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Happy Trails Mutt, Get Lost Pierre – Andrew Shaw Mercifully Retires, NBC Withdraws From Negotiations

By Matt McClure April 26, 2021 0

In a move that should surprise no one, Andrew Shaw called it a career at the age of 29 earlier this morning, in a move that sadly is probably a couple years overdue. After having suffeded his third major concussion in 4 years, the message of doctors finally sunk into that thick cocker spaniel skull […]

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True Colors – Blackhawks/Stars Series Review: Blackhawks Split Series 4-2/1-5

By Summer Corson April 9, 2021 0

Box Score: Game 40 | Game 41 Game Log: Game 40 | Game 41 Natural Stat Trick: Game 40 | Game 41 The Hawks certainly showed them last night. It always astounds me how this team can always be counted on to do the exact bare minimum necessary to kind of stay in the playoff […]

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False Alarm? – Cubs/Pirates Series Review – Cubs Win Series 3-5/5-1/4-3

By Summer Corson April 4, 2021 0

It started out a complete disaster, but the Cubs were able to figure it out against the Pirates to start 2-1 on the year. The bullpen went from looking atrocious to making me feel cautiously optimistic. The hitting went from non-existent to being shouldered by the World Series champions who couldn’t be found offensively last […]

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High On The Hog: Losing Streak Hits Five

By Jon Fromi February 19, 2021 0

The Rockford IceHogs have set a franchise record for futility to open a season, dropping two games this past week to fall to 0-4-1 on the 2020-21 campaign. The piglets have been in most of these games. However, the discrepancy in talent is pretty evident. The IceHogs began a four-game home stand by losing to […]

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Live From The Five Hole – Spider In The Snow

By Matt McClure February 17, 2021 0

The Hawks continue to buck the numbers, and we continue to shit all over the results. There’s a peppering of Chicago sports miscellany as well. Get it all after the jump.

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The Egg Nog Has Gone Bad, And Other Housekeeping Items

By Matt McClure December 28, 2020 0

There are people and outlets out there that will demure and deflect in situations like this, where a disaster could be spotted a mile away and was called out at the time, and still failed to be avoided. This is not such an outlet, never has been and never will be. I fucking told you […]

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Live From The Five Hole – Mean Street

By Matt McClure October 13, 2020 0

So it’s been a long time since we rapped at ya. Plenty to cover, spanning far and wide. Enjoy.

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The Indiginites Truly Never Cease

By Matt McClure August 28, 2020 0

There is no way to dance around how the breaking story from respected and long-time Panthers reporter George Richards impacts us here. In short, Dale Tallon is reported to have used racist language while representing the Panthers as recently as their appearance during the preliminary round of the playoffs in Toronto. And while nothing is […]

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Are You Ready for Some Futbol—Serie A Returns

By Rose Rankin June 11, 2020 0

Let’s be honest—it feels a little ridiculous to be writing about sports right now. We’re in the midst of a long-overdue reckoning with this country’s toxic legacy of racism and police brutality; the economy is a mess and we all know someone, maybe ourselves, affected by un- or under-employment; and oh yeah, a poorly understood […]

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Live From The Five Hole – Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorrow? – With Ashok Selvam

By Matt McClure April 23, 2020 0

We’re back once again in the midst of the lockdown with a very special Director’s Cut episode featuring friend Ashok Selvam (@Shokdiesel) of Eater Chicago to join us to discuss the talk of the sports universe right now in The Last Dance, as well as share his expertise in the brave new world that the restaurant […]