Headlines for March, 2007

Worse Than Their Record?

In Print - Mar. 27, 2007| View Print Version (PDF) Bring up the subject of the worst NBA team ever in a room full of basketball fans, and you'll hear about the 9-73 record of the '72-'73 Philadelphia team, or Denver in '97-'98, a perpetual high speed car wreck at 11-71. The Dallas Mavericks make the list twice, going 11-71 in '93 [read more...]

Will it Be Enough?

In Print March 27, 2007 | VIEW PRINT VERSION (PDF) More so than perhaps any other GM in the game, Kenny Williams has evolved and grown in his seven years in Chicago. It started with a series of "look what I can do" headline trades that inevitably didn't pan out. He was ultra-aggressive, with every move coming with a high risk, [read more...]

Kings of Mediocrity

In Print - March 27, 2007 | VIEW PRINT VERSION (PDF) As we all know by now, the Cubs this past winter doled out roughly $300 million in guaranteed player salaries, thereby energizing an easily inspired fan base. For all their efforts and dollars, though, the Cubs aren't a great team. Heck, they're not even a particularly good team. Yet on the [read more...]

A Happy Ending?

In Print - March 13, 2007 | View Print Version (PDF) Though they care not to admit it, the Cubs' fortunes are once again tied to Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, these two prodigal sons who were expected to be the cornerstones of the team's pitching staff for years to come. They were to be Chicago's own version of Koufax and [read more...]

Angelo Had To Do It

In Print - March 13, 2007 | View In Print Version (PDF) Let the Cedric Benson Era officially begin. Thomas Jones wanted a contract extension from the Chicago Bears, but they gave him a one-way ticket out of town instead. GM Jerry Angelo dealt his leading rusher to the New York Jets for the right to flip-flop second-round draft picks in [read more...]

Futile Fantasy

In Print - March 6, 2007 | View Print Version (PDF) You could feel the buzz -- temporary, speculative buzz -- but buzz nonetheless. Last week, Radar Online, citing unnamed sources, reported that Dallas Mavericks owner and professional billionaire (and blogger) Mark Cuban was offering a whopping $625 million for the Chicago Cubs. Cuban, of course, is the impassioned, opinionated, tilting-at-windmills type [read more...]

Now That You’re Gone

In Print - March 6, 2007 | View Print Version (PDF) Snapshot the Bulls and White Sox two years ago and Tyson Chandler and Brandon McCarthy were in the future plans respectively. Chandler as the big man in the middle, and McCarthy as a front-line starter after waiting a few years in the wings. They were both shipped out this year. [read more...]

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