News Thu Aug 27 2009

Short Hops

• The Hawks' Patrick Kane and his cousin plead guilty to a noncriminal charge in their incident with a Buffalo cab driver. While he breaths a sigh of relief, his teammate Jonathan Toews is a little nervous while practicing for the Canadian Olympic team.
• The Cubs' Milton Bradley is not happy. So what else is new? Besides, he's now the Ricketts family's problem.
• The White Sox have lost four in a row and five of their last six. The Bleacher Reporter ask if they're heading in the wrong direction. Hmmm...let me think about that one.
• Don't let Jay Cutler's cool demeanor fool you. According to ESPN he's a little jittery about returning to Denver as a member of the Bears this Sunday. Elsewhere on the Bear beat, Matt Forte is looking for balance and Dusty Dvoracek is looking at a doctor this Friday.
• As if running a triathlon (like the Chicago Triathlon this weekend) wasn't difficult, try throwing cold, rainy weather into the mix. Here at some tips for coping with that.
• While the state debates video poker, the real thing is going on in a tournament in Arlington Heights tonight. Wanna play? Ante up here.
• The Chicago Sky host a benefit this Friday to promote breast cancer awareness.
• Chicago - home to the next generation of cricket superstars?
• Chicago - home to the next generation of dodgeball superstars?
• No matter what you think about the Lingerie Football League, one fact remains: It's football. Played in lingerie.
• With their season unceremoniously over, the Chicago Bandits wave bye-bye to pitcher Kristina Thorson, who is leaving to play for an Italian pro softball team.

— Ken Green / Comments (0)