In the heat of a division race, with a pitching staff that's seen its ERA climb in each of the past four months, the last thing the White Sox needed was to lose a part of their starting rotation. In fact, the Sox were hoping to get back a key component of their rotation when Jose Contreras, who'd been out since July 13 because of elbow tendinitis, pitched Saturday night. Instead, they lost Contreras to......

A new school has opened in Chicago’s Medical District. The Easter Seals Therapeutic School and Center for Autism Research, a $32 million project, is specifically designed to meet the special needs of students with autism, emotional behavior disorders and severe learning disabilities. The school will also double as a research facility; classrooms are equipped with unobtrusive viewing centers, and scientists will be studying the causes of and developing successful intervention techniques for the disorder. This......

The White Sox limp home after a 10-game road trip that most certainly did not end on a high note Sunday. The team lost 14-3 to the lowly Kansas City Royals, in a game that saw a bench clearing brawl and numerous ejections. With the bases loaded, Sox pitcher D.J. Carrasco hit the Royals' Miguel Olivo with a pitch, which the ump called intentional. That lead to the melee, and the ejection of both Carrasco......

"He grazes with a new friend, a miniature horse named Jackson that could easily walk right under him." —Adorable story about Chance, a huge horse rescued from last year's massive truck crash in which nearly 60 horses were injured. "But far more despicable is a sleazy [Levi's commercial], which from our vantage point, comes off as a close brush with soft-core child porn." —Lewis Lazare, who's not a fan of said brush "'Sometimes when men......

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen will be at the Binny's South Loop superstore (1132 S. Jefferson) from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. today for a meet-and-greet. Cost is $10 per person and the proceeds from the event will go to support the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital. We're pretty sure that Guillen will swear at you for free if you offer unsolicited advice on tweaking the White Sox lineup. Saturday morning at Kendall......

Not much changed after Ozzie Guillen's Sunday rant. While he met with Sox GM Kenny Williams on Tuesday, the team's roster remained the same. The coaching staff remained the same. And Ozzie Guillen remains their manager, Jay Mariotti's wishes be damned. But the team's results on the field were finally different. Playing at home against the last-place Kansas City Royals, the South Siders exploded for nine runs and won the game 9-5. Ozzie's only move......

We've entered June in historic fashion, with the Cubs and White Sox both in first place in their divisions. In addition, the Cubs have the best record in baseball at this point for the first time since... 1908. And yet very different attitudes surround the teams. The Cubs swept the Colorado Rockies -- including Friday's 8-run comeback -- to complete their homestand 7-0. For them, everything seems to be coming up roses. Meanwhile, Sox skipper......

The White Sox, in an attempt to break their batting slump, decorated their clubhouse with two blow-up dolls, surrounded and propped up by bats with signs over their breasts that said "You've Got to Push" and "Let's Go White Sox." And believe it or not, some people think it's kind of tasteless, including the Association for Women in Sports Media. But Ozzie Guillen is standing his ground, refusing to apologize or ask the players to......

AP Photo The Chicago Blackhawks honored the NIU victims last night with above decal, which they'll wear on their helmets again tomorrow night in St. Louis and Wednesday night here against Minnesota. And Ozzie Guillen and co. were wearing NIU hats at spring training. [Blackhawks, Uniwatch] Jessica Baty, Steve Kazmierczak's girlfriend, gave an interview to CNN in which she describes him as a nice, sweet guy. She says he was on Prozac to treat......

How many times have we seen this? A player seems likely headed out of town, and Kenny Williams begins the smear campaign against that player and his agent in order to shift blame. He did so to Magglio Ordonez after the 2004 season. And there were numerous comments suggesting that Mark Buehrle was set on signing with his hometown Cardinals as a free agent, only to see the Sox's Ace sign a longterm extension last......

While the Cubs and their fans held their annual love-in last weekend, this past weekend the rest of us gathered at the Palmer House Hilton to celebrate and commiserate with fellow White Sox fans. Given the airing of grievances by fans and feats of strength by team management, it could very well have been renamed SoxFestivus. The Friday night session -- open only to those who ponied up for the hotel package in addition to......

Chicagoist certainly doesn't envy White Sox GM Kenny Williams and the difficult task he has to rebuild a team that lost 90 games in 2007. On Tuesday, he once again was overmatched by the opposition and missed the ball on potential help for his club. Recent reports suggested that the Sox were close to landing third baseman Miguel Cabrera from the Florida Marlins — a player that Ozzie Guillen referred to as his "fourth son."......

Chicagoist was left scratching our head when we heard the rumors than an extension to White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen's deal was in the works. With two years remaining on his current deal and his team with the worst record in baseball, the rumors should have been that he was about to get canned. But for some reason, Sox general manager Kenny Williams decided he needed to lock Guillen up until 2012. Five more years......

Chicagoist checked our calendars and it's not April Fool's Day, so we're not sure why there are media reports that a contract extansion for White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen is in the works. At least those are the rumors that WMVP AM 1000's baseball beat reporter Bruce Levine said recently. When asked, Guillen denied any talks of an extension with either Sox GM Kenny Williams or team owner Jerry Reinsdorf. Williams similarly denied contract talks,......

Baseball's trading deadline came and went quietly yesterday afternoon, with only Rob Mackowiak needing to pack up his locker in the Sox clubhouse. After last night's 16-3 debacle in New York, GM Kenny Williams is probably wishing he'd tried a little harder to dump Jose Contreras on somebody. The starter gave up three home runs and sever earned runs in 2.2 innings before hitting the showers. Youngsters Charlie Haeger and Gavin Floyd didn't fare any......

The Cubs held the White Sox to just two runs over three games, as they swept this weekend's series and ended up winning five of six overall in the crosstown showdown. Carlos Zambrano out dueled Mark Buehrle in Friday's game, limiting the Sox to one run and three hits as the Cubs won 5-1. The Sox bullpen let any chance for a comeback slip away by letting up three ninth inning runs. On Saturday, the......

All is not well on the North Side as we all know, but things ain't much better on the South Side either. While not quite fist fights and on-field tantrums, the White Sox have resorted to some unusual measures to try and awaken their team from its slumber. Perhaps following the lead of his Cubbie counterpart, Ozzie Guillen got himself ejected during the third inning of Sunday's game against the Blue Jays. Was he trying......

This is not a fun time to be a baseball fan in Chicago. Whether a White Sox or Cubs fan, you no doubt have that sinking feeling about your team's prospects for the postseason after they were swept this week. The Cubs lost 9-0 to the Florida Marlins on Wednesday, following a day full of meetings. The players held one. So did management. Didn't help, at least on Wednesday. The players felt they needed to......

In theater, "breaking a leg" is good luck. In baseball, not so much. No, it's definitely bad news for the White Sox that versatile utility player Pablo Ozuna will miss three months with a broken leg, which he broke during Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Ozuna fractured his right fibula and tore his deltoid ligament in his first at-bat, while running out a double. He appeared to hit first base funny as......

Any weekend that has the Cubs and White Sox playing each other is exciting, but since the Sox added A.J. Pierzynski to the mix he seems to have developed an uncanny ability to fan the flames even more. Remember his little run-in with Cubs catcher Michael Barrett last year? A.J. didn't disappoint this year, either, causing fireworks at the beginning and end of the weekend, both on the field and off. On Friday, during Mike......

The Chicagoist offices were abuzz on Tuesday with word of pre-sale ticket acquisitions for a reunion tour 20 years in the making, taking place at a Chicago ballpark. But don't expect a tour at a ballpark on the other side of town, if Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has anything to say about it. And we all know he's never at a loss for words. When asked, Ozzie told the press, Those ceremonies — "Oh, let's......

After finally realizing that Chicagoans aren’t exactly taking well to their brand, Macy’s has decided to hire a “Chicago-bred retailing veteran” to to serve as vice president for the Macy’s North division of stores and manager of the iconic State Street store. Linda Piepho, a Evanston Township High School grad and former Lord & Taylor exec, will be taking over the reigns for Ralph Hughes. Curiously, Hughes will be promoted to regional vice president of......

From the sound of things, White Sox GM Kenny Williams has been a busy man recently. While the Sox have yet to make the splash during the off-season their North Side rivals have, media reports suggest the White Sox may be close to making a very big trade with the Los Angeles Angels. While additional players could be involved, the key players seem to be third baseman Joe Crede and pitcher Freddy Garcia in return......

Last week, we brought you the great news that Chicago was named the #1 Sports City by The Sporting News. TSN is holding a ceremony prior to Wednesday's White Sox - Yankees game at U.S. Cellular Field to honor our fair city. Representatives from the Sox, Cubs, Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks will be on hand. However, the Chicago Fire and Chicago Wolves were not invited to participate. That's not cool. Sure, they're not as big......

While we questioned the ability to get up for the Cubs-Sox series a few weeks ago, in light of the White Sox World Series title along with the Cubs poor play, the on-field action between A.J. Pierzynski and Michael Barrett sure created some interest right quick! The ensuing weeks have been far from quiet for both teams. The Cubs' Michael Barrett returns today, after serving his 10 game suspension. Brian Anderson recently returned from his......

Chicagoist knows that, for a guy who hasn't done much for the City of Chicago in 20 years other than bestow us with yet another steakhouse, Ditka's sure a powerful guy. That's what happens when you win a Super Bowl trophy for the city. Especially, when you were previously known as a gritty, working class guy as a player for that same team back in the day. And have an outspoken, larger-than-life persona off the......

Sampaist is on the scene in São Paulo beginning this week to become the only ist south of the Equator. Editor Leandro M. Pinto leads the paulistanos down there. You can protest someone at his office, sure, but when the whistle blows at the end of the day can you follow him home? D.C. has sports fans, apparently, and elephants aren't really cut out for zoos. There's this trick where you can read information from......

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has certainly gotten himself into a bit of hot water with his derogatory comments about Sun-Times columnist Jay Mariotti. We called him out on it yesterdayBy last night ESPN had the story as their main feature, and today it's all over the local media. In response to all of the criticism for his remarks, Ozzie apologized for using the term he used. He tried to explain how the term has......

No, Chicagoist isn't promoting the return of short pants for the White Sox. What happened in the 70's should stay in the 70's. But with so much going on around the World Champs yesterday, we figured we'd give a quick run-down of a few items. Sure it Wasn't the Bears and Rams? The White Sox had a night to remember at the plate last night, clobbering the St. Louis Cardinals 20-6 at the Cell. The......

It certainly pains Chicagoist to see the White Sox suffer 4 losses in their last 5 games, but we tend to agree with Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen on his decision to keep slugger Jim Thome out of the lineup through the weekend. After being scratched from Friday's lineup for a pulled groin, Guillen initially said that Thome would return to the lineup on Saturday. But he sat Saturday and Sunday, as Guillen chose to rest......