Wisch: Cubs Could Use More Stars, But Sosa Can Stay Home
As for Sammy, the door back to to Wrigley can remain dark. And he can build his own statue somewhere else.
As for Sammy, the door back to to Wrigley can remain dark. And he can build his own statue somewhere else.
This is Sammy Sosa now.
Are you ready for some good ol' public flogging and moral superiority that results essentially in nothing but another baseball dry hump?
When the month of June drew to a close exactly 15 years ago, it was about to become the greatest individual home run month in the history of baseball. Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire electrified America, but we would soon learn that it had all happened during the heart of the steroid era.
Today marks the 10th anniversary of Sammy Sosa's ejection in the first inning of a game against the Devil Rays for using a corked bat.
Here are five Windy City athletes who looked the weirdest playing for a team other than the one they're best known for.
Sammy Sosa is one of the game's Marlboro Men, a mascot of old that seems so wrong today.
Slammin' Sammy also said the Chicago Cubs should retire his number.
Retired from the game of baseball, Sammy Sosa now manages a comapny called Injex 21, which specializes in needleless drug injections.
I absolutely hate Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame voting.
I don't think they want to see No. 21 tap his heart at home plate any time in the foreseeable future – and probably for much longer.
With a slew of all-time greats in their first year of eligibility for Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, the summer of 2013 should be a banner one for Cooperstown.
As a kid, the guy was my favorite player, so I'm certainly biased. But when it comes to keeping score of the all-time greatest Hall of Fame induction speeches, I think Ryne Sandberg's wins in a rout.
For those wishing to trade a 22-year-old Castro, be very careful what you wish for.
Ryan Braun shouldn't keep his MVP. Not if the test result showing that the Milwaukee Brewers' star left fielder and 2011 NL MVP had elevated levels of synthetic testosterone in his system this past season is indeed upheld upon appeal.
Derek Jeter stole all the headlines in pursuit of career hit 3,000. Meanwhile, no one is noticing that Jim Thome is nearing an even rarer feat.
Back in 1998, I was naïve. But here in 2011? Well, I'm not. At least that's certainly true when it comes to the issue of athletes using performance enhancing drugs to give themselves an edge on the field.
The Chicago White Sox's Carlos Quentin has been named the American League's Player of the Week, for the week ending on April 3.
Major League Baseball has so many things working to its advantage including a century old resilience to overcome every challenge placed before it.
Members of the Baseball Writers Association of America are making their point loud and clear to all the former players who played during the "Steroid Era."
Harry Caray's Restaurant is now the owner of the infamous corked bat used by Sammy Sosa in 2003.
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The rescue was completed around 3:30 p.m., nearly eight hours after the bird was first spotted.
Such crimes are more than a nuisance. A slashed tire is an expensive problem to fix.
Keith Hill, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 241, said the driver radioed for police help. But nobody came, Hill said.
Playing without Cody Bellinger, the Cubbies used Swanson's big swing and a solid start by Jameson Taillon to earn its second straight win.
Guidice said he left City Hall on good terms.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Bears president Kevin Warren said the new stadium would include replacing Soldier Field with additional parks and public sports fields, while preserving the stadium's iconic colonnades, which were built as a war memorial for American veterans.
Jurors in former President Donald Trump's trial in New York heard testimony from a former media executive about his efforts to bury negative stories about Trump before the 2016 presidential election.
Regulators prohibit new noncompetes, which impede millions of U.S. workers from getting a better job.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The family didn't get their cut of the estate sale, not hearing back from the salesman until CBS 2 got involved.
The Better Business Bureau warns that anyone buying an event ticket should watch out for fake ticket scams.
Financial records show Paul Croft and J.D. Frost raised about $30 million for a hydrogen plant that was supposed to be, at one point, in Indiana. It never existed, an attorney says.
Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
Health department officials said the case does not appear to be linked to new migrant arrival shelters in Chicago, and the source of infection is unknown.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The company announced Tuesday that it received a stalking horse bid to purchase its operating assets.
Dozens of typewriters clutter the shelves of the 24-year-old business owner's workshop inside his parents' home in Downers Grove.
The closure affects both Dom's locations in Chicago, and all 33 Foxtrot stores in Chicago, Texas, and the Washington D.C. area.
Still, Ravinia is capitalizing on the situation with a limited-edition shirt—reading, "Ravinia Interrupta," and calling the cicada buzz the loudest song of summer.
The singer was found deceased at her home, a representative said.
Anticipation was growing at a fever pitch before Taylor Swift's latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department," dropped at midnight EDT. But it turned out it's actually a double album.
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died.
Colbert lived in Chicago for 11 years, performing and "cutting his comedy teeth" at the legendary Second City and attending Northwestern University. His show will broadcast from Chicago's storied Auditorium Theater Aug. 19-22 on CBS.
The crane was found wandering in a residential neighborhood in Wilmette.
CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 10 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
One in 10 children is sexually abused before turning 18. That is why hundreds gathered Wednesday night, raising money to help those children in Chicago.
Such crimes are more than a nuisance. A slashed tire is an expensive problem to fix. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
The head of the Chicago Transit Authority drivers’ union said the attack was targeted, and is worried about safety for drivers going into the summer. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Bears president Kevin Warren said the new stadium would include replacing Soldier Field with additional parks and public sports fields, while preserving the stadium's iconic colonnades, which were built as a war memorial for American veterans.
Keith Hill, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 241, said the driver radioed for police help. But nobody came, Hill said.
The rescue was completed around 3:30 p.m., nearly eight hours after the bird was first spotted.
Crime stats of those who were carjacked, robbed, shot, or killed give an overwhelming sense of a society unmoored. But the spectacle of crime can evoke fear, often overshadowing those who are truly affected: the victims.
Such crimes are more than a nuisance. A slashed tire is an expensive problem to fix.
Police arrived at the scene sooner than if they had waited for the first 911 call.
Anthony Robinson's attorney said his previous defense lawyer failed to present evidence that showed it was physically impossible for him to be the shooter.
The village board is working on a resolution to hire Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor before her lone term as Chicago's mayor, to investigate claims Henyard has been misusing public funds.
DCFS Director Heidi Mueller was asked Thursday why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary.
CBS 2 discovered the woman, Whitley Temple, was hired by the City of Chicago while awaiting trial.
Playing without Cody Bellinger, the Cubbies used Swanson's big swing and a solid start by Jameson Taillon to earn its second straight win.
The Sox executed a double steal in the fifth to cut Minnesota's lead to 4-3. But they went on to lose as Minnesota scored two more runs.
The Sky introduced No. 7 pick Reese Wednesday along with No. 13 pick Brynna Maxwell.
X-rays after the game Tuesday night were clean, but an MRI today showed the fractures.
Williams is the only quarterback with whom the Bears met ahead of a draft, in which five of the first six could be QBs.
Such crimes are more than a nuisance. A slashed tire is an expensive problem to fix.
Keith Hill, president of Amalgamated Transit Union 241, said the driver radioed for police help. But nobody came, Hill said.
Police said the thieves used different types of force to make off with large quantities of cigarettes and bottles of alcohol in each incident.
School officials said police arrested the gunman and recovered a gun.
One of the men sprayed him in the face with pepper spray, while the other had a knife in his hand, police said. Both men beat until he fell to the ground, police said.