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Just as it was a no-brainer to pick up the affordable 2019 option on left-handed starter Jose Quintana, the Cubs have made another easy decision today: exercising their 2019 option on right-handed reliever Pedro Strop:

Strop, if you recall, signed an extension with the Cubs back before the 2017 season, which paid him $5.5 million that year and $5.85 million in 2018. Tac...

After yesterday’s roundtable topic let us talk about the underrated Charles Leno Jr., James Daniels,

During their mid-2000s heyday, Providence foursome Daughters fed off their own recklessness to the point that it became an inextricable part of their identity. Excellent example: I caught them on tour in (maybe) 2007 in Covington, Kentucky, with Louisville hardcore-punk maniacs Lords during which an absolutely plowed member of one band stumbled onstage to take a piss while an absolutely plowed member of the other band cupped his hands to catch that piss. The latter absolutely ...

There’s short weeks, and then there’s the 84.5 hour turnaround the Bears have while playing the Lions on Thanksgiving after a Sunday night bout with the Vikings. That short week is the main reason the Bears will be without

Yugen, the modern Japanese restaurant, debuts tonight in the West Loop. The tasting menu restaurant replaces Grace, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant that suddenly closed after a disagreement between the chef and ownership. The result left the Michelin-st...

If you’ve never seen one of the “Bad Lip Reading” videos, you’re in for a real treat today.

The YouTubers turned their attention away from pop-culture and TV shows to do their thing with Major League Baseball. This requires no further set-up. So just sit back, pop on some headphones, and grab some tissues, because you will be dying of laughter about 5 seconds into this video: