131 Results for chicago cubs

REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-OSPHERE: BARON BREAKS DOWN REDEMPTION

Evan Bartsch

Jocks blog. We report. (You decide!) Baron Davis: Redeemed Team "Stayed up late to watch the gold medal game in Beijing last night," he writes. "Wh...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 25, 2008

The NEXT: Big Four-Sport City

Ted Bauer

...in a barrel here, but we're taking Chicago. Logic is easy. The Cubs are going to win a World Series before...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 19, 2008

Bucking The Trend

Peter Bernstein

...Kid-K's fabulous 1998 season won him the Rookie-of-the-Year award and propelled the Cubs into the postseason for a few days. It's been a long ten years for Wood, and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2008

THE MAG.COM PRESENTS: ALL WORLD POWER RANKINGS

Ted Bauer

...from Illinois going against someone from Arizona. Seemed a relevant day to rank such incidents. Side note: Chicago's losing the nickname battle, right? "Windy City" vs. "The Valley of the Sun?" Where would you...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2008

Countdown ... To the Hot Stove League

Buster Olney

Five major things to watch for as baseball marches into the off-season.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2008

Crazy Good

Tim Keown

Carlos Zambrano is a smack-talking, bat-breaking, finger-pointing hothead. If he learns to hold back, will he still be one of baseball's best young pitchers?

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2008

SECOND LOOK: HIRED GUNS

Chris Sprow

Well, so much for the massive trade deadline deal as World Series currency. When the deadline hit, we took a look at the big names on the move. Obviou...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2008

COLLEGE BASKETBALL '08-'09: IN THEIR WORDS

Various College Hoops Observers

What's going to happen on the hardwood between Midnight Madness and Jim Nantz's final call? Here are some views.

Story | Conversation | October 14, 2008

CHOKING ... BY THE NUMBERS

Chris Sprow

Unequivocally, the two best teams during the baseball regular season were the Cubs and Angels. Neither had a significant game to play for a month, until the day their seasons...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2008

Steve Phillips' Tool Box

Steve Phillips

Baseball is built on five tools: hitting for average, hitting for power, throwing, fielding and running.

Story | Conversation | October 07, 2008

THE BACK AND FORTH: WHICH SPORT HAS THE BEST POSTSEASON?

Sarah Turcotte, Dave Pinto and E.J. Hradek

MLB playoffs just started. Cool! There've been some classic moments in Octobers past: the entirety of the 2001 World Series ('cept Game 6), Aaron Boon...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 01, 2008

FUN FACTS: DODGERS VS. CUBS

Ted Bauer

...a reference point.] Here we go with the Cubs storyline: 100 years since the last World Series...reliever, was in the bullpen for the 2005 Chicago White Sox (who barely used the bullpen) and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 30, 2008

SHEA HEY!

Matt Meyers

...even regaling some of my colleagues with that story during the fifth inning of Thursday's Mets-Cubs affair in what was a staff outing to say goodbye to the old park. Ryan Church had...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2008

REPORTING FROM THE JOCK-O-SPHERE

Evan Bartsch

Jocks blog. We report. (You decide.) Curt Shilling: Rested, But Not Too Rested Curtis Montague Shilling, who has been in the news lately with his c...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 26, 2008

THE MAG.COM PRESENTS: ALL WORLD POWER RANKINGS

Ted Bauer (w/ Chris Sprow, Sean Bartlett and Max Klinger)

WHEN IT COMES TO ONE-HIT WONDERS, WE'LL GO WITH MARK FIDRYCH [Ed's note: Not sure what All-World Power Rankings is? Please click here.] It's Nation...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 25, 2008