This week the Chicago Bears have their first big test of the season against the Atlanta Falcons. The Bears are coming off a win against the New York Giants, but just like Week 1 against the Detroit Lions, it wasn’t easy.… Click here to continue reading!
2020 Regular Season Finale: Cubs vs. White Sox
When the shortened schedule came out, everyone in Chicago circles the Crosstown Series games between the Cubs and White Sox, but it seemed like the matchup in late September to close out the 2020 regular season was going to have a lot of meaning to it – and it does.… Click here to continue reading!
Music Review: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
by Brian Clinkenbeard
Haydn is a composer who is well-known among music specialists, and certainly not unheard of in the general public; however, in both realms, he is sometimes dismissed as “That guy who wrote a lot of symphonies/string quartets”, or “That guy who wrote a symphony designed to scare people who had fallen asleep during the concert“, or, to paraphrase a Facebook comment I read a while back, “That guy who wrote dime-a-dozen symphonies, which are incomparable, both individually and collectively, to the mystical poetry of a piece like Berg’s Violin Concerto”.… Click here to continue reading!
Week 2 Staff Predictions: Bears vs. Giants
It was a gift from the Detroit Lions to blow their 20-3 lead, but the way the Chicago Bears played wasn’t ideal. The first three quarters it seemed like the Bears didn’t show up with the offense struggling and the defense getting gashed by Adrian Peterson.… Click here to continue reading!
The Chicago Bulls were wrong about Jimmy Butler
The Chicago Bulls made a huge trade during the 2017 NBA Draft and that was trading Jimmy Butler to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn, and a first-round pick used on Lauri Markkanen.
There’s no argument who won the trade as Butler isn’t with the Timberwolves, but the reasoning for the Bulls to trade their star player has come to bite them.… Click here to continue reading!
The Road to The Stanley Cup Finals
by Anthony Yench
On March 12th, the NHL decided to put the 2019-2020 season on pause due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Many thought the league would just scrap the entire season, pretend that it never happened, and just move on to next season.… Click here to continue reading!
Your Next Playlist
by Jette-Mari Anni
When I’m not in my car listening to the radio, I still carry music with me everywhere I go in my phone – from getting ready in the morning, to going to my next class, to winding down at night.… Click here to continue reading!
The Struggling Fire
by Anthony Yench
It’s no secret that the Chicago Fire has struggled during their time in Major League Soccer. The team’s inaugural season was in 1998 were they won their only MLS Cup. The last trophy the team lifted was in 2006 when they won the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.… Click here to continue reading!
Week 1 Staff Predictions: Bears vs. Lions
Chicago Bears football is just around the corner as they are set to take on the Detroit Lions in their Week 1 matchup. The Bears are coming off a disappointing 8-8 season, but they are hoping to bounce back after having the 29th ranked offense and battling a couple of injuries.… Click here to continue reading!
Ian Happ, Tim Anderson, Jose Abreu are in the MVP discussion
Baseball in Chicago is at its peak with both the White Sox and the Cubs in first place in each division, having a spot in the postseason and having MVP candidates. Ian Happ for the Cubs, then Tim Anderson and Jose Abreau for the White Sox, have been leading their teams in the shortened season.… Click here to continue reading!