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Bulls name Lindsey Hunter Player Development Assistant


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Published March 8, 2010 at 12:10 a.m.

The Chicago Bulls announced that Lindsey Hunter has been hired as a Player Development Assistant on March 5, 2010 ...

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On The Simple Thrill Of Hearing The Cubs Suffer At The Hands Of The White Sox, Even If It’s Only An Exhibition Game Played By The B-Team


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Published March 7, 2010 at 8:47 p.m.

Contempt, nonsense and vague threats over the airwaves mean the season is here, even if it hasn't actually started ...

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Julius Peppers Wastes No Time Making Friends


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Published March 7, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.

Julius Peppers wanted patrons of Chicago hotspot Crescendo on late Friday night to know he appreciated their hometown football team’s generosity. So much so that the Chicago Bears defensive end bought 25 bottles of Perrier Jouet Fleur de Champagne to be distributed to everyone in the club. At a cool $350 per bottle, that’s almost [ ... ] ...

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Burying the hatchet with friends and/or family who root against the Sox


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Published March 7, 2010 at 4:02 p.m.

I have an acquaintance who is a die-hard Twinn fan who has fallen on some hard times - leg injury preventing him from running, losing his job, no discernable intimate relationship (hey, karma is a bitch).  He's a nice enough guy, but I don't need someone around cloaked in failure AND a Twinn acolyte.  He's been telling me for weeks he has a "present" for me and I'll either "lose all respect" for him or thank him.  Whatever. Yesterday he bestows upon me a Sox hat.  Not even one from this era,

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Newberry Math And Science Academy Launches First Online Auction


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Published March 7, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
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Photo courtesy of the Newberry Math and Science Academy The Newberry Math And Science Academy--an elementary Chicago Public School (Pre K-8) with a curriculum emphasis on math and science--will launch their first online auction starting today and running through March 28 ... The auction is hosted by Bidding For Good, and will feature a wide range of items to bid on, including Bulls courtside seats and Cubs tickets ... New items are also being added every day ... The Friends of Newberry

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Sunday Cubs Games Vs. Dodgers And White Sox Both Cancelled


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Published March 7, 2010 at 2:57 p.m.
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More photos » ... Matt York - AP ... Browse more photos » ... In the past, when a spring training game was called off, it was considered a cancelled event, and tickets were refunded. This happened to me in 2003 when I sat in the parking lot at Surprise for 45 minutes, with no letup in sight of heavy rain and the game vs. the Royals was cancelled ... I got a refund from Ticketmaster, including the fees ... Not so, apparently, today with the game at Glendale vs. the White Sox. The White Sox

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SABR Finally Gives a Woman Her Due - After 50 Years


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Published March 7, 2010 at 2:25 p.m.

SABR Finally Gives a Woman Her Due - After 50 Years ... Dorothy Jane Mills was supposed to feel honored last Monday when the Society for American Baseball Research included her husband, Dr. Harold Seymour, in the inaugural class of the organization’s new de facto Hall of Fame. She was supposed to feel thankful that her assistance with Seymour’s seminal three-volume history of baseball, published sequentially from 1960 through 1990, would be acknowledged during his induction ...

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Spring Training Reminiscing...With Gary Peters


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Published March 7, 2010 at 2:22 p.m.

Spring Training Reminiscing ... With Gary Peters ... SARASOTA — The year is 1960. A rising pitcher in the Chicago White Sox organization pulls up to the player's parking lot at Payne Park. Gary Peters has just driven up from Miami after playing winter ball in Venezuela ... He looks behind him and sees a good friend, teammate Billy Goodman. Then he sees another guy. Ted Williams ...

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The Poison Pill Strategy: Should the Bears Use It?


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Published March 7, 2010 at 2:04 p.m.
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Ever since the Bears decided to go "hog wild" in free agency there has been a lot of discussions on WCG about making a play for OJ Atogwe, free safety of the St. Louis Rams. Because the Rams have decided to place the lowest tender possible on Atogwe, many Bears fans, including myself, have become very interested in the prospect of the Bears making a play for the young and talented free safety. There has been a phrase that has been thrown around in discussions lately to help the Bears land Atogwe

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Split Squad Day: Cubs vs. Dodgers @ Mesa, Cubs vs. White Sox @ Glendale, 2:05 CT


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Published March 7, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
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More photos » ... Paul Connors - AP ... Believe it or not, Alfonso Soriano caught this ball AND didn't get hurt on the play ... Browse more photos » ... Weather permitting -- and it doesn't look very good -- we'll get a look at two of the candidates for the starting rotation today. More after the jump, but if both split-squad games are rained out, that takes away a real opportunity for many pitchers to show Lou & Co. what they've got ... Here's a good article from Yahoo's Tim Brown on Alfonso

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