Caption: President Bush gestures toward the back of Misty May Treanor as he visits the practice of the U.S. beach volleyball team the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing, China Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. At right is Treanor’s teammate Kerri Walsh.

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Read it and weep, Cubs haters:
One year ago, Geovany Soto was prepping for the All-Star Futures Game and Kosuke Fukudome was playing for the Chunichi Dragons in [...]

So, I’m sitting at Whitey’s last night with a stinking Cardinals fan and The World’s Most Obnoxious Yankee’s Fan. We’re watching the Cub’s valiant come-back effort against the Orioles, and this skinny blond chick comes on and tries to sing the “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
We were less than impressed. Granted, she was hard [...]

Via the Journal Star:

There was no extra-inning nail-bitter for the Limestone softball team Saturday. Mackenzie Camp pitched like it, anyway.
Camp pitched her third consecutive postseason shutout and the Rockets backed her with early runs in a 3-0 victory over Mattoon in the inaugural Class 3A state-championship game Saturday at EastSide Centre.
The state title is the [...]

Well, he’s new to the Blog Peoria Project. The mighty Burl has decided to give the Blog Peoria Project a try and is now blogging here. I’ve been trying to find someone to report on local sports for the Peoria Blogosphere and Burl has the goods.

From Cubs.com:
Veteran outfielder Jim Edmonds was en route to Wrigley Field on Wednesday, and could be in the Cubs’ lineup on Thursday if he passes a physical.
Edmonds, who hit .178 in 26 games, was available after being released by the San Diego Padres last Friday. He cleared waivers on Wednesday.
“We’ll put him out there to [...]

From Cubs.com:
Veteran outfielder Jim Edmonds was en route to Wrigley Field on Wednesday, and could be in the Cubs’ lineup on Thursday if he passes a physical.
Edmonds, who hit .178 in 26 games, was available after being released by the San Diego Padres last Friday. He cleared waivers on Wednesday.
“We’ll put him out there to [...]

The New York Yankees are playing the Boston Red Sox in a nationally televised game, and I can’t decide who I want to lose more. It’s isn’t so much the teams I loathe, it’s their fans, are compete for the title for most obnoxious.
 

Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis heaped praise onto the Manual Rams boys basketball team, with finished 2nd in the state at the tournament held this weekend at the Peoria Civic Center. Coach Derrick Booth praised his players, coaching staff and school administrators. He noted that many members of his team are in the top 10 of [...]

Cubs pitcher Jason Marquis has told team management (though the media, of course) that he’d rather be traded than suffer the indignity of going to the bullpen. And Cubs Manager Lou Piniella has responded the way Lou Piniella does when this sort of controversy comes up: He told Marquis that if he wants a spot [...]

CUTLINE: Chicago Cubs’ Kosuke Fukudome of Japan, catches a ball in the outfield at baseball spring training Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Mesa, Ariz.
The Chicago Cubs are counting on a power surge to lead them into the playoffs in 2008. Their newly imported outfielder will be a big part of the program:
Another player capable of [...]

Via the Associated Press:
Second baseman Mark DeRosa was taken out of the Chicago Cubs’ spring training complex on a stretcher and transported by ambulance to a hospital Saturday after experiencing an irregular heartbeat.
DeRosa was sitting up as he was wheeled out of the Fitch Park complex. Some of his teammates were still in the field [...]

What is it about football that makes this sort of sick, demented behavior acceptable? Click at your own risk:

Sorry, cheesehead, no homefield advantage for you. Not yours. That’s a shutout for the season in the best rivalry in pro football. I’d have to say there was plenty of action in the endzone for the Bears, huh Stoney?

Rocky Vonachen was just on WMBD 1470. The Cubs have decided to assign Ryne Sandberg as the coach of the Peoria Chiefs for the 2008 season. Naturally, Phil Luciano was making snide comments about the Cubs.