Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs need to land Joe Girardi for Theo’s sake

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:02:00 -0500

Maybe a homecoming by Joe Girardi is exactly what the Cubs need two years into this 197-loss rebuilding process.

5 keys to Blackhawks’ season

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:55:35 -0500

If the Blackhawks are to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions, here are the five keys to their success:

Jordan: I could beat LeBron, Kobe, everyone else

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 15:47:08 -0500

LeBron James may be on the cover of the “NBA 2K14″ video game that Michael Jordan is promoting, but MJ isn’t taking a back seat to anybody.

Cutler: Mistakes were made vs. Lions

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:23:20 -0500

The same fact that was disconcerting Sunday afternoon was spun as promising Monday morning: Quarterback Jay Cutler made fundamental mistakes against the Lions that are fixable, coach Marc Trestman said. “The turnovers and some of the under- and over-throws were more fundamentals than they were a lack of execution or reading coverage, things like that,” Trestman said Monday after watching film at Halas Hall. “I think that they’re correctable — and I think he’ll go back to work and work on those things.” It wasn’t just the three interceptions and the one fumble that bothered Cutler and Trestman after the …

Bears ‘D’ blame themselves for Lions offensive exploits

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 12:55:38 -0500

Lance Briggs described going over the film of the Bears’ 40-32 loss against the Lions — in which running back Reggie Bush ran wild in the first half — as “disappointing” and “disgusting.” What was so disappointing? “Probably the most disappointing part of watching the film was that a lot of their big runs came against eight-man fronts,” Briggs said Monday at Halas Hall. “We weren’t even in cover-2.” Disgusting? “It’s kind of disgusting to see 40 points up on the scoreboard regardless of what went on and how it went up there,” Briggs said. “Defensively we haven’t prevented a …

Derrick Rose held out of Bulls’ scrimmage

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:34:57 -0500

Carlos Boozer spent a few minutes on Monday trying to explain what he’s been seeing from Derrick Rose through the first three days of training camp.

WAR shows Cubs, White Sox need help at almost every position

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 02:20:40 -0500

The 2013 season is over for Chicago baseball teams. It marks the fifth consecutive season neither the Cubs nor the White Sox qualified for postseason play. But even bad teams have good players, just not enough of them. A look at Baseball-Reference.com tells us that, in terms of wins above replacement, the best position player in Chicago was Cubs catcher Welington Castillo at 4.4 and the best pitcher was White Sox left-hander Chris Sale at 6.9. Baseball-Reference.com tells us a full season with 0 to 2 WAR indicates a bench-quality major-league player. A WAR of 2-plus indicates a starter, 5-plus …