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  • • Cubs Sign Josh Phegley To Minor-League Contract
    The Cubs have signed catcher Josh Phegley to a minor-league contract, reports Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune (via Twitter). No further details are available, although it seems likely Phegley will receive an invite to MLB spring training. Phegley is represented by Pro Star Management. Phegley (32 in February) has been with the A’s the pa...2020
  • • White Sox Hire Wes Helms As Triple-A Manager
    The White Sox announced some notable hires at the minor league level Monday, as LaMond Pope of the Chicago Tribune relays. Former major league infielder Wes Helms will manage the White Sox’s Triple-A team in Charlotte. Meanwhile, ex-MLB reliever Danny Farquhar will work as the organization’s pitching coach at High-A Winston-Salem. It wa...2020
  • • Danny Farquhar joins White Sox minor league staff as pitching coach
    The White Sox announced some notable hires at the minor league level Monday, as LaMond Pope of the Chicago Tribune relays. Former major league infielder Wes Helms will manage the White Sox’s Triple-A team in Charlotte. Meanwhile, ex-MLB reliever Danny Farquhar will work as the organization’s pitching coach at High-A Winston-Salem. It was already kn...2020
  • • The Bears have found their kicker (for now)
    The Bears didn’t make the playoffs or meet expectations or anything, but at least they found a kicker. Which is good news for the rest of us, since we won’t have to listen to them talk about kickers all offseason again. Via the Chicago Tribune, Bears General Manager Ryan Pace said the team was encouraged [more]...2020
  • • Minor MLB Transactions: 12/16/19
    Here are the latest minor moves from around the baseball world… Outfielder Nicky Delmonico announced Monday on Instagram that he has rejoined the White Sox. He’ll head to big league camp as a non-roster invitee, per Lamond Pope of the Chicago Tribune. Delmonico had been without a team since the White Sox released him in June…...2019
  • • Giants Hire Donnie Ecker As Hitting Coach
    New Giants manager Gabe Kapler has made an important addition to his staff. Reds assistant hitting coach Donnie Ecker will take over as San Francisco’s hitting coach, Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune was among those to report. It’ll be a homecoming for Ecker, who Gonzales notes hails from the Bay Area. Just 33 years…...2019
  • • Allen Robinson expects to discuss extension with Bears
    Allen Robinson sounds confident that he and the Bears will discuss an extension at some point. The sixth-year wide receiver has enjoyed his best season since 2015, averaging 70.8 yards per game and becoming the Bears’ most reliable skill-position player. The 27-year-old wideout sounds willing to wait, however. He is signed through the 2020 season. ...2019
  • Bulls To Release Antonio Blakeney
    The Bulls and Antonio Blakeney are parting ways, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune previously reported that waiving Blakeney was a possibility for the Bulls. The team re-signed Shaq Harrison, who is a favorite of coach Jim Boylen, and that added another player to a crowded guard rotation. […] Th...2019
  • • Bob Costas, John Smoltz to call Cubs game, sing ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’
    John Smoltz will be paired with iconic broadcaster Bob Costas for MLB Network’s coverage of Tuesday night’s game between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field. While hearing Costas call a game will be a treat for baseball fans, the fact that both he and Smoltz will sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the seventh-inning st...2019
  • • Cubs Release Jen-Ho Tseng
    The Cubs announced today that they have released righty Jen-Ho Tseng, as Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune was among those to tweet. He had been designated for assignment recently. Now 24 years of age, Tseng originally signed with the Cubs out of Taiwan in 2013. He has produced good results at times in the minors,…...2019

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  • • Details of C.J. Anderson's Lions contract revealed
    Details are in on C.J. Anderson‘s Lions deal, courtesy of Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. The veteran running back’s one-year agreement is worth nearly $1.5M and can max out at $3M. Anderson received $200K to sign. Anderson signed for one year and nearly $1.7M with the Panthers last year. Both of these agreements represent steep pay reductions when compar...2019
  • • Derrick Rose's elbow injury makes Bulls signing less likely
    Derrick Rose‘s latest injury decreases the chances that the Bulls will try to sign him next season, writes K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune in a question-and-answer column. The Chicago native and former MVP revived his career in Minnesota this season, averaging 18.0 PPG and shooting 37% from 3-point range in 51 games. However, his season ended e...2019
  • • Bulls announce rookies Hutchison and Carter are done for the season
    Forward Chandler Hutchison and center Wendell Carter Jr., who had their rookie seasons cut short by injuries, have officially been ruled out for the rest of the season, the Bulls announced on Twitter. Executive VP of basketball operations John Paxson relayed the information to reporters before tonight’s game, adding the same fate may apply to Otto ...2019
  • • Jim Boylen and Zach LaVine will proceed cautiously with knee injury
    Bulls head coach Jim Boylen and top scorer Zach LaVine told reporters earlier this week that they’d proceed cautiously with LaVine’s right knee injury, leading to some speculation that the team might consider shutting down the 24-year-old for the rest of the season. However, Boylen said today that LaVine is listed as probable on the injury report a...2019
  • • Bulls proceeding cautiously with Zach LaVine’s knee injury
    Zach LaVine, who missed the Bulls‘ loss in Detroit on Sunday due to a right knee patellar tendon strain, is considered doubtful for Chicago’s game tomorrow against Lakers, head coach Jim Boylen told reporters today (Twitter link via K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune). LaVine is listed as day-to-day, but Boylen indicated the Bulls will proceed cau...2019

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  • • Cubs Sign Josh Phegley To Minor-League Contract
    The Cubs have signed catcher Josh Phegley to a minor-league contract, reports Mark Gonzales of the Chicago Tribune (via Twitter). No further details are available, although it seems likely Phegley will receive an invite to MLB spring training. Phegley is represented by Pro Star Management. Phegley (32 in February) has been with the A’s the pa...2020
  • • Allen Robinson expects to discuss extension with Bears
    Allen Robinson sounds confident that he and the Bears will discuss an extension at some point. The sixth-year wide receiver has enjoyed his best season since 2015, averaging 70.8 yards per game and becoming the Bears’ most reliable skill-position player. The 27-year-old wideout sounds willing to wait, however. He is signed through the 2020 season. ...2019
  • • Zach LaVine hits back at those who questioned his contract
    Zach LaVine doesn’t mind lashing back at critics who said the Bulls made a mistake when they matched the four-year, $78M offer sheet he received from the Kings last summer, relays K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune. LaVine is posting career highs in scoring (23.7 points per game), rebounds (4.7) and assists (4.5) while shooting a career-high 46.7 ...2019
  • • Details of C.J. Anderson's Lions contract revealed
    Details are in on C.J. Anderson‘s Lions deal, courtesy of Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. The veteran running back’s one-year agreement is worth nearly $1.5M and can max out at $3M. Anderson received $200K to sign. Anderson signed for one year and nearly $1.7M with the Panthers last year. Both of these agreements represent steep pay reductions when compar...2019
  • • Bears to work out pair of AAF kickers
    Chicago is leaving no stone unturned in its search to replace Cody Parkey. Parkey, of course, struggled all of last season and missed the last-second kick in the playoffs that would’ve sent the Bears through to the second round. The Bears signed former Tulsa kicker Redford Jones after a group tryout in January, but they aren’t going to just hand hi...2019

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  • • Bulls have engaged in Jabari Parker trade talks
    As the Bulls prepare to pull Jabari Parker from their rotation, they’ve also engaged in trade talks with multiple teams regarding Parker, sources tell K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. According to Johnson, there’s “considerable interest” in Parker and there’s motivation to get a deal done. Shams Charania of The Athletic confirms that trade disc...2018
  • • Ben Zobrist believes batting average is an ‘outdated stat’
    Chicago Cubs slugger Ben Zobrist won’t allow being in the hunt for the National League batting title alter his apathetic perception of the statistic that would deliver it to him.After going 2-for-4 and raising his batting average to .314 in Thursday’s 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves, Zobrist stands a minuscule amount behind Milwaukee Brewers outfie...2018
  • • Jon Lester makes great wisecrack about WAR, sabermetrics
    Jon Lester has no time for advanced stats, sabermetrics and the like that have taken over baseball. All that matters to the occasionally surly Chicago Cubs pitcher are the most basic baseball numbers found up on a traditional scoreboard.No further evidence is needed that Lester could not care less about such statistical nuances than what he said af...2018
  • Report: Thunder Discussed Tony Allen Trade With Bulls
    The Thunder have reportedly discussed a trade that would bring Tony Allen to Oklahoma City. According to the Chicago Tribune‘s KC Johnson, the Bulls hope to include Allen in a larger deal before Thursday’s deadline. Odd practice day underscores that Bulls are open for business: https://t.co/QYI4MmIjYZ — K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) Fe...2018
  • Report: Bulls Have ‘Intensified’ Robin Lopez Trade Talk
    After trading Nikola Mirotic to the Pelicans, the Chicago Bulls are reportedly looking to make another move before Thursday’s trade deadline. According to the Chicago Tribune‘s KC Johnson, trade talks involving Robin Lopez have “intensified.” Lopez, 29, has one year and roughly $14.4 million left on his deal. Odd practice d...2018

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  • • Danny Farquhar joins White Sox minor league staff as pitching coach
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  • • Report: Todd Bowles to choose between Bears, Bucs
    Todd Bowles to the Buccaneers is not a done deal. The former Jets head coach was said to be on board as the Bucs’ new DC, but he is now deciding between that job and the same position with the Bears, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune hears. Bowles and Matt Nagy have spoken multiple times, Biggs writes, and their longstanding relationship could lead...2019
  • • Rodgers calls Chicago paper’s trolling tweets pretty comical
    Aaron Rodgers has clapped back at the Chicago Tribune over a few recent tweets in which the newspaper trolled the Green Bay Packers quarterback, which presumably stems from the longtime rivalry between the hometown Bears and the Packers. The first instance occurred when the newspaper referred to Rodgers only as “Danica Patrick’s boyfriend” in a twe...2018
  • • Brian Urlacher: From simple man to Hall of Famer
    When Brian Urlacher arrived at Chicago Bears headquarters hours after being selected ninth overall in the 2000 draft, he seemed a bit surprised by his surroundings."I didn’t realize there was this much water (around here)," Urlacher said, in reference to Lake Michigan’s proximity to the Windy City.Perhaps geography wasn’t Urlacher’s best subject in...2018
  • • Kyle Schwarber says Home Run Derby ‘wasn’t rigged’
    Chicago Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber is sore, but only in a physical sense following the Home Run Derby and not over what turned out to be the contest’s controversial outcome.Washington Nationals superstar Bryce Harper rallied to edge Schwarber in the Derby at his home ballpark on Monday night. Harper was accused of cheating due to his father servin...2018

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    • • Jim Boylen and Zach LaVine will proceed cautiously with knee injury
      2019
    • • Jon Lester: ‘It sucks’ Bryce Harper, Manny Machado remain unsigned
      The free-agency sagas of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado slog on with seemingly no end in sight, a baffling development with Spring Training set to get underway. Count Chicago Cubs pitcher Jon Lester among a group including Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander that believes there’s something awry about two of MLB’s biggest superstars still standing o...2019
    • • Lauri Markkanen has reportedly put on 14 pounds of muscle
      Outside the buzz of Donovan Mitchell, Lonzo Ball and others — Lauri Markkanen proved himself in his first season in the Windy City. But, as he continues to develop in the offseason — he is looking to get much better.According to what Markkanen told K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune, the second year forward has put on nearly 14 pounds of muscle du...2018
    • • Report: Spurs, Lakers, others eyeing David Nwaba
      David Nwaba is no longer a restricted free agent, meaning he can sign outright with any NBA team, and interested clubs are checking in on the young shooting guard. According to TNT’s David Aldridge (Twitter link), several teams have reached out to Nwaba, including the Spurs and Lakers. There’s no clear frontrunner at this point, Aldridge adds.Nwaba...2018
    • • Bulls, Zach LaVine inching closer and closer to a deal
      While the Bulls and Zach LaVine aren’t necessarily close to a deal, the team has had communication with LaVine and his representatives, writes K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune. According to Johnson, the Bulls assured LaVine that speculation they wanted to do a $14M-per-year deal wasn’t accurate, and have “proactively” negotiated in good faith wi...2018

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