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Billionaire octogenarian apparently not embarrased to ask for $1B in taxpayer moneyAnother day, another billionaire casually asking the taxpayers of his city for a billion dollars so he can get even more money than he already has. ...

Jerry Reinsdorf emerged from his crypt long enough to fire White Sox GM, VPNot to turn this morning wake-up companion into Chicago White Sox Daily, but it’s a slow time of year. We’ll get through this together, I promise. ...

If Penguins GM Kyle Dubas is going to go down, it’s going to be with the most flames possibleWhatever Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas’s analytic-rep is, he’s going to be remembered for always opting for the big swing. While he may have been championed as a hockey sabermetric darling who rose to the biggest chair in the sport in Toronto, those that deride him would happily point out that a...

Jake Paul and Nate Diaz set boxing back at least a week, probably more

The only reason to watch Jake Paul box is to see a YouTube personality get hit in the face. Like that Twitch star who started a riot in Union Square this week; get him in a pair of gloves and let a New Yorker of equal stature go a few rounds. On Saturday night in Dallas, Nate Diaz, a 37-year-old UFC...

You have to marvel at the wretchedness of the Chicago White Sox

There are certainly a host of disappointing teams in MLB this year. More so than usual it feels like, with the Mets, Padres, and Cardinals face down in a muck they never considered being in back in the spring. You can throw the Mariners on there if you’re feeling truly dispirited and want to take it...

Josh Donaldson's Yankee tenure is over — here are the 'highlights'

UPDATED Aug. 29: The New York Yankees have released Josh Donaldson....

How much difference can it make to have a manager who is awake?

How much tangible difference a manager makes on a baseball team over 162 games has never been quite nailed down. It’s generally thought the best ones might only add a couple wins, and a truly bad one might only take away a couple wins. Most are just there, which is kind of why front offices stopped ...

Besides Aaron Rodgers, what other sports figures could use a darkness retreat?

With the news that Aaron Rodgers has emerged from his darkness retreat and will soon regale the people with the tablets he has produced, and certainly not the tablets or whatever else he definitely did not take while locked away by himself in obsidian, it got us to thinking who else could use some t...