Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson is currently dealing with an injury. According to MLB.com, Swanson is dealing with a left side/oblique strain. MLB.com also reports that while Swanson is swinging a bat every day and participating in defensive work and agility/running drills, the infielder is expected to miss at least two more weeks. Swanson landed […]
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White Sox make a key roster move with the AL Central race heating up.
The 2026 version of Second City Hockey’s Top 25 Under 25 rankings moves on to our Top 10, which will contain a lengthier breakdown of each individual who made it into that group.
Sam Rinzel
Position: Defense
Age: 22 (June 25, 2004)
Acquired via: First-round pick (25th overall) in 2022 NHL Draft
2025-26 team : Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) | Rockford IceHogs (AHL)
2025-26 NHL stats: 14 points (4 G, 10 A) in 54 NHL games | 14 points (...
When the Chicago Bears selected Dillon Thieneman with the 25th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, there was already going to be pressure. First-round picks are expected to contribute, and Thieneman was viewed as a player talented enough to compete for a starting role immediately. But the circumstances around him have changed. What was […]
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The Chicago White Sox are receiving a boost as they prepare for the stretch run of the 2026 MLB season. On Friday, the team announced that catcher Kyle Teel has been reinstated from the injured list. In a corresponding move, catcher Drew Romo was optioned to Triple-A. Teel has not played since July due to […]
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Colston Loveland has a lot of respect for Ben Johnson. The second-year tight end has seen how intense he is during practices and games, taking his job seriously. He also recently shared his thoughts about the Chicago Bears head coach’s behavior. Loveland is set for a bigger role in 2026, as he’ll be Chicago’s TE1. [...]
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Kyle Teel is back from a high-ankle sprain as the White Sox optioned Drew Romo to Charlotte. Romo will stay with the team on the taxi squad, James Fegan reported.
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Incoming rookie forwards Anton Frondell and Roman Kantserov continue to be the topic of conversation around the Chicago Blackhawks this […]
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The Chicago Cubs need Daniel Palencia to be Daniel Palencia. They need the hard-throwing right-hander to be the same guy who was brought up from Iowa in mid-April last season and proceeded to earn his way into being the team’s full-time closer by the end of May. More News: Chicago Cubs: Justin Steele’s rehab sparks [...]
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The Chicago Bears created roughly $17 million in cap space by restructuring the contracts of Joe Thuney, Dayo Odeyingbo, and TJ Edwards.
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Tyrese Haliburton grew up in Oshkosh cheering for the Brewers. Years later, the Wisconsin native has somehow gone from hometown sports kid to one of the more polarizing figures in Milwaukee sports. That transformation was on full display Thursday night at Wrigley Field. Haliburton threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Cubs hosted the […]
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Who will be named as captain for the Chicago Blackhawks this season? Who will be the alternate captains? Here are some prime candidates.
Hello, Chicago Bears fans! I knew I had officially become an old man when the AARP started sending me letters. As such, it is now my right, duty, and privilege to yell at clouds. The cloud today is the NFL’s headlong bent to move the game to the international stage and engage with as many […]
If you were writing the script of the Cubs season, I’m sending it back for re-writes. My son, not particularly a baseball fan, has found the path to conversation is being the sounding board for what I’m going to write. He’s always asking what the gist of my story is going to be about. Given […]
Well, they made it through the first round. It wasn’t always pretty, but the Cubs managed to split with the Brewers at Wrigley to avoid losing ground in the division. They also picked up a half-game on the idle Phillies on Thursday, though the Cubs still trail in the race for the top Wild Card …
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The Cleveland Guardians are right where they need to be to make a run at the Chicago White Sox and win the American League Central title. They are 70-70 with 22 games remaining, and just 3.0 games behind Chicago’s South Side team. That is more than enough time to make up the difference between the […]
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The Baltimore Orioles, in need of a right-handed-hitting outfielder who can play center field, claimed Luis Robert Jr. off waivers from the New York Mets on Monday. Robert, 29, spent the first six seasons of his career with the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox gave him a six-year, $50 million pre-arbitration extension in 2020, […]
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Hey RotoBallers! The 2026 fantasy football season is about to begin, which means draft season is slowly coming to a close. Below, we will provide you with our updated defense (D/ST) rankings for all standard formats. For more rankings sets, be sure to view our 2026 best ball fantasy football rankings, 2026 dynasty fantasy football […]
The Chicago Bears are almost a week away from opening their season against the Carolina Panthers, and many are expecting a big year from the team. As for general manager Ryan Poles, his plan is to build a complete team, and that never stops, which is maybe why he restructured the contracts of several players […]
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Running back D’Andre Swift is entering the final season of his three-year contract with the Chicago Bears. All offseason, he has put in the work to make sure it counts. The 2026 season will mark Swift’s seventh in the NFL. But the running back still thinks he hasn’t fully scratched the surface of his ceiling, [...]
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Here’s the TJStats Daily Recap for September 4, 2026, covering 16 completed games. All advanced metrics (Whiffs, CSW%, tjStuff+) are sourced from the TJStats pitch database. Starting Pitchers Pitcher Team Opp IP H ER K BB Pitches Whiffs SwStr% CSW% tjStuff+ GS Dec Shota Imanaga CHC MIA 6.0 3 1 4 0 94 22 23.4% […]
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The Chicago Bears are putting the finishing touches on their roster as they prepare for the 2026 season. Now, the franchise will have some extra money to work with. The Bears have restructured the contracts of guard Joe Thuney, defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo and linebacker TJ Edwards, via Field Yates. Those three moves freed up [...]
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The Cubs (79-62) managed to split their series with the first-place Brewers at Wrigley Field this week to stay near the top Wild Card spot. With the division largely decided barring a massive Milwaukee collapse, the focus can shift to securing home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs and trying to stabilize the …
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During most of this preseason, the Chicago Bears have been rumored to trade for a pass rusher. The defensive line is certainly one of the roster’s weak spots. Even more so now, after the Bears traded DT Gervon Dexter Sr. in a shocking move, landing another cornerback in Clark Phillips III. Outside of Montez Sweat, [...]
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A handful of notes while waiting for White Sox minor league affiliates’ magic/tragic numbers to reach 0… *Caleb Bonemer is heading to the Arizona Fall League per the league’s official X account: *Braden Holcomb was promoted to Winston-Salem, taking the place of Derek Cerda, who was placed on the 7-day IL. Holcomb, the hulking Vanderbilt…
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