10 second-half dates Hawks fans should circle
All decade, casual Blackhawks fans have had the luxury of waiting until the All-Star break to pay attention to hockey, knowing the Hawks' real season doesn't start until the playoffs....
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On Wednesday, all eyes will be on Cubs and Jake Arrieta
For the seventh time in 70 years, the Chicago Cubs are playing postseason baseball. Thank you, Bud Selig, for adding a second Wild Card to each league. If this special...
We’ll know in a week how good the Cubs are
For the first time since Obama's been in office, the Cubs aren't Completely Useless By September. (Can we come up with a suitable acronym for the badness of the White...
If you must watch preseason NFL, have a backup plan
As the NFL continues its unending quest to command your attention during all 12 months, it's trying to convince you that "football is back!" with the start of the preseason...
What you’ll see at Bears training camp (and what you won’t)
The heat index is in the triple digits and you're seriously considering wearing a swimsuit to work. BEAR WEATHER GOT YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? Or at least fake training...
Yes, you can use the ‘D’ word with the Blackhawks now
Never a doubt, right? Except for that whole pesky 355-straight-minutes-where-no-team-led-by-more-than-one-goal thing in the Stanley Cup Final. Oh, and that 3-2 series deficit against Anaheim. And that quirky weird moment where...
2015 Hawks have plenty in common with Cup champs
A third trip to the Stanley Cup Final in six tries. It’s unbelievably difficult to do in the salary-cap era of hockey (which began with the 2005-06 season), and Blackhawks...
Hawks-Ducks series hinges on the two Coreys
The weird "puck luck" of the Stanley Cup Playoffs often allows for deep Cinderella runs, but the two remaining teams in the Western Conference really are the two best teams—and...
Super bore: The 7 worst things about the NFL Draft
I'm a guy RedEye often asks to write fun, lighter-side-of-sports columns. For the 2015 NFL Draft, I bet they were thinking I'd give you "If This Year's Draftees Were Old-School...
A Blackhawks-Predators preview Arnold would love
The Stanley Cup playoffs begin Wednesday, and the Blackhawks will start their quest for a third title in six seasons against the Nashville Predators. If you're the kind of fan...