Chi-Town Weekly

What a debut for new Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga! After a rough weekend in Texas, the Cubs started the home portion of 2024 with a historic performance from their new Japanese pitcher and are back at .500. If only things were better on the other side of town, where the White Sox have yet to win and have already been shutout twice. We'll also discuss Illinois making it the Elite Eight before running into the buzz saw that is UConn. Finally, "Make Your Case" returns! It's April and the NFL draft is less than a month away. We'll discuss some players that the Bears are likely to target with the first and ninth picks.

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Spring has officially arrived and the Cubs and Sox will start later this week! Did the Cubs do enough to be contenders in the NL Central? Will new manager Craig Counsel get his first Manager of the Year Award? Will the Sox avoid losing 100 games for the second straight season?
The Illini advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in nearly 20 years! After celebrating with Super Soakers, will Coach Underwood be able to get past both Iowa State and (likely) defending-champion UConn this weekend? Finally, the lost in the Justin Fields trade last week was, quite possibly, the most interesting trade of the Ryan Poles tenure.

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It finally happened. The Bears traded Justin Fields for a conditional 6th round pick in 2025. We'll break down the trade and everything around it. No matter your opinion, it made for a hard weekend. Thank you for everything JF1!
Matt Garner will also be with us to help us fill out our bracketts! Will Illinois and Northwestern meet in the East Regional Final?

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It's Bracketology time! That means Matthew Garner makes his return to preview the upcoming NCAA Men's Tournament. What IL teams might be dancing next week? And then the NFL Free Agency is upon us! What moves did the Bears make and what does it mean for Justin Fields future?

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The NFL Scouting Combine is done and it all but feels certain what the Bears will do with the #1 pick. But what about their other current selections? What might happen with those? And what about Free Agency? We'll tackle those subjects tonight. Plus, the Fire had their home opener and Bracketology is right around the corner!

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So many returning players this week! The Cubs (finally) re-signed Cody Bellinger to a 3-year deal! What took so damn long? Oh yeah, Scott Boras...
Chris Chelios got his number retired to the United Center rafters and brought a HUGE entourage with him. Or maybe they were all there to watch Patrick Kane make his triumphant return to the U.C. ice, this time as a (sort of) enemy. And the NFL Scouting Combine kicks off this week. What can be learned at the Underwear Olympics?

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Both the Cubs and the White Sox are in Arizona so you know what that means...it's officially Spring! OK, the calendar may still say February, but we know it's right around the corner, anyway! Tonight we'll kick off baseball season by talking White Sox, specifically Dylan Cease and his awkward situation and Jerry Reinsdorf's absurd stadium proposal. Speaking of returning, Connor Bedard is back! The teenage phenom made an early return to the ice last week and registerd 3 points in 2 games! Tonight the Hawks are in Carolina, we'll check in on their progress. The Sky also made another trade to get more draft capital. Finally, as the NFL Draft Combine is almost upon us, we'll look at just what teams might be interested in acquiring Justin Fields, if any. Is a bidding war even possible?

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The Super Bowl came and went. What an epic show down between the 49ers and the Chiefs! Were there any lessons for the Bears? In basketball, meanwhile, one of Chicago's teams did nothing while another became a surpising seller. And finally, the Pro Football Hall of Fame came calling for several ex-Bears! There's another GOAT in Chicago!

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The Bulls had a disasterous weekend, announcing that star guard Zach Lavine will miss the rest of the regular season with a knee surgery. The trade deadling is just days away, what will AKME and Co. do? Elsewhere, the Caleb Williams rumors exploded after a national story saying that Williams doesn't want to come to Chicago came out. Is there truth to it? What should the Bears do in this case?

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This week we're talking more Bears offseason as they've hired the next two important pieces of their coaching staff - a defensvie coordinator and a quarterbacks coach. We'll also take a look at the Bull and Blackhawks as they've reached the mid-way points in their respective seasons. And there's a new play by play voice in town!

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