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We are
Chicago
We areChicago
We are
Chicago
We areChicago
We are like you. We know that sports areoften the ties that hold
us together, thatgive us a way to talk about the things wecare
about when other words fail. We knowsports can be fun even in
losing. Boy,do we know. We know that anybody whosays it doesnt
matter whether the Cubs orSox are in the World Series so long as
itsa Chicago team isnt truly a fan of eitherteam. We know. But on
Monday, we werereminded again how fragile it all can be.The
explosions and injuries and death at a world-classsportingevent
suchas theBostonMarathon make us heartsick. As much asit is
anathema for a Chicago fan to root forany other town especially
Beantown andall of its championship rings here we are.
Hang in there, Boston.
We areChicago
CHICAGO SPORTSChicagos best sportssection,as judgedby
theAssociated Press Sports Editors
D Tuesday, April16, 2013 | Section 3
In a dimcorridor Monday along thethird-base sideof Wrigley
Field,about 30 feetaway from a restroom stillequippedwith
troughsand a wall holdingpay phones,CubsChairman
TomRickettsout-lined the tentativedeal struckto renovate therickety
99-year-old ballpark.
The makeshift, relatively primitive settingprovided
theperfectsymbolism for Wrigleysimperfections thatmake pour-ing$500
millionof Rickettsmoney intoa community proj-
ectso sensible andnecessary.Whetherthe Cubsneed toplacea
6,000-square-foot video board in left field or expandthefootprint
of thestadiumby 10feet to preserve rooftopviewsnowwill be debatedin
publichearings andCity Councilmeetings.What began asRick-etts grand
plan to upgradea dilapidatedfacility thatmakeswinning a World
Seriesevenmore challenging fora woebe-gonebaseball teameffectively
hasbecomea citywiderefer-endumon the Cubs.
I alwaysbelieved andstill believe its in everyonesbestinterest
to do whats right forWrigley Field, Ricketts said.Not
onlyeconomically, butitsa special place and has a specialrole in
baseball history.
More insidePaul Sullivan, Phil Rogers weighin on deal. Page
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WRIGLEY FIELD DEAL
Rickettsshowsfaithto city Time for Wrigleyvilleresidents to let
Cubschairman run business
David Haugh In the Wake of the News
TORONTO Mark Buehrleused the words weird andcrazy to describe
facing a White Sox team he was a member of for 12
memorableseasons.
Thosewordsalsofitthe latestmisfortunes of the Sox, whofailed to
deliver a knockoutpunch and fell to Buehrle andthe Blue Jays 4-3
fortheir sixthloss in seven games on their10-game trip.
As he did for most of his 161wins with theSox from 2000 to2011,
Buehrle relied on hiscrafty pitching to work out of jams. His
signature momentoccurred with two outs in the
fifth inning when he struck outlongtime friend Paul Konerkoona
full countwithtwo on.
Konerko had hit an RBIsingleandlinedto left inhis firsttwo
at-bats but wasnt toohappy about a 2-1 pitch on theoutside corner
that wascalleda strike by plate umpire Tony Randazzo.
I had the at-bat I wanted tohave, Konerko said. I hada 2-1pitch
that was ... whatever. Sosometimes youve got twochoices.You stand
up there andstrike out looking, or youswing the bat on a pitch you
dontwant to swing at or dont haveto.Thats themoralof thestory.
BLUE JAYS 4,WHITE SOX 3
Buehrlegets key K, picksup a WPunches out Konerkoin 5th, bests
Floyd toconquer former teamBy Mark Gonzales
Tribune reporter
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ORLANDO, Fla. A seasonfilled with uncertainty willclose with
this dose of clarity:The Bulls wont know theirfirst-round playoff
opponentuntil Wednesdays season fina-le.
Thats because the Bulls de-featedthe haplessMagic 102-84on
Monday night as JoakimNoah and Taj Gibson returnedto test their
recoveries frominjury and coach Tom Thibo-
deausaiditsa possibility bothwill be on minutes limits at
thestartof theposteason.
The victory pulled the Bullsto within a half-game of theHawks
for fifth place in theEastern Conference. TheHawks close Tuesday at
homeagainst the Raptors andWednesday at theKnicks.
If the Hawks split or losetheir final two games and theBulls
defeat the Wizards athome Wednesday, they willclaim the fifth seed
and openthe playoffs in Brooklyn. Simi-larly, if the Hawks lose
bothgames and the Bulls lose onWednesday, they will earn thefifth
seedvia a tiebreaker.
If the Hawks win out, theBulls will open at Indiana re-gardless
of what they doWednesday. Similarly, if theHawks split their final
twogames and the Bulls loseWednesday, the Bulls draw thePacers.
BULLS 102, MAGIC 84
Back andgoing forth
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Noah, Gibson play without pain withplayoffs looming By K.C.
Johnson
Tribune reporter
They hit the ice while sitting at different endsof
theWesternConference playoff spectrum.
The Blackhawks have theirsights set on securing the topspot and
the Stars are fighting fortheirpostseasonlives.Whenall was said and
done Monday night, it was the Hawks whodisplayed
desperationwhenthegame wason thelineand skatedto a 5-2 victory over
Dallas before a crowd of 21,986 at theUnitedCenter.
The win was the Hawkssixth straight and gave them anNHL-high 70
points with sixgames remaining. They areclosing in on clinching
theNo.1
seed in the conference and alsothe Presidents Trophy, given
tothe team that finishes with themost points in theleague.
MarianHossa had an empty-net goal and two assists, Jona-than
Toews and Andrew Shaweach had a goal and an assistwhile Viktor
Stalberg and Nik-las Hjalmarsson also scored.GoaltenderRayEmery
made 16saves to help the Hawks im-proveto33-5-4afterwinningon
back-to-backnights.
We stuck to our game, saidShaw, who scored the winning goal
shortly after the Stars hadtied it at 2-2 early in the thirdperiod.
We played solid de-
BLACKHAWKS 5,STARS 2
Hawksstaying on theattackClose in on top seed with 6th straight
win,keep Stars on outsideBy Chris Kuc
Tribune reporter
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