Bill Swerski's Sports Talk Chicago episode 020

The best damn Chicago sports podcast around. In episode 20, we talk what to expect from the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox in the 2nd half of the season, the impressive showing of Toni Snell and Doug McDermott in the NBA Summer League, Chicago Bears training camp, Toews and Kane re-signing, and everything in between.

http://archive.org/download/episode006_201405/episode020.MP3

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Super Bears 5k

Run in the Chicago Bears Super Bears 5k, help support the Bears Care charity, and possibly win Chicago Bears Nike shoes.

http://www.chicagobears.com/events/bears-shuffle.html

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Cubs top pick Schwarber promoted to Daytona

After only 23 games, Chicago Cubs first round pick Kyle Schwarber has been promoted to High-A Daytona.  During his tenure at Kane County, Schwarber was hitting .361 with a 1.050 OPS.  

If you include the 5 games he played in Idaho, the Indiana University product is hitting .408 with eight home runs and 25 RBIs with a 1.231 OPS.

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Marc Trestman ranked NFL's 24th best head coach

The NFL.com site released their "power rankings" of NFL head coaches.  They rank Chicago Bear head coach Marc Trestman as #24. 

Trestman was the 2nd to last ranked head coach with at least one year experience.  Your thoughts?

You can see the full list here: power rankings

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Bulls first-rounder Doug McDermott goes off for 31pts

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152455376408463

Click link above for the NBA official video.

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Donald Sterling is secretly purchasing the Chicago Bulls

With the recent free agent and draft acquisitions, the Chicago Bulls now have 5 and 1/2 white players* on their team.  This is clearly a sign that Reinsdorf is creating a team that is much too enticing for Sterling to pass up in an attempt to separate him from his recent $2B windfall.

Very clever, Jerry.  Well-played.


* Pau Gasol, Nikola Mirotic, Mike Dunleavy, Doug McDermott, Kirk Hinrich, and Joakim Noah.

PS: Please note this is parody

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Nikola Mirotic finally a Bull

The Chicago Bulls 2011 first round draft choice, Nikola Mirotic has finally signed with the team.  He signed a 3-year, $17 million contract. The 6'10" Montenegrin has played the last several years with Real Madrid.

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