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It is the ninth year of Top Prospect voting at South Side Sox! First, let us review past years: To make sure we give the SSS readership a strong vote in our South Side Sox Top 100, we’re going to run five or 10 polls before kicking off our Top 100 Prospect countdown. Ideally, we […]
Jared McCain has officially been upgraded to probable for the Sixers’ Tuesday night matchup against the Bulls in Chicago. McCain has been recovering from a torn ligament in his right thumb he suffered in September early on in training camp. Last year’s rookie campaign was unfortunately cut short after 23 games due to a torn […]
This news was expected, and today, Major League Baseball made it official. Cubs right-hander Cade Horton is a National League Rookie of the Year “finalist”: Just to make it clear: There isn’t another election. The “finalists” are simply the players who were the top three vote-getters in the award voting that was completed when the […]
We’ve talked about some crazy games during our time doing Bear & Balanced, but none quite as crazy as yesterday’s 47 to 42 Chicago Bears win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Eight lead changes, 1,071 total yards of offense, 31 fourth-quarter points, and a couple of firsts in NFL history by the Bears. Chicago shook off […]
It was a wild Halloween weekend. In fact, I think I’ve aged about 15 years since I took my children trick-or-treating on Friday night. All of that is to say that I hope we never have to watch a ballgame like that one against the Cincinnati Bengals again. But how fun was it to see […]
Bears News Chicago Bears rookie running back Kyle Monangai delivered a monster performance in his first NFL start, rushing for 176 yards and adding 22 receiving yards in a 47-42 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. The seventh-round pick totaled 198 scrimmage yards on 29 touches while filling in for injured starter D’Andre Swift. […]
The Blackhawks made a couple roster moves on Monday afternoon before the team faces the Kraken in Seattle. The timing of them is what makes them interesting. The Blackhawks recalled Oliver Moore from Rockford at 1:25 PM CT, and officially put Jason Dickinson on IR. That all added up. Then the Blackhawks assigned Landon Slaggert to Rockford at 4:01 PM CT. The move leaves the Blackhawks with 12 healthy forwards on the NHL roster. The coaches have been skating 11 forwards most nigh...
I’ve never been a huge fan of roller coasters. The ups, downs, speed, and turns are all just too much for me. But when the ride is over, for those few minutes, I always have a little sense of accomplishment, a feeling of “alright, that wasn’t all that bad,” even though in the moment I wasn’t having fun on the ride. That was essentially the fourth quarter of yesterday’s Bears win. I kept thinking that I just wanted this to be over; I just wanted to get through it and just hang on. But at t...
MLB NEWS — This season, the Chicago Cubs had SIX Gold Glove finalists: Nico Hoerner, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ian Happ, Matt Shaw, Matthew Boyd, and Carson Kelly. And when the winners were announced last night, three Cubs took home some hardware: PCA won his first (but obviously not his last), Nico Hoerner grabbed his second (feels crazy that there haven’t been more), and Ian Happ continued to clean up in left field with his fourth consecutive Gold Glove award. Their three wins are the most o...
While there is a lot to like about the Chicago Bulls’ 5-1 start to the regular season, the play of Matas Buzelis remains near the top of the list. The development of the second year forward is arguably the most important storyline for this organization. The Bulls have been in obvious need of a true, high-impact star for years, and Buzelis has flashed the kind of two-way skills that suggest he could become that star. To begin the year, he has shown the growth many hoped to see after his fi...
The Bears are in the thick of the playoff hunt. Sitting at 5-3 after a last minute victory against the Bengals, it appears the Bears would be buyers ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline. Insiders like Jay Glazer have been noting that the Bears will be aggressive in adding to their roster. Many around the league […]
The Bears pulled off a wild one in Cincinnati, outlasting the Bengals 47-42 in a shootout , and the crew was fired up to break it all down on this week’s Bleacher Nation Bears Podcast, presented by Obvious Shirts . Hosts Patrick Flowers, Matt Rooney, and Luis Medina open the show with instant reactions to one of the most thrilling finishes of the season — and another big-time performance from Caleb Williams. The rookie quarterback showed off his full arsenal, keeping the Bears’ offense ro...
The Chicago Cubs won a league-leading three Rawlings Gold Glove Awards last night ( and one minor league version! ), and there were some more enjoyable things to share on that front. Didn’t want them to just sit in my tabs. Enjoy more from and about Nico Hoerner, Pete Crow-Armstrong, and Ian Happ and their superlative defense: “I was really excited … (but) I think I just felt a lot of pride in who I share the field with.” PCA was most excited to get to shar...
Another key member of the Chicago Bears has suffered a serious injury. NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport reports that Bears defensive lineman Dayo Odeyingbo’s injury is a torn Achilles. It is a serious injury that will reportedly knock him out for the rest of the season: Sources: #Bears standout edge Dayo Odeyingbo, a big-ticket signing in free agency, has torn his Achilles and is out for the season. pic.twitter.com/tQVjKjvPC3 — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) November 3, 2025 REP...
Bears edge rusher Dayo Odeyingbo suffered a torn Achilles in the team’s win over the Bengals on Sunday, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport announced on Monday. As a result, he will miss the remainder of the 2025 regular season. Odeyingbo was one of the prized free agent acquisitions that Ryan Poles made this past offseason, as […]
The Blackhawks are coming off two straight losses, but very different performances. After their first ugly loss of the season in Winnipeg, the Hawks battled in Edmonton and lost in overtime. They competed with the Oilers, and their speed was an issue at times. The Kraken present a different test. They’re trying to get back into the postseason and, entering Monday, are just ahead of the Blackhawks in the wild card race. The Kraken haven’t lost a home game in regulation — yet. Let’s see if ...
Reporting from Madison Square Garden, Shara Talia Taylor recaps the Knicks’ 128–116 win over the Chicago Bulls. After dropping three straight on the road—including Friday’s loss in Chicago—New York bounced back behind Jalen Brunson’s 31 points and OG Anunoby’s 21. Coach Mike Brown credited the team’s improved defense and rebounding, noting lessons learned from their […]
The Chicago Bears won a thriller against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 9, which makes it so much easier for us to tackle the Cairo Santos situation without rage-typing so hard that I need a new keyboard. Santos made two field goals and five extra points in a 47-42 Bears victory in which every point mattered. And I’m thankful that he had those points. However, I can’t stop thinking about the two misses. Only one of the misses counted for the record book because a Bengals offside pena...
The Seattle Kraken are the next opponent on the Blackhawks’ docket as they continue their lengthy jaunt away from the Windy City. Seattle has opened this season with 14 points in 11 games (5-4-2), leaving them towards the middle of the standings in the Pacific Division and the Western Conference overall. Seattle won its first two games but hasn’t quite piled up the victories since, losing their last two games and four of the last six, most recently a 3-2 overtime loss to the New York Rang...
On Monday morning (at least in Seattle, afternoon in Chicago), the Blackhawks recalled forward Oliver Moore from the Rockford IceHogs. everyone say hi Oliver! roster moves📰 ➡︎ https://t.co/MlkjCGhoFZ pic.twitter.com/8Cau3rIian — Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) November 3, 2025 Jason Dickinson was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Oct. 30. Moore, 20, led all AHL rookies with six goals and has nine points in nine games with the IceHogs. The Blackhawks originally ...
The Chicago Blackhawks have made a notable roster move ahead of their contest against the Seattle Kraken. According to The Athletic's Scott Powers, the Blackhawks have called up forward Oliver Moore from their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs. The Blackhawks have recalled Oliver Moore and he'll be available to play tonight. — Scott Powers (@ByScottPowers) November 3, 2025 Moore has certainly earned this latest opportunity with the Blackhawks, as he has h...
Today, as the baseball offseason begins, I’m beginning a series on great Cubs walkoff wins. Instead of focusing just on the win, though, these will focus on the individual responsible for the win, in this case Kiki Cuyler, who’s a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, though largely forgotten today. And so this isn’t […]
MLB Trade Candidates — Earlier today, I wrote 1,300+ words on why the Chicago Cubs should be spending more money in free agency than they have historically. And even if you already agree (of course you do), you should check that one out. There’s some updated data which could be useful for any non-believers. But the funny thing is that the post started out as a draft for this article. Basically, I wanted to explain why I felt the latest ranking of the top-40 trade candidates at MLB Trade R...
I really hate this part of this time of year. Organizational departures are inevitable over a large enough window of time, though, so you just have to accept that it’s going to happen periodically, and this time of year is most common. Triple-A Iowa Hitting Coach, and co-Minor League Hitting Coordinator Rachel Folden is departing for the New York Mets organization: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachel Folden (@rachelfolden25) Mets are hiring Rachel Folden to ser...
Believe it or not, the Knicks have won a game, and it turns out the season isn’t over, and there are 76 more matchups left. Who would have thought! The Bulls, on the other hand, aren’t unbeatable anymore. Sorry, pals! Here’s what we heard after yesterday’s affair as we quickly transition to tonight’s matchup against […]