Steve Rosenbloom – Page 18

When Cubs can make Ryan Braun look stupid, it’s always a good day

May 31, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

You send up the Bat signal and the Snark Knight answers: It's not just that Brewers left fielder and sanctimonious, lying performance-enhancing-drug user Ryan Braun looked like a fool when...

Joel Quenneville walks to a bus at United Center in Chicago for the start of the championship parade, June 18, 2015.

Blackhawks made right move in bringing back Stan Bowman and Joel Quenneville

May 31, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Stan Bowman and Joel Quenneville get a do-over. The Blackhawks' general manager and coach will keep their jobs. That's good. That's good for them, certainly. That's a good decision by...

Let’s over-scrutinize Yu Darvish because that’s what we do to $126 million pitchers

May 31, 2019 at 4:34 p.m.

Until the Cubs get to the playoffs, each Yu Darvish start will be some kind of statement outing, or at least over-scrutinized because you never can over-scrutinize pitchers too early...

Winning games isn’t bad for the Bulls, but winning without Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn is

May 31, 2019 at 4:39 p.m.

The Bulls won another game, and so, people are fretting over the team’s lottery chances, even though the energy to fret should be spent elsewhere. Their victory Tuesday over the...

Early scouting report on new Cubs starter Tyler Chatwood: Buckle up

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

Scouting report on Tyler Chatwood: Please return your tray table to its locked and upright position. The Cubs’ free-agent starting pitcher debuted Monday by flying directly and immediately into turbulence,...

Yeah, it’s early, but the Cubs offense is already back to its inconsistent ways

May 31, 2019 at 4:38 p.m.

The Cubs came out of their first series having left 42 runners on base. Now, to be fair, counting extra innings, the Cubs have played almost one more full game...

Loyola's Christian Negron, from left, Carson Shanks, Nick Dinaldi and Jake Baughman watch the final seconds of their 69-57 loss to the Michigan Wolverines in their Final Four game at the Alamodome in San Antonio on March 31, 2018.

Bravo, Loyola: A story for the ages

May 31, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

The feisty and fundamentally solid Loyola Ramblers were never ranked. The disrespected Ramblers would’ve missed the NCAA tournament had they not won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. The revelation that...

The natural next step in the Loyola story: NFL teams calling dibs on Sister Jean

May 31, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

I’m Snark Skywalker. I’m here to rescue you: There’s much about this year’s NCAA tournament we never could’ve imagined, starting with 11th-seeded Loyola reaching the Final Four. But up there...

The Marlins' Starlin Castro scores in the first inning.

Cubs’ opening shots: Good decision on that Ian Happ leadoff plan, Joe

May 31, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

Running down the Cubs’ 8-4 opening day for fans with tweet-attention spans: Good decision on the leadoff spot, Joe. The Marlins bullpen was working in the first inning. The Cubs...

Worthless baseball predictions here, get yer worthless baseball predictions here

May 31, 2019 at 4:39 p.m.

Predictions are worthless unless you’re plunking down your own cash money on them. I’m not – putting my own cash money down, I mean. Worthless, though? I’m just the guy...

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