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ESPN RISE All-Decade Baseball Team

ESPN RISE

ESPN RISE All-Decade Baseball Team

Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009

Chicago's finest

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Gene Wojciechowski lists the 23 most important athletes in Chicago history.

Story | Conversation | September 10, 2009

Pair emerges from fatherly shadows

Andy Katz, ESPN.com

Each is a rising soph and the son of a former No. 1 overall pick. But Wazzu's Klay Thompson (son of Mychal) and Minnesota's Ralph Sampson III (son of you-know-who) don't have comparable burdens.

Story | Conversation | August 10, 2009

Highlights from Day 2 of the draft

Keith Law, Scouts Inc.

How the Pirates, Athletics, Rays, Angels and Braves have fared through the first 30 rounds of the draft.

ESPN Insider Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009

Complete 2009 draft results

ESPN.com

Check out which players were among the 1,521 selected in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, from Stephen Strasburg to Alibay Barkley.

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009

Who's the next mayor of Chicago?

Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com

Chicago has always been home to larger-than-life sports personalities. So, which current athlete will step forward to take ownership of the city's athletic landscape?

Story | Conversation | April 20, 2009

Athletes, coaches ready for inauguration

ESPN.com news services

From Tiger Woods to Muhammad Ali, Dave Winfield to Dikembe Mutombo, a sports world that has paid more attention to politics than usual wants to be part of the party when Barack Obama is inaugurated as the nation's first black president on Tuesday.

Story | Conversation | January 18, 2009

White Sox invite Obama to throw out '09 first pitch

ESPN.com news services

President-elect Barack Obama has quite the to-do list before entering the White House in January. By April, the Chicago White Sox hope loosening his arm will be on his agenda.

Story | Conversation | November 06, 2008

Financing issues derail talks between Cubs, Illinois over park

Associated Press

Negotiations between the state of Illinois and the Cubs over a sale of Wrigley Field have broken down.

Story | Conversation | June 09, 2008

Illinois governor says Cubs should play at Wrigley 'forever'

Associated Press

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday he'll do all he can to keep the team playing at Wrigley Field as billionaire owner Sam Zell looks to sell both the team and the ballpark.

Story | Conversation | March 27, 2008

White Sox to pay tribute to Northern Illinois in spring training opener

Associated Press

The Chicago White Sox will wear Northern Illinois University baseball caps in their opening spring training game next week to honor the school and the victims of a shooting rampage earlier this month.

Story | Conversation | February 21, 2008

More laughter, more tears

Patrick Hruby, Page 2

We laughed. We cried. OK, we just laughed at all these bizarre sports happenings of 2006, writes Patrick Hruby.

Story | Conversation | December 21, 2006

Low profile allows Lerner to play hardball

John Helyar, ESPN.com

Ted Lerner was a relative political lightweight in his bid for the Nats. Exactly what Bud Selig was looking for. • Tim Kurkjian

Story | Conversation | May 03, 2006

White Sox honored by Bush at White House event

Associated Press

Members of the White Sox were applauded at the White House and honored by President Bush.

Story | Conversation | February 13, 2006

Guillen decides to keep vacation plans with family

Associated Press

Manager Ozzie Guillen will not be with the Chicago White Sox when the World Series champions visit the White House on Monday.

Story | Conversation | February 11, 2006