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Manny Machado Signing With Chicago White Sox Would Be Huge For Baseball

Manny Machado Signing With Chicago White Sox Would Be Huge For Baseball

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The Chicago White Sox are able to compete with Major League Baseball’s big boys for superstar players like Manny Machado and Bryce Harper after all.

P.Getting Machado to sign his name on the dotted line would be wondrous for the White Sox and the MLB landscape.

The Philadelphia Phillies present the White Sox biggest competition in the Manny Machado sweepstakes. The…

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Chicago Cubs Deal For Chicago White Sox Ace Jose Quintana

Chicago Cubs Deal For Chicago White Sox Ace Jose Quintana

  The Chicago Cubs have just acquired Jose Quintana, ace pitcher from the Chicago White Sox in a huge MLB trade. The deal between the two crosstown rivals became official just hours ago. It is being reported by NBC Chicago that the White Sox agreed to send Jose Quintana to the Cubs in exchange for four minor league prospects. The players who the…

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Outside Analysis Podcast 03-02-15

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Per Sources: Rex Ryan to Coach Buffalo Bills

Per Sources: Rex Ryan to Coach Buffalo Bills

According to several reports, the Buffalo Bills will hire Rex Ryan to be their new head coach. Per Adam Schefter, Ryan will sign a five-year deal, worth $27.5 million to coach the Bills.

Ryan was an obvious choice for the positon left vacant by Doug Marrone on December 31st.

Just a couple more I’s to dot and T’s to cross, but Rex Ryan now expected to be the next Buffalo Bills HC. First domino…

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Andre Ward Roc Nation Sports' Deal Great for Boxing

Andre Ward Roc Nation Sports’ Deal Great for Boxing

Andre Ward can finally resume his boxing career. Somewhere there is a contingent of ecstatic fans shouting, “The wait is over!” Shortly after severing ties with his prior promotions team, Goossen Promotions, Ward struck a deal with music mogul Jay-Z and Roc Nation Sports. Andre Ward’s deal with Roc Nation Sports is good for him and great for boxing.

The undefeated super middleweight (27-0, 14…

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Ryan Pace Has Work Ahead of Him

Ryan Pace Has Work Ahead of Him

As Ryan Pace was introduced to the media at Halas Hall one could not help but think about the work that he has ahead of him. The new Chicago Bears’ general manager was peppered with close to 20 minutes of questions, handling each one with confidence and poise. He knows the challenge that confronts him. Not once did he bristle at an inquiry.

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Can the Golden State Warriors Win 72 Games

Can the Golden State Warriors Win 72 Games

Mark another one in the win column for the Golden State Warriors. This is the way of life lately for the Bay-area team, who won their 16th consecutive game on Sunday, improving to 21-2. Just in case you were wondering, that means there is 59 games remaining to get 51 more wins. Eclipsing that feat would tie Golden State with the 1996 Chicago Bulls’ team which finished the season 72-10, good for…

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Warriors Boxing Holiday Bash Recap

Warriors Boxing Holiday Bash Recap

Chicago, IL — With the year coming to a close, Warriors Boxing put on a spectacular show featuring some of the rising stars in the boxing world. Up and coming talents such the locally-based Eddie Ramirez (7-0, 5 KOs) and Jose Felix Quesada (5-0, 4 KOs) dazzled with first-round knockouts. Both fighters took a step up in class and accepted the challenges.

Ramirez moved around the ring stalking the…

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DePaul Blue Demons' 6-1 Start Just the Beginning of Things to Come

DePaul Blue Demons’ 6-1 Start Just the Beginning of Things to Come

Not since the 1993-94 college basketball season has the DePaul Blue Demons’ men’s basketball team had a 7-1 record after eight contests. The 6-1 Blue Demons have a chance to achieve that feat with a win over the 5-2 George Washington Colonials. DePaul’s fast start is the best under head coach Oliver Purnell, who is in his fifth year running the team.

When explaining the team’s record after the…

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White Sox Bring Jeff Samardzja Back to Chicago

White Sox Bring Jeff Samardzja Back to Chicago

The Chicago White Sox land Jeff Samardzja. According to several sources, including Ken Rosenthal and ESPN Chicago’s Doug Padila, the White Sox agree to send high-level pitching prospect Chris Bassitt and Marcus Semien to the Oakland A’s for the veteran right-hander.

Trading for Jeff Samardzja was part of a busy day for the south side team.

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Derrick Rose's Best Move to Date

Derrick Rose’s Best Move to Date

Was Derrick Rose’s best move non-basketball related? In an impressive display of social awareness, the Chicago Bulls superstar guard spoke volumes just for wearing a tee shirt with the phrase, “I can’t breathe” during the shoot-around of the Chicago Bulls – Golden State Warriors game.

Those were the final words of Eric Garner, a man who tragically died on July 17th after being subdued by police…

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DePaul Uphends Milwaukee 83-61

DePaul Uphends Milwaukee 83-61

Rosemont, IL — Myke Henry and the DePaul Blue Demons (6-1) were not very neighborly to their visitors of 90 mile north, the Milwaukee Panthers (4-5). The junior swingman scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half of a 83-61 victory. He also grabbed rebounds in a rout. Suffocating man-to-man defense and a balanced offensive attack from the Blue Demons keyed the win.

Henry got the Blue Demons…

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DePaul Hoops

Rosemont, IL — Cold first half shooting doomed the DePaul Blue Demons (2-1) early in their game versus the Lehigh Mountainhawks (1-4). Lehigh went on an 8-2 run in the beginning and never looked back, finishing with an 86-74 win.

DePaul forward Myke Henry started off the scoring giving the Blue Demons a 2-0 lead. It would be their only lead of the game. After the teams traded baskets the…

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Chicago Bulls Injuries More Blessing Than We Believe

Chicago Bulls Injuries More Blessing Than We Believe

It’s 13 games into the Chicago Bulls season, how many of you are alarmed by the fact that Derrick Rose has only appeared in five games? Now keep your hands up if you are worried about the short and long-term health status of Taj Gibson, Pau Gasol or Joakim Noah? Yikes, there are not as many hands raised, yet there are still too many less than optimistic fans out there amongst you.

In the words of…

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