Kudos to my longtime friend, former Arkansas Democrat colleague and horse-racing handicapper par excellence, Jeff Krupsaw (Jeff Krupsaw) for picking 18-1 shot Mystik Dan in the Kentucky Derby. Best handicapper at Oaklawn Park since the great Randy Moss.

Worst team in baseball? Not recently ...

Former #Bears QB Bob Avellini, a gritty overachiever whose 37-yard TD pass to Greg Latta with 0:03 left beat the Chiefs and sparked a mad dash to the playoffs in 1977, has died at 70. He's the last Bears QB to start every game in back-to-back seasons.

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Former #Bears QB Bob Avellini, a gritty overachiever whose 37-yard TD pass to Greg Latta with 0:03 left beat the Chiefs and sparked a mad dash to the playoffs in 1977, has died at 70. He's the last Bears QB to start every game in back-to-back seasons.
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I need lessons fron Greg Braggs Jr. and CHGO Sports on how to take a victory lap. A little help …

Predicting the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby:

3 — Mystik Dan (18-1)
4 — Catching Freedom (8-1)
8 — Just A Touch (11-1)
17 — Fierceness (3-1)

Happy 90th Birthday Frankie Valli 🎤🎈 #FrankieValli #FourSeasons #BeachBoys #east #west #birthday 🎂 youtube.com/watch?v=FJ12pA…

The White Sox reek — as in Veeck.

And the White Sox's season-high 9-game streak without getting shut out is over ...

Never doubt Thibs. Never battle Joe Cowley on Twitter. And never, ever do both at the same time.

Career NBA playoff games missed:

Jordan — 0
Magic — 1
Bird — 12 (2 in his first 9 seasons)
Barkley — 1
Olajuwon — 0
Stockton — 0
K. Malone — 1
Isiah — 2

#thesekidstoday

It’s time for this week’s “Polling Place.” Let us hear from you! Selected comments will appear in Saturday's paper.

Poll No. 1: What’s the best thing about sports on TV in May?

Poll No. 2: New Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga is 5-0 with a 0.78 ERA in six starts. Are you sold on him as a star already?

Poll No. 3: What has been your early impression of the White Sox’ new television play-by-play announcer, John Schriffen?

And the rest ... is history.

You should only have to break the plane of home plate to score. That would eliminate the question of whether the runner’s foot or hand tagged home plate or was just over the plate. It makes no sense that you can slide into the other bases that are above the ground, but not home.

Where was this kind of luck against the Mets in New York in ‘69?

The White Sox, who at 6-25 are on a pace to win 31 games in 2024, have to finish 50-112 or better to avoid having an overall losing record as an American League franchise for the first time since 1956. They currently are 9,559-9,516 (.501) since 1901.

WAR = the universal street band
'Everything we did was a reflection of the people'

Only one Quenneville-era Blackhawks Cup winner has won the Cup with another team after leaving the Hawks.