http://chicago.cbslocal.com CBSChicago.com - News, Sports, Weather, Traffic, and the Best of Chicago http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/newspapers-softball-season-wrap-up-includes-no-stats-due-to-the-coachs-bulls-and-laziness/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=306267 Thu, 17 May 2012 21:47:09 +0000 Chalk this one up to an editorial mistake. ]]> 445 306267 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/statement-joe-ricketts-rejects-ricketts-plan/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=306122 Thu, 17 May 2012 17:33:57 +0000 Brian Baker, president of the Ending Spending Action Fund, has released the following statement on behalf of Joe Ricketts, who was recently the subject of an attack on President Obama’s connections to Rev. Jeremiah Wright.]]> 1008 306122 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/preakness-stakes-analysis-and-picks/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=306051 Thu, 17 May 2012 16:29:54 +0000 The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of the Triple Crown, will be contested at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday. ]]> 332 306051 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/baffoe-white-sox-cubs-hatred-needs-to-stop/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305978 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:28:40 +0000 After much soul searching and application of—wait for it—logic, I decided I had been a fool. What did hating the White Sox accomplish? ]]> 410 305978 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/photo-derrick-rose-using-a-walker/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=306004 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:09:48 +0000 Here's a picture of the former MVP of the NBA, Derrick Rose, using a walker as he's escorted to his car. ]]> 575 306004 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/photo-news-station-names-metta-world-peace-lakers-idiot/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305991 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:01:24 +0000 We all know Metta World Peace is an idiot, but this news station actually said it. ]]> 335 305991 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/video-cubs-sox-rivalry-part-ii/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305955 Thu, 17 May 2012 14:14:46 +0000 Here's the next installment of the New Era Cubs/Sox rivalry commercial with with Nick Offerman and Craig Robinson]]> 178 305955 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/report-cubs-owners-father-lauching-hard-line-campaign-attack-on-obama/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305926 Thu, 17 May 2012 12:43:50 +0000 A Republican super PAC funded by the father of Cubs owner Tom Ricketts has decided against launching a hard-line attack on President Barack Obama as he campaigns for reelection.]]> 1343 305926 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/video-rays-infielder-collapses-on-field-after-being-hit-by-pitch/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305858 Thu, 17 May 2012 03:11:49 +0000 During the eighth inning of tonight's Rays game at Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay infielder Will Rhymes collapsed on the field after being hit on the arm by a pitch. ]]> 1071 305858 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/photo-michael-jordans-letter-of-intent-to-unc/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305735 Wed, 16 May 2012 20:46:22 +0000 Hat tip to Sports Illustrated for this one. ]]> 692 305735 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/wade-upset-over-pacers-celebration-forgets-heats-ridiculous-celebration-in-2010/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305651 Wed, 16 May 2012 17:09:32 +0000 While Wade has a point, but he's seemingly forgotten the nonsense that took place in Miami during the summer of 2010 when the Heat threw a city-wide party to celebrate the pairing of himself, LeBron James and Chris Bosh.]]> 537 305651 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/white-sox-bp-pitcher-kevin-hickey-dies-at-56/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305611 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:53:43 +0000 White Sox pre-game instructor Kevin Hickey passed away Wednesday morning at Rush University Medical Center. He was 56.]]> 729 305611 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/cowher-mum-on-possibility-of-coaching-bears/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305620 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:36:44 +0000 Two days after Boomer Esiason told The McNeil and Spiegel Show that former NFL head coach Bill Cowher would come out of retirement to coach the Bears, Cowher addressed those comments. ]]> 489 305620 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/photo-unfortunate-spacing-on-charlie-furbushs-jersey/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305592 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:30:26 +0000 ​OK, it's Charlie Furbush, not Charlie Fur Bush. ]]> 700 305592 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/rogers-youkilis-could-help-the-white-sox/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305575 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:22:12 +0000 ​The 33-year-old Kevin Youkilis is certainly not the player he used to be, but could he fit in on the South Side? ]]> 229 305575 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/photo-awesome-key-to-the-game/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305562 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:51:36 +0000 This is vital - one of the most important 'Key To The Games.' ]]> 313 305562 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/bernstein-shut-up-vinny/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305534 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:41:52 +0000 Del Negro was a curious choice from the outset in Chicago, where he believed a warmed-over Jim Valvano impersonation constituted coaching.]]> 788 305534 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/16/spiegel-ventura-is-the-rookie-we-expected/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305528 Wed, 16 May 2012 14:18:12 +0000 It’s been interesting to look at the two fresh fish thrown into this baseball city, to slowly try to get a picture of who and what they will be. ]]> 243 305528 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/15/video-hawks-frustration-comes-out-in-the-9th-inning/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305379 Tue, 15 May 2012 22:30:02 +0000 ​It's no secret Ken 'The Hawk' Harrelson has a difficult time separating his fanship with his work.]]> 977 305379 http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/15/photo-nhl-network-credits-brad-richards-with-contributing-2-shs/?utm_medium=VPH&utm_source=topvph_sports&utm_campaign=305266 Tue, 15 May 2012 20:34:22 +0000 The Rangers couldn't have beaten the Devils 3-0 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals without the works of Brad Richards. ]]> 333 305266