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Opinion: Stimulus Plan Stimulates Trouble for Obama

(Nov. 9) -- When President Barack Obama promised in February that the $787 billion stimulus bill would unleash "a new wave of innovation, activity and construction," he probably didn't have tidying up gravestones in mind. But that is what some of the money has paid for, along with frozen fish sperm, Taser guns and an...

The Chicago Tribune Takes on Charlie Weis

And it ain't pretty. Perhaps sensing an opening to take shots at the Notre Dame coach after the new athletic director had to issue something resembling a vote of confidence this week and Jason Whitlock took to calling him college football's "Pear Bryant", the Tribune fired off several more volleys at the ego of the Irish...

Ozzie Guillen Would Like To Keep His Beer, Thanks

In the wake of Josh Hancock's death last week, the Cardinals decided to ban alcohol from their clubhouse. A lot of teams have begun to adopt this philosophy, and some even wonder whether or not baseball should make it a universal rule.It's not necessarily the kind of rule that Ozzie Guillen is against, but he's not very...

Would The Twins Trade Johan Santana?

I have to say that the idea of the Twins trading Johan Santana has never crossed my mind, but it's definetely swirling around in the Chicago Tribune's Phil Rogers' mind. From his column in Monday's paper: Before contract talks broke off between Johan Santana and the Twins, baseball's best pitcher is believed to have had...

Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field Not So Friendly Anymore

There are plenty of stereotypes among and about Chicago's baseball fans. For example, Cubs fans are yuppie idiots who go to Wrigley Field to get soused on Old Style, not to watch baseball; and White Sox fans are "ghetto" or "low class" or any of the other far more insulting words used to describe Chicago's less affluent...

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Small Boy Runs Onto Field At White Sox Game

In the top of the seventh inning of the Orioles' 5-2 win over the White Sox on Thursday, a young kid somehow bypassed security and ran onto the field.