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The moving truck! It’s loaded up and heading out for Arizona. I will never get tired of seeing this each year, as it is the first marker that Spring Training is on the way. It’s like the groundhog, but bigger, oranger, and a little more predictable: Spring is coming…The @Cubs equipment truck is packed and headed to Mesa, AZ for spring training 🌵 pic.twitter.com/ukXi2gZNc6— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) January 30,…
With an enviable collection of young talent, and with a controversial move on deck to Las Vegas, I don’t blame the Athletics for going absolutely ham on extensions. It’s smart. The latest is shortstop Jacob Wilson, fresh off a fantastic rookie season, who gets a seven-year deal: The A’s core now under long-term contracts includes Jacob Wilson, Brent Rooker, Tyler Soderstrom and Lawrence Butler — and they’ve got Nick Kurtz,…
Although the offseason is not yet complete – there are a large number of starting pitchers still unsigned, for example – we are just about into February, and, with the player ZiPS projections all out at FanGraphs, I think it was a perfectly reasonable time for Dan Szymborski to drop the first set of standings projections. You can read about the methodology behind the projections here, and it is INTENSE….
Part of the reason I had the Boston Red Sox infield on the mind this morning when talking about Kristian Campbell’s failure to stick as their second baseman last year is, obviously, the possible connection to the Cubs. There’s been a connection there going back, really, to last offseason, with both clubs pursuing Alex Bregman to play third base, which would necessarily impact the way each club constructed their infield…
This is an absolute stunner; less for the content of the decision and more for the timing. The chief baseball officer in Minnesota is out, after almost the entire offseason played out, and on the eve of Spring Training: Minnesota Twins and Derek Falvey Mutually Agree to Part Ways pic.twitter.com/ILxMXy1AZl— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) January 30, 2026 Suffice to say, this is NOT a normal time for a top baseball executive…
The acquisition target made sense on paper. Eli Morgan was a guy who’d had lots of success as a big league reliever. The Cubs had some big needs in that area. He was cheap. He still had an option year left. And he was coming off a year with an injury that may well have kept the acquisition price down. I didn’t love what that acquisition price ultimately wound up…
The kids wound up getting the entire week off of school because of the massive dump of snow combined with the sub-zero temps. A little bonus winter break for them. We have reached the part of the offseason where the edge-of-40-man-roster moves have started happening. I’m talking about trades, specifically, and the same kinds of ones we see at the a rostering deadline in the fall. Things are getting crowded…
Episode 47 of the Bleacher Nation Cubs Podcast is officially live! In this week’s episode, Brett and I go through the entire crop of Cubs starting pitchers, from Cade Horton to the depth arms, to really dive into the potential risks and rewards in 2026 specifically. And, more specifically, we do that all while wondering if there’s actually room for another free agent like Zac Gallen. Spoiler alert: I think…
It’s been enough of a theme around here this offseason that, by the time farm system rankings were due to start rolling out, I would hope most of you already know that the Chicago Cubs are not going to fare especially well. There’s a lot of young talent on the big league roster, and the Cubs have used prospects well in trade, but the natural thinning that has accompanied the…
Anthony Rizzo took a little time to settle in as the clubhouse leader of the Chicago Cubs of yore, with an outwardly quiet demeanor that belied the charismatic, funny guy who was lurking in there. But once we got to see it, you got the sense that Rizzo was an enjoyable guy to be around in the baseball environment. And, having done a little mic time over the years in…
What a whirlwind 24 hours it has been for the Chicago Bears. It began with Ian Cunningham leaving his post as assistant general manager to become the Atlanta Falcons new GM. That move has quite a bit of fallout, which you should probably read up on when you get an opportunity. But that isn’t the only bit of news to come out regarding departures from Halas Hall. Declan Doyle is…
It looks like Ben Johnson will get another chance to make good on his desire to beat Matt LaFleur twice a year. The Green Bay Packers made it officially official by announcing multi-year extensions for Head Coach Matt LaFleur, General Manager Brian Gutekunst, and Director of Football Operations Russ Ball. Specifics regarding years and cash for these new deals weren’t made available, but Packers President and CEO Ed Policy shared…
The offseason to-do list grew again for the Chicago Bears, who are losing offensive coordinator Declan Doyle to the Baltimore Ravens. In Baltimore, Doyle will have the same title he had in Chicago. However, being the Ravens’ offensive coordinator under defensive-leaning head coach Jesse Minter entails some different duties. Most notably, Doyle will take on play-calling responsibilities with in Baltimore — which is something he wasn’t going to do in…
If last offseason was about rebuilding the Chicago Bears’ offense, this one is shaping up to be about stabilizing and reshaping the defense. A year ago, Ryan Poles attacked the offensive line from every angle, adding four new starters through a mix of the draft, free agency, and trades. The result was tangible progress. This offseason calls for a similar approach on the other side of the ball, where needs…
The 2026 NFL salary cap is taking another major jump, which is good news for the Chicago Bears. NFL Network insider Tom Pelissero shares an update that front offices and players alike will be celebrating as the 2026 NFL salary cap could balloon to $305.7 million: The NFL informed clubs today it is projecting a 2026 salary cap in the range of $301.2 million to $305.7 million per club, per…
We’re adding Duce Staley to the short-list of candidates who could be in line to take the Chicago Bears running backs coaching gig. In addition to finding a new assistant general manager to replace Ian Cunningham, the Bears also need to find a new running backs coach. With Eric Bieniemy off to be the Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator, there is an opening to coach the Bears’ backfield. Perhaps they…
One passer stands alone in the first round in our latest 2026 NFL Mock Draft, while the rest of the league adjusts, some by pivoting to premium defenders, others by reinforcing the trenches. This week’s mock reflects that reality. Fernando Mendoza remains the clear QB1 and the only quarterback taken in Round 1; several teams reshape their identities around defense and protection; and Chicago comes away with a new name on the…
Finally, Ian Cunningham has landed a general manager’s gig. After four years as the Chicago Bears assistant general manager, Cunningham was hired away by the Atlanta Falcons to become their new GM. It is a bump in title and responsibilities for Cunningham, but it isn’t without red tape and controversy. Let’s discuss. What did Ian Cunningham do as Bears assistant general manager? Before we dive into the nitty gritty, we…
A shocker from Senior Bowl Week! The Minnesota Vikings have reportedly fired their general manager, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. This move comes as a surprise and figures to have major reverberations throughout the league: The Vikings fired GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, per sources. pic.twitter.com/KhfS9B01Yg— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 30, 2026 REPORT: Vikings Fire GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah The Vikings hired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to be their general manager in January 2022. If you’ll recall, Adofo-Mensah…
Day 12 of the Chicago Bears offseason. I woke up this morning, looked outside, and thought about how being at Wrigley Field on a Friday at 1:20 p.m. CT could fix me right now. Summer is coming … right? I started writing this top Bullet about the Atlanta Falcons hiring away Bears Assistant General Manager Ian Cunningham, then stopped when I realized it was rapidly becoming a post. With that…
The Chicago Bulls are heading to South Beach this weekend, where they’ll hope to avenge a close 116-113 Thursday home loss to the Miami Heat in back-to-back road clashes. But Chicago will be looking to avoid extending their current losing skid to four games without six critical contributors. Among the long-term rotational absences, backup center Zach Collins — the Bulls’ best rim protector — remains on the shelf until likely…
A four-game win streak, followed by a three-game losing streak, the Chicago Bulls really can work wonders. It wasn’t that long ago that the Chicago front office announced they wanted to be buyers at the trade deadline in hopes of a “playoff push.” And here they are again, sitting comfortably as one of the teams projected for the lottery in the 2026 NBA Draft. Luckily for me, I’ve always preferred…
The Chicago Bulls are doing everything they can to convince team president Arturas Karnisovas that he needs to sell on his expiring contracts and not buy veteran help to “win” as the Feb. 5 trade deadline nears. On Thursday night, Chicago fell to the Miami Heat by a single possession, 116-113, despite a spirited Ayo Dosunmu rally. One of the big pieces the Bulls should finally ditch is former two-time…
The Miami Heat managed to survive a valiant closing effort from the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Thursday. Both clubs were without key guards. The Heat were missing All-Star shooting guard Tyler Herro, while Chicago point guard Josh Giddey sat out the second night of a back-to-back set. Miami, despite carrying a middling 10-15 road record into the clash (against a 15-10 Bulls home record), managed to prevail,…
The Detroit Pistons are 8-2 in their last 10 games and now boast a 34-11 record — six games ahead of the 29-18 New York Knicks and Boston Celtics, the conference’s respective Nos. 2 and 3 seeds. They’re running away with the Eastern Conference, despite one big weakness: shooting. That’s where Chicago Bulls combo guard Coby White could come in. Evan Sidery of Forbes reports that the Pistons, who currently…
The Chicago Bulls are doing their best to disabuse Arturas Karnisovas of the notion that he has a roster worth improving this season, in real time. Last night, Chicago built up a 14-point advantage midway through the fourth quarter over the lowly Indiana Pacers. But no lead is safe if you’re the Bulls, whose awful defense allowed Indiana to close out on a 26-9 run in the final 7:13 of…
The Chicago Bulls have done it again! On Wednesday, playing the first night of a back-to-back, they allowed the lowly Indiana Pacers to snatch a defeat from the jaws of victory. Indiana mounted a stunning fourth-quarter rally, outscoring Chicago 26-9 during the last 7:13 of regulation to steal a rare win in what has generally been a 2025-26 season to forget. Although the Pacers are just 12-36 on the year,…
Man… has anyone else’s timeline been absolutely flooded with trade rumors today, or is it just me? From Giannis Antetokounmpo to Trey Murphy, everybody caught a stray. Fortunately for the Bulls, Nikola Vučević’s name was in the mix too, and unfortunately for the Bulls, it involved a trade that went absolutely nowhere. © Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images Nikola Vučević Offered to the Celtics Michael Scotto, NBA insider for HoopsHype, reported that…
Could Giannis Antetokounmpo land on the Chicago Bulls this season, after all? A new Wednesday report from Shams Charania of ESPN suggests that, while the two-time MVP hasn’t outright demanded a trade, the 10-time All-Star Milwaukee Bucks power forward is “ready for a new home” as soon as this season’s Feb. 5 trade deadline. Sources inform Charania that the Bucks are finally amenable to moving off Antetokounmpo. The injured 31-year-old…
With a little more than a week remaining until this season’s Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline, rumors are swirling about how the Chicago Bulls intend to handle their seven expiring contracts — eight if you count Julian Phillips’ team option for 2026-27, which seems unlikely to be picked up. And the Bulls’ intentions before the trade deadline are suddenly mixed. Weeks ago, word on the street was that Chicago president…
When the Blackhawks called up defenseman Sam Rinzel before Friday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, there were so many questions. Is someone getting traded? Is someone (Nick Foligno?) hurt? Are the Blackhawks going to go back to the 11 forward, 7 defenseman lineup? Is someone going back to Rockford? Specifically, are the Blackhawks sending Artyom Levshunov to Rockford for a rest? We got a few answers to those…
On Friday afternoon, the Blackhawks brought defenseman Sam Rinzel back from Rockford to join the NHL club. We’ll see if he’s in the lineup on Friday night against Columbus. https://twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks/status/2017312814663188977?s=20 The move is interesting on a number of levels. First, Artyom Levshunov had a tough night in Pittsburgh. Second, Connor Murphy has been a popular name in trade rumors lately — and there’s an NHL trade freeze that goes into…
Oh joy! The second half of a back-to-back with travel in between games. And the Blackhawks come home to host a Columbus team that’s won three straight and seven of their last ten (7-3-0). Sounds fun, right? This game will show us a lot about these young Blackhawks. They got their tails whipped by the Penguins last night. It was ugly, and should not have received well in the room….
I’m old enough to remember when a matchup between Connor Bedard and Adam Fantilli was top shelf marketing material. Maybe it still should be. The first and third overall picks in the 2023 NHL Draft, Bedard and Fantilli are two of the three players from their draft class to have already eclipsed 100 career points. And, while Anaheim’s Leo Carlsson (the second overall pick) is getting more league-wide talk than…
If you like fast games, the start of this one was… not that. It took more than six minutes for either team to register a shot on net. The Blackhawks got the game’s first power play and, while it didn’t convert, the Hawks got some momentum and took the early lead. But the Penguins got away with a blatant trip and tied the game two minutes later. The teams took…
On Thursday night, Patrick Kane became the all-time leading point producer among American-born players in the NHL. There it is: Patrick Kane is officially the all-time leading point scorer among American-born players. #Blackhawks pic.twitter.com/FAaaWBoYt0— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) January 30, 2026 For those scoring at home, Kane was credited with the second assist on a goal from Ben Chiarot. Alex DeBrincat had the other assist. The goal came at 9:52 into…
Connor Bedard and Sidney Crosby. That should get you to tune in for this one. But the Blackhawks have been playing well lately, even if the wins aren’t coming as frequently as we would like. With the moms on the trip, the Blackhawks had really good energy in Minnesota. Everyone had a day off on Wednesday, so the players should have fresh legs again tonight. Based on the lines at…
Days keep flying off the calendar, and the NHL’s pre-Olympic trade freeze is now just six days away. Teams around the league are starting to make moves, and trade buzz is intensifying with the day. Which begs the question: when will the Blackhawks put up the For Sale sign? The hard part for the Blackhawks at the immediate moment is they’re playing fairly well, even if the wins aren’t coming…
The Blackhawks are back on the ice tonight in beautiful Pittsburgh — a city every hockey mom wants to visit at the end of January! After enjoying a day off somewhere in either Minnesota or Pennsylvania on Wednesday, the Hawks will look to continue playing well against good teams. The goal for tonight: finish with a win. And maybe do it in regulation? I say that because seven of the…
How about a four-day weekend of college hockey action for Blackhawks prospects?!? With the exciting Beanpot beginning in Boston on Monday, Boston University will skate on Friday against their rivals from Boston College before facing Northeastern on Monday. UMass will have an off-day between games as well. Sacha Boisvert was coming on hot since the Christmas break before serving three games of suspension time for fighting. We’ll see how much…
A pair of the nation’s top scorers take the court when Mikayla Blakes (second, 24.8 points per game) and the Vanderbilt Commodores (20-2) host Liv McGill (eighth, 22.6) and the Florida Gators (13-10).
In their last game, Vanderbilt fell short in an 83-75 loss versus Ole Miss. The Commodores were led by Blakes, who wound up with 29 points and four assists, while Aubrey Galvan added 18 points, four assists and two steals. With a final score of 88-68, Florida lost to Texas the last time out. Laila Reynolds led the team (18 PTS, 2 STL, 55.56 FG%).
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