MLB’s Young Pitchers’ Dilemma: Less Work, More Injuries Clubs have become more conservative on workloads, but that hasn’t necessarily yielded the desired results. Sports Illustrated · Sep 1, 2023
Cubs lefty Jordan Wicks’ strong major-league debut no guarantee of what’s to come Baseball by the Numbers: His first game Saturday was impressive, to be sure, but it still was only one game. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 28, 2023
Wood chip: Justin Wood, Kerry’s son, drawing father back into baseball at New Trier Kerry has been back in uniform as a Trevians assistant. In fact, Justin wears No. 32, the same as Kerry, embracing the connection to his famous dad. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 18, 2023
Jacob deGrom Will Leave MLB With the Most Bittersweet Pitching Career Ever The pitcher will undergo a second Tommy John surgery, adding him to the list of stars whose campaigns for Cooperstown were cut short. Sports Illustrated · Jun 12, 2023
Dusty Baker proves that nice guys — and good managers — do indeed finish first The former Cubs manager rises above the haters in Chicago who booed him out of town. Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 9, 2022
Paul Sullivan: Dusty Baker is finally a World Series winner. And his supporters are sharing in the 73-year-old’s dream come true. Six summers ago, I walked into a downtown Chicago hotel room to the sight of Dusty Baker ironing his pants in his boxers and a T-shirt. Chicago Tribune · Nov 6, 2022
Jerry Starkman, who founded Mustard’s Last Stand hot dog haven near Northwestern’s football stadium, dead at 84 Over 53 years, the family-owned business has served up hot dogs to NU alums including David Schwimmer, Seth Meyers, Charlton Heston; actors William Petersen and Katie Holmes; Cubs pitchers Kerry Wood and Mark Prior; and Wildcats football coach Patrick Fitzgerald. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 16, 2022
SI:AM | Rafael Nadal Injury Throws a Wrench in Dream Wimbledon Final He goes into his semifinal match against Nick Kyrgios with an abdominal injury. Sports Illustrated · Jul 7, 2022
The Producer: Marc Brady is the biggest name in Chicago sports TV you don’t know Brady is in his 30th year on the production side of game broadcasts. He has produced Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox games. He currently produces Bulls games for NBC Sports Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times · May 12, 2022