Tigers are in a unique position this offseason. They missed the playoffs in 2009 after blowing their division lead during the final weeks, and then losing a one-game playoff against the Twins in Minneapolis, but they remain one of the most talented teams in the AL Central. The ...
MLB
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
Dave Dombrowski
Metrodome
Over the last few years there has been a familiar refrain coming out of the City of Fountains: this is the year that the Kansas City Royals will finally be competitive. Yet it just hasn't happened. In fact, since the team won it's lone World Series back in 1985, they've finished over .500 only ...
MLB
Kansas City Royals
Dayton Moore
The baseball season ended in a way that Cleveland Indians fans had been dreaming it would for a few years. There starting in a World Series game were CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee. The only problem was neither was wearing a Cleveland Indians uniform.
Needless to say the 2009 season was not kind to ...
MLB
Cleveland Indians
C.C. Sabathia
Cliff Lee
Mark DeRosa
Carl Pavano
Last week it was reported by ESPN's Pierre LeBrun that the Blackhawks were close to signing both Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane to new contracts to keep the duo in Chicago for years to come. The immediate reaction to the news was positive obviously, but at the same time it made you wonder what ...
NHL
Jonathan Toews
Duncan Keith
Patrick Kane
Chicago Blackhawks
I didn't see the original report this morning, but apparently there's a rumor going around of a three-way trade between the White Sox, Padres and Angels. The gist of which being that Paul Konerko and a couple of Sox prospects are going to be shipped out and Adrian Gonzalez will be coming to ...
MLB
Chicago White Sox
Paul Konerko
Adrian Gonzalez
San Diego Padres
Los Angeles Angels
Yeah, I know this has nothing to do with sports, but it does have to do with the greatest television show of all time. Seriously, if you haven't started watching "The Wire" then start. I'm sick of having to tell people how great it was.
I even got my dad watching it now, and even he says it's ...
Other
In what is sure to come as a blow to my brother-in-law's hopes, Jon Gruden will not be the next head coach at Notre Dame. It was just announced on Monday by ESPN that Gruden has signed a contract extension with the network that will keep him in the Monday Night Football booth until sometime in ...
NCAA Football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bob Stoops
Kirk Ferentz
Charlie Weis
Urban Meyer
I've actually known this for a few hours already but I thought I'd let you know that Gordon Beckham did not win the AL Rookie of the Year Award today. The winner was just announced a minute ago, and it was Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey.
I'm not exactly surprised by any of this, even ...
MLB
Gordon Beckham
Oakland Athletics
Andrew Bailey
Rick Porcello
Chicago White Sox
It was a pretty exciting weekend in the Big Ten, particularly in Columbus where the Buckeyes were able to hold off the surging Iowa Hawkeyes in overtime to clinch a share of the Big Ten title, and a trip to the Rose Bowl. Yes, I know the Rose Bowl part isn’t official yet, but I think it’s safe ...
NCAA Football
Ohio State Buckeyes
Iowa Hawkeyes
Oregon Ducks
With Notre Dame losing 27-22 to Pitt on Saturday night - with the help of a crap call by the officials -- that means the debate of whether or not the school should fire Charlie Weis -- seriously, how the hell is it a fumble if the ball is still in Jimmy Clausen's hand as his arm is coming ...
NCAA Football
Charlie Weis
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Ohio State 27 Iowa 24 Final OT
Now that is how you settle a conference title right there.
It seems that it doesn’t matter who Iowa puts at quarterback, there is no fourth quarter deficit that the Hawkeyes cannot over come. Unfortunately for the Hawkeyes the comeback effort was not enough as ...
NCAA Football
Iowa Hawkeyes
Ohio State Buckeyes
We’re getting pretty close to the end of the regular season as after this weekend’s slate of games, we only have one more weekend of Big Ten football until bowl season. Yes, Wisconsin and Illinois will both have a few non-conference games left to play, but that’s it.
It went by rather quickly ...
NCAA Football
Illinois Fighting Illini
Hey there, Bears fans. Rough night last night, huh? Yeah, all losses are tough to take, but that one may have been a bit harder to swallow than the rest. Especially considering that it's been our defense that has screwed us over so many times, and then when they finally get a chance to look ...
NFL
Caleb Hanie
Jay Cutler
Chicago Bears
Lovie Smith
Former Major League closer and current Seattle Mariners bullpen coach John Wetteland was taken to a Texas hospital on Thursday with what is being described as a "mental issue." It seems that police arrived at Wetteland's house shortly after receiving a phone call around 1:30pm Eastern time about ...
