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Tuesday, March 19

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Airbags

Still a Chance + HelpWanted

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(Probably) Out of the Running

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Fighting for a Spot

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The Trading Post + Embarrassed

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Wrigley on Ice? + The Cavs Got Scammed

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All Good News

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Salvaging the Season + All Star Breakage

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At the All Star Break + Middling

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Committing to the Indian + Poorly

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Breaking the Streak + Next Steps + Fire Offseason Update

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Halfway Point + Not Last

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In Search of a Coach

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Packing It In + Skiles Gone

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[TK] + Where'd the O Go? + Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

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Misery and Rebuilding + Sliding on Ice + The Upside

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The Pressure is Off + Change is on the Wind + Looking Better

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A Knee to Build a Dream On + Standing Up on the Road + Pretty Much Awful + That Was 2007

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Optimism Meets Reality + Glimmers of Hope

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Raiding California + Clipping the Red Wings + Up & Down + Bicycle Kicked

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The Game on TV + Winless Bulls + This Ride is Not For the Faint of Heart

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Bye for Now + Cracking the Ice + Your Chicago Bulls + Great, Another One Goal Lead

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Hope + Watch Your Toews + We're In

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OMFH + This is the Year That Was(n't) + Here Come the Wolves + Down To the Wire — Maybe

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Peanut Saves the Day + Changes Afoot + [Mourning] + Almost There

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Laying Blame Where It's Due + End of an Era at the Start of the Season + Pigs Fly Over Chicago + The Year That Wasn't There + Oh No, Not Again

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Bears Hot-tied + Go Cubs, Go!+ How to Turn Six Points Into Two

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Chief Against the Run + Five Links to Click Repetitively For the Next Week + Sometimes, There Actually Is an "I" in Team + A Great Game and a Fun Game

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Bears Grounded in San Diego + Gasping to the Finish + The Best Team on the Planet And Two That Aren't So Bad

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Return of the Human Rain Delay + Five Reasons to Keep Following the Sox Down the Stretch + Another Dose of Reality and a Game You Have to See

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You Are Morally Obligated To Watch Each Of The Next Three Games + Playing Out the Stretch, Trying Not to Wretch + The Cliff's Notes Version

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A Temporary Moratorium on Jacque Hate + You Just Might Be a Last Place Team If... + More Help On the Way, and An Amazing Goal + End of the Road

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Lock-Step Losing + A Bye Week + Playoff Unbound

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Fonzie Says Ay + Oh, Inverted World! + Patience

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Sporting a Woody + Trade Deadline Madness! + What a Difference an All-Star Break Makes + Phoning it In

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The Cards Can't Hold Our Jacque + The Less I Watch the Sox This Summer, the Better I Feel + Back to Those Winning Ways

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Buying Instead of Selling (For Once) + Hey, We're Still a Few Games Ahead of the Royals! + A Bold New Era (Of Not Being Very Good) + At the All Star Break

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Thursday is the First Game of the Rest of the Season + Fan Fashion Contest!

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Five First Half All-Stars + Like Eating Glass + Interesting Times (Except on the Field) + Rising Profile

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Trade Bait + Fired + Hope for Indie Culture

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Five Faces That Aren't Going Anywhere + Officially Better Than Last Year + Jackpot!

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Free Rocky Cherry + Hope Is a Willing Slave; Despair Is Free + Taking the Drunk Bus from Now On

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Pie Graph + Clearly, I Was Wrong + Two Game Unbeaten Streak + Two Game Unbeaten Streak

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Fizzling Out + All Poised for a June Swoon? + We've Got Issues + A Win!

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Time for a Rally + Nasty, Nasty Boys? + Waiting for the Great Leap Forward + So Much For That "Best Start Ever" + Fun While It Lasted + Pace Yourselves, Dammit!

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On to the Finals + Stayin' Alive + Your Staff Ace, Jason Marquis + No Offense, But... + There's a New Team to Hate

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Skating with the Stars + Lady Luck Smiles + My Sister, I'm a-Kissin' Her + Reality Sets In + Undefeated (In the Preseason)

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Chicago's Other Playoff Team + Brooms + Statistically, We're Not That Bad... Really + No Reason To Get Excited + East Side Represent!

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The Future of Chicago Hockey? + Woo! South! Woo! West! + Happy Days Are Here Again + Some Good Things Happened, One Shockingly Bad Thing Didn't

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Out Come the Wolves + Hang On to Two + Late to the Game + Stinky Sox + Commentary on the Commentary

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Blackhawks Down, Wolves In the Hunt + Welcome to the Grindhouse + Early Season Questions

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The Team No One Wants to See+ One Shining Moment + Takeaways from Opening Day + Last Chance for Preseason Optimism

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Over and Out + Lessons From Spring Training + Offseason Shenanigans

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Un-Bracketology + Let's Talk About the Wolves

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A Little More, Too Late + The Best Week in Buckets

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Postmortem Exam + All Kinds of Hoops

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Trading Day + Please Stand Up

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Donuts & Goose Eggs

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Rebound or Dead Cat Bounce? + The Only Show

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Spellbound + Back from the All-Star Break

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Five Ways to Win

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Holy Crap! + Buy, Sell, Trade + Bulls Who?

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Bears to Send Saints Marching Home + The Steel Goes Cold + Stop Panicking

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Q&A, with Special Bonus ...Bears + A Return to (Poor) Form

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Leveling Out + Bulls' Resolutions

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Holly Jolly

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Wobbling Toward the Playoffs + The Injury Bug Flies Away + Best of the (L)East?

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By the Numbers + Streaking on Ice + Endings & Beginnings

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Home of the 2006 NFC North Division Champions + A Savvy Turn-around + Look Out Above

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Patriot Games + Out with a Yawn

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The Meadowlands Are Kind to Us + Cirque du Losing

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The Scarlet 'C' + Turning Things Around + Early Season Trends

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Make it 15 and 1 + Stopping the Bleeding, Celebrating Success + A Season Dawns Anew

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Time to Silence the '72 Dolphins + Aaaargh! Penalties

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Advantage Fire, Barely + Fortnight of Fear

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Running the Gamut of Emotions + Five Points for Success

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The Best Team in Football + What on Earth was That? + .500's a Start, Except So Was Last Year

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Sweet Release + King of the NFC Mountain + We Won the Cup+ And Now the Fun Begins

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Looking for Clues + US Open Cup Preview + It's NHL '93 on Genesis All Over Again: The Hawks are Unbeatable

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White Sox Defense, RIP + Nostalgia, New Rivalries, and a Chant Nobody Can Hear + Introducing Pucks in Five

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Bob Brenly Changes MySpace Profile to "Available" + We're in the US Open Cup Final And Pretty Close to the Playoffs

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Poetic Pavement + A .500 Week Against Sub-.400 Teams Is No Way to March Into the Playoffs + Lots of Games, No Losses

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May Zombies Eat Gary Bennett's Soul + More Mild Than Wild + I'm In Danger of Becoming Optimistic

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Don't Drink the Kool-Aid + The Quotable, Portable Ozzie Guillen + Maybe We Aren't So Bad at Soccer?

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In Capitalist Chicago, Cubs Tickets Scalp You + Just Win, Baby! + We're Just Not Very Good at Soccer

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At Least We Have Barrett + How High Can You Get With Lowered Expectations? + MLS 1 Eurosnobs 0

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A Black Hole of Suck + A Bit Better Is Still a Far Cry From Good + All Star Break and We're Not Quite Last Place

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Playing Out the String + At a Certain Point, Even I Lose the Rose-Colored Lenses + Red Cards and Beer

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Skipper Search for a Sinking Ship + Slumps and Chumps + Please Stop Asking Me When Soccer Will Get Popular In The US

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Another Helping of Gloom and Doom + Halfway to the Wild Card? + The World Cup that Broke Soccer's Heart

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Blowing Up the Cubs, Part 2 + Another World Cup in Five

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Tigers, Tigers Burning Bright — and Oh the Smoke, How It Rises! + World Cup in Five

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Womackolypse Now: Blowing Up the Cubs, Pt. 1 + Like a Pair of Thoroughbreds

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Second Third, Same as the First + Treading Water

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Lawn Care is Our Only Hope? + A Slight Stumble Doesn't Mean the Marathon is Lost + The Fire's Coming Home—I'm Going to Germany

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Will Our Humiliation Ever End? + Tigers and Thomes and Crowds, Oh My! + One Step Forward...

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Cheering from the Wrong Side of Town + Almost Home

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Clutch That "Believe" Bracelet As Hard As You Can + That Put Me in a Bad Mood

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At Least They're Not the Royals + Five Weeks Without a Roster Move, and Then Suddenly... + Tactics, Luck & When Sponsors Collide

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I Believe the Children Are Our Future + Not-So-Wild West + Money Ball + Foot in Mouth, For Now

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Dirty Jokes and Minor Leaguers + Wake Me Up When It's October + Another Week Without Losing + Fun While It Lasted

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At Least There's the Bullpen + Back on Top + More Sister-Kissing + It's All Up Now, Baby

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What Can You Learn from One Week? + Stumbling Out of the Gate + Worse Management, Better Defending, Better Than Losing + Up and Down

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Lessons from Opening Day + Glimmers of Hope, Part 2: Hitters + The View from the Bar + Hit Me with Your Best Shot

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Defying Logic + Glimmers of Hope, Part 1: Pitchers

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AL Contenders + Bradley Bradley Bradley

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The Gang's All Here + Sox for Fantasy

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The .500 Club + Spring Has Sprung! + It's Time + Yes, They're Going to Break Your Heart Again.

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Up, Down

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Stars Abound

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Back Down to Earth

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Back Down to Earth + "One Fur Da Thumb!"

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I Told You So

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It's a Start

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Black Monday + Our Narrator Returns

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Prowling for Panthers

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Bear Down, Playoff Bears!

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Packing Up for Christmas + Dreaming of a White Sox Christmas

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Guess What Down You Need To Convert?

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Super Bowl Bound + Fouls and Threes

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Score. More. Points!

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"For Real" + I Hate the Circus

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Celebrity Guest Predictions! + Depth On the Bench

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Career Years? + Halfway to Paradise + Promising or Disappointing?

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Your World Champions! + Your NFC North Leaders + Another Winning Season?

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Up 2-0! + Week 7 + Through Six Years of Thin, No Thick

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Go Go White Sox + Week Six

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Beating on Boston

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What Jesus Told the Cubs + Clinched!

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Excuses to Keep Watching + Scalped!

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Signs of Hope, Stink of Choke and Hustling for Dough + Sockless Sox Scare Some South-Side Supporters

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Steroids, Jackasses and Poo Holes + So Close You Can Taste It

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A Look at the Roster and Introducing Sox in Five

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Introducing: Cubs in Five

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