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At last, Chicago has its own hometown hero to bring title back to that same old place

As big of a sports town as Chicago is, we’ve never really had the hometown kid lead a team to glory. Dick Butkus was about as close as we got, and that was 60 years ago. Isiah Thomas and Dwyane Wade ended up being rivals of Chicago, even though they’re from here. By the time […]

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Let’s pick apart this list of the NBA’s 22 best point guards

It’s time to break down and analyze the latest sports ranking list . This time we have the top 22 (?? ) point guards in the NBA as ranked by hoopshype. com . Wondering why hoopshype chose to rank the very best 22? So am I. But either way, let’s dive into this thing. Read […]

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It’s okay to find the feel-good in Kemba Walker’s return to New York

From the land of chopped cheese and quarter waters emerged the coldest motherfucker to come out of New York City playgrounds and gyms since Sebastian Telfair in 2004. And that same guy is now a New York Knick, bringing it full circle 10 years after being drafted into the NBA, and after hitting possibly the […]

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The Miami Heat are going for it again, and whether or not you think it’ll work doesn’t matter

It’s the annual time of year where people get instantly overly fixated on whether or not things will work well before they even happen. For example , the day before NBA free agency began, reports surfaced about Kyle Lowry being signed and traded from the Toronto Raptors to the Miami Heat as soon as if […]

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Everyone out: There’s a GOAT in the water

Katie Ledecky is now up to seven career Olympic gold medals after winning her signature event, the 800-meter freestyle, by 1. 26 seconds over Australian rival Ariarne Titmus. Read more…

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This is what the Blackhawks have always been

It’s probably a story that you’ve heard a million times by now if you have any sports leanings, but it needs emphasizing. In the spring of 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks were the center of Chicago. Not just Chicago sports, but Chicago. It was a meteoric and shocking rise, simply because three years before that, most […]

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Do those MVP trophies come with a receipt?

No individual award in American sports generates more debate than the NBA MVP. No one cares about hockey, and half the awards are given to players where the voters don’t really understand why they’re voting for them. Baseball awards are too mired in the debate between how we view the game today and how it […]