Could it be? Some actual good news for Chicago sports—even if it is just future potential that will probably be squandered away eventually anyway? Even better is this excludes the young established guys like Bedard, Nazar, and Levshunov.
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Cubs’ Cade Horton will have elbow surgery, miss the rest of the season
After a brilliant rookie season during which he emerged as a key part of the Cubs’ rotation and posted a 2.67 ERA, Horton was viewed as a big piece for a team that has World Series aspirations.
Whelp… there goes our season. Stupid Pope putting a curse on us so his stupid White Sox don’t look like the mega dumpster fire they are over on the south side.
Bulls fire GM Marc Eversley, executive Artūras Karnišovas in front-office shakeup
The Bulls had made the playoffs just once since the two men took over the front office in 2020.
Even though the Bulls have been stuck in purgatory since this leadership team joined, I honestly didn't see this coming. The roster at the current moment in time is probably the worst it's been in a decade—which is a bummer—and the leadership team has definitely made some mistakes with draft picks and trades, but to start over fresh and get rid of the team who built the Denver Nuggets juggernaut feels risky, especially at a time when we're probably going to lose our head coach Billy Donovan to UNC.
It Is Time To Canonize A New Baseball Saint
The Marlins beat the Brewers 5-1. In all four situations where a player has hit for the Saint Cycle, their team has won the game. Sacrifice does not go unrewarded.
This is the kind of sports journalism we are looking for around here. Focus on the little things that really help teams win. Don't swing for the fences every time and strike out half the time. Smart sacrifices are all about winning games.
“There’s No Basketball Case”: Why the NBA Is Expanding Anyway
Is there enough talent, especially high-end talent, to support two more teams? How will the talent dilution affect the quality of play? Especially now, at a time when a third of the league’s teams are barely competitive (some, but not all, by design)? Will adding two more franchises exacerbate the tanking crisis? Will struggling small-market squads have an even harder time attracting players when there are two glimmering new teams in two glamour markets?
The real question is how does the NBA work to create more parity? What does the league look like if teams are forced to keep just one superstar rather than the ability to stack three together on a team? I think there are close to 32 players in the league that could conceivably be the best player on their team. Tanking is going to happen in some form or fashion no matter what, whether you add two teams or not. But bickering about the number of teams is pointless—there should just be a constant turning of the knobs to de-incentivize the bad and incentivize the good.
🇮🇹 Italy beats Mexico to advance at WBC, along with Team USA
Am I the only one who didn’t realize people in Europe even played baseball? Impressive showing by the Italians though!
