With the end of the regular season came the final days of being able to watch the Chicago Cubs on the public airwaves - WGN and WLS. They're not the first team to create its own cable network, but their decision to partner with noted conservative broadcast company Sinclair Broadcasting is worth examining through a microscope, especially because the announcement came a day after tsplinter.com published a trove of Joe Ricketts' unambiguously racist emails, and shady fundraising history for conservative causes - the man who provided the approximately $400 million for his son to purchase the team in 2009.

Music credits: Van Halen - Jump; Kikoru - Honesty Matters; Enigmanic - Cryptic Clues

Why spontaneous celebrations in basketball and football aren't given a second glance but the same actions in baseball, like flipping your bat, spur conversations about showing up your opponent and respecting the game. Who are the ones being told they're not respecting the game and why?

MUSIC CREDITS: 

Jon Luc Hefferman – Ascent; Kevin MacLeod – Impact Prelude and Impact Allegretto; Ketsa – Residual Anxieties; Scanglobe – Maelstrom ; Scott Holmes – Suspect Located; The Edge of Nowhere – Mastered 

This is my career story, how I turned my most glaring weakness - stagefright - and turned it into a career in media, as a journalist, reporter, writer and producer - and the marriage of the two subjects I care most passionately about, sports and politics. 

Ever wonder why the World Series or Super Bowl champion visits the White House? How did this tradition get started? Well, it wasn't always the joyous tradition it felt like when the New York Giants visited President Reagan or the Golden State Warriors went to see President Obama. No, the original tradition is somehow much more insidious, and also much more akin to a visit to the Trump White House today, and the weight of the decision each athlete must make about whether or not to go.

Ever wonder why the World Series or Super Bowl champion visits the White House? How did this tradition get started? Well, it wasn't always the joyous tradition it felt like when the New York Giants visited President Reagan or the Golden State Warriors went to see President Obama. No, the original tradition is somehow much more insidious, and also much more akin to a visit to the Trump White House today, and the weight of the decision each athlete must make about whether or not to go.