The Lane Kiffin saga and Pat Fitzgerald return are nothing new in the mad, mad, mad world of college football, where the games that go on behind closed doors are often more interesting than those on the field. @pwsullivan.bsky.social's column on turning a blind eye to the past.

Good trouble

There never will be a shortage of Adults Behaving Badly in the sports world, but the recent rise in rude and boorish behavior caught on video is quite alarming. 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

A crazy night at the All-Star Game was a success for Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong, while the tiebreaker "Swing Off" was confusing to most fans and TV viewers. Kyle Schwarber said Crow-Armstrong reminds him a little of Javier Báez. 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/16/m...

The White Sox have spent the 2005 World Series championship reunion weekend honoring the late Bobby Jenks. 📝 @lamondpope.bsky.social

An All-Star Game starter at 23, Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong is fully harnessing his 5-tool skills. “Guys are attacking him like a star player now.” “If there were no walls he’d catch everything.” “This is the expectation for himself.” On PCA’s meteoric rise: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/13/c...

Mark Buehrle will join an exclusive club of White Sox elites when his statue is unveiled today behind the right-field bleachers. @pwsullivan.bsky.social writes that it's fitting Buehrle will share the spotlight this weekend with many old friends from the 2005 World Series champs.

Count on @pwsullivan.bsky.social to get to the heart of the matter: "the growing celebrity deficit."

The banning of a White Sox fan for inappropriate heckling of Ketel Marte was a good first step. Sending a message that such behavior won't be tolerated was the least the Sox could do. "Baseball deserves better,” Diamondbacks' Torey Lovullo. Chicago deserves better too. 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

Cubs President Jed Hoyer has cautioned that teams generally don’t make major deals nearly seven weeks before the deadline. Then the Giants' Buster Posey casually nuked that maxim by acquiring Rafael Devers, showing how backward it is to wait until the last minute. @pwsullivan.bsky.social's column.

It would be a shock if the Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong is not the NL’s starting center fielder in the All-Star Game. And he would seem to be just the kind of player who gets an invite to the Home Run Derby. 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

Is Craig Counsell having a Zimmeresque season? It was a question only old-timers could answer, and even then it’s probably too early to make any conclusions. But the comparisons between Counsell and former Cubs manager Don Zimmer are growing. 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

This is the official bsky account for the Chicago Tribune Guild. We learned today that @chicagotribune.com is offering buyouts to our journalists. This move by Alden Global Capital, our rapacious ownership group, shows a total lack of vision and respect for the newsroom and the city we serve. (1/5)

If only Jerry Reinsdorf took the lead of former President Richard Nixon, who said goodbye to the media in 1962 after losing the California gubernatorial race, writes @pwsullivan.bsky.social.

Calling dibs on The 78 without even putting an old chair in the lot was a surprise move by the Fire that seemingly blocked the White Sox from their long-held desires on the land. But the Sox “remain confident the riverfront location could serve as a home to both teams.” 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

The Cubs woke up tied with the Mets for the best record in the National League. They begin a 9-game road trip in Washington before two extremely difficult challenges against the Tigers, who have MLB's best record, and the Phillies. @pwsullivan.bsky.social's 4 takeaways from the 5-1 homestand.

If the Cubs get to October, they’ll remember May as the month they established an identity as a team that can win in a variety of ways. They did it again Saturday, getting six dominant relief innings from Ben Brown after using an opener in a 2-0 win over the Reds. @pwsullivan.bsky.social's column.

Cubs-Sox games are always eventful, @pwsullivan.bsky.social writes, though this was one of those days when Sox fans could only laugh at their team beating itself. On a beautiful spring day at Wrigley Field, Friday was all about welcoming in the summer vibes.

Will "Shoeless" Joe Jackson finally make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame? Or will his involvement in one of baseball’s biggest scandals preclude those voters from checking his name if it gets on a ballot? 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope

Would the Chicago Cubs ask the new pope to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field? @pwsullivan.bsky.social's question to the team got a quick response.

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

Friday's Cubs game against the Phillies began in a weather delay at Wrigley Field with rain and lightning in the area. Colin Rea is scheduled to start for the Cubs, who are 4-1 on the homestand and sit in first place in the National League Central — 3 games ahead of the Brewers.

The Cubs had a rally goose nesting in the Wrigley Field bleachers, but the team said Monday it had flown the coop. The goose, who was nicknamed PGA — "Pete Goose-Armstrong" — by one bleacherite, was unavailable for comment. Will the team get a new rally animal? 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

Why are Cubs fans so panicky so early? It's a confluence of events. A 4-year playoff drought, the arrival of Kyle Tucker, the Tom Ricketts' reluctance to go the extra mile on payroll and perhaps the added anxiety of not knowing whether your 401(k) will rebound. 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

Countdown

Somehow, @pwsullivan.bsky.social was inadvertently added to an unknown group text string labeled CHI BASE OPS, along with two individuals with the initials JH and CG. Because he was unable to verify the authenticity, he's posted the transcript to let readers decide what is real and what’s not.

Why don’t the Cubs spend like their big-market rivals? Chairman Tom Ricketts says they spend enough to make the playoffs, in which “anything can happen.” ✍ @pwsullivan.bsky.social column

Justifying my employment

Earning back the trust of White Sox fans won’t be easy after last year’s record-setting 121-loss season. The evidence is everywhere. Do the players feel they have to show Sox fans they’re worth watching, assuming they can find them? 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

Super Bowl parties are all the rage this year with the high price of bar and restaurant packages. Don't fret — @pwsullivan.bsky.social is here to help you plan yours.

This has not aged well in the last month.

It was never in the plans for Virginia Halas McCaskey to be put in charge of the iconic Bears franchise. But she earned the respect and admiration of Bears fans. Column from @pwsullivan.bsky.social

The Oilers come to town tonight for a game against the Blackhawks at the United Center. We'll see if fans from our mostly blue city will act like lemmings and boo the Canadian anthem just because some Canadians booed ours. 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

Why, Trib? Why? www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/31/o...

Pete Buttigieg responds to Trump:

The Cubs couldn't compete with the Dodgers during the offseason. Will it be any different on the field this season? 📝 @pwsullivan.bsky.social

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Tuesday’s Winter Classic marked the end of a particularly awful year for our legacy teams in Chicago, though it was a very good year for Wrigley Field. The Friendly Confines hosted concerts, college football, the NWSL and more, writes @pwsullivan.bsky.social

Looks cool.

Merry Christmas

The GOAT.

Et Tu, Trib?

Jed Hoyer remains an enigma. The Cubs president has been very proficient at dumping players when they demand to be paid but not so much at building a bullpen or winning a division title. @pwsullivan.bsky.social on the renewed sense of urgency Hoyer is showing — no matter what he says.

The Cubs paid a steep price for Kyle Tucker, but it’s a move they had to make, even if they only have him for one season. Cubs get an elite hitter for their lineup: www.chicagotribune.com/2024/12/13/k...

Dick Allen, the former White Sox MVP who died in 2020, was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. He received 13 of 16 votes from the classic baseball era committee. Allen and Dave Parker were the only candidates to meet the 75% threshold necessary for election. 📝 @lamondpope.bsky.social

R.I.P. “Beltin’ Bill” Melton

Tangled Up In Blue