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Chicago Cubs urged to explore two off-the-beaten-path pitching pickups Originally posted on ChiCitySports | By Paul Magno | Last updated Jun 5, 2025 2:56 PM ET The Chicago Cubs need pitching. Let’s not even beat around the bush when it comes to that reality. On the starting pitching side of things, the team has lost ace Justin Steele for the season with an elbow injury. Co-ace Shota Imanaga has been out since early May with a hamstring injury that has proven to be a trickier mend than anticipated. Javier Assad has yet to pitch this season as he deals with an oblique issue that could keep him…
Cubs Surprisingly Part Ways With Former Star Reliever After Injury The Chicago Cubs made a shocking roster move on Thursday. The Chicago Cubs have made a very surprising move on Thursday afternoon which has some fans scratching their heads. As first reported by Maddie Lee of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Cubs activated right-handed reliever Tyson Miller off the 60-day injured list and subsequently designated him for assignment. Miller had began a minor league rehab assignment and actually was posting solid numbers for Triple-A Iowa this year with a 2.77 ERA over 13 innings pitched, making the move all the more…
MSU AD J Batt Places Emphasis on Football Michigan State’s football program hasn’t been prominent since 2021. Athletic Director J Batt is looking to change that. J Batt was publicly introduced as Michigan State’s new athletic director on Wednesday, and the Tom Izzo Football Building was buzzing with excitement. Batt is expected to lift this athletic department back to national prominence, and of course, that is going to start with fundraising for name, image and likeness (NIL). Fans’ biggest concerns center around the football team. The program hasn’t made a bowl game since 2021 and has struggled to bring in…
Anonymous Big Ten coach feels Michigan State could be the most improved program in 2025 Michigan State improved by a game last fallin their debut under Jonathan Smith but, that said, finished with a losing record for the third straight season. Coaches around the conference, though, think the Spartans could take a step in his second season in being bowl-eligible. In Athlon Sports’ preview magazine, anonymous coaches in the league spoke about the other programs in the Big Ten. Michigan State was referenced as a program that’s getting better, even making the case as most-improved in the conference this season,…
Wisconsin has only 1 player on the latest Top 100 ESPN transfer rankings Is this good news or bad news? Seems like it’s irrelevant to Greg Gard. The new Top 100 transfer rankings from ESPN just dropped. Jeff Borzello, one of the leading voices in college basketball, went through and ranked the best players in the transfer portal, and only one Wisconsin player is featured. That player was Nick Boyd, a transfer from San Diego State. It feels like once again, the major media is underrating Wisconsin players. Nick Boyd is ranked No. 71 on the latest ESPN Top 100…
The Wisconsin athletic department originally proposed eliminating the cap on student season ticket prices. However, the Athletic Board’s Finance, Facilities, and Operations committee voted to retain the cap, limiting the price of student season tickets to 100% of the lowest adult ticket price, according to Chat Sports and BadgerExtra. The athletic department’s initial proposal was to remove the language that capped student season ticket prices at half the cost of the lowest-priced adult season tickets. This change was intended to potentially allow the Badgers to increase student ticket prices, but the Athletic Board’s committee pushed back on that idea. The…
What does it mean to be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame? That’s a question I’ve been thinking about a lot lately and the best way I can answer that is by going back to the beginning. And for me, that beginning was not glamorous. It wasn’t headlines or hype. It was a quiet drive north, a small hotel room with my dad snoring all night and a campus I’d only seen on TV. It was my first-ever college recruiting visit and at that point I had one scholarship. Very few schools were recruiting me, so we figured…
I wanted to be 6-foot-8 pastor but became $185m NBA champion from Africa who can win shock Finals again Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a brilliant back story ready-made for the NBA Finals. The same can be said for Tyrese Haliburton, Jalen Williams and Alex Caruso. But among everyone wearing Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers jerseys, no one tops Pascal Siakam when it comes to the unbelievable. “I was telling this story so much over the last two weeks to people that don’t know Pascal’s story,” NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum said. “Pascal was headed to pastoral school. He was going…
Tyrese Haliburton makes a shocking announcement ahead of OKC-Pacers NBA Finals matchup The Indiana Pacers star shared some big news with his fans. The Indiana Pacers are set to face the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday, June 5, in Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals. However, one of its star players made an important announcement ahead of the matchup. Minutes away from making history and playing in what is likely to be one of the most important series of his career, Tyrese Haliburton revealed that he will take to the Paycom Center wearing an unusual detail in “Hibiscus” color:…
John Wall makes strong promise about Kentucky basketball John Wall hasn’t been in college for a while now, but he’ll always be a Wildcat. A little over a decade ago, John Wall was the hottest player in college basketball. He led a Kentucky Wildcats team that also featured future NBA stars DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe to the final game of the season. The Wildcats eventually lost to Baylor, but Wall had one of the best seasons by any freshman in recent history, averaging 16.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.5 assists, and 1.8 steals per game on 46% shooting. That’s…