Phil Rosenthal – Page 24

Marquee Sports Network signage is displayed on the left field home team bullpen at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz., on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020.

Should Chicago Cubs fans be optimistic about a Comcast deal? Your Marquee Sports Network questions answered.

July 1, 2020 at 3:01 p.m.

It has been months since we last answered questions about Marquee Sports Network, but Major League Baseball's effort to pick up the pieces of its shattered season — pandemic or...

An empty Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, home of the Chicago White Sox, on May 8, 2020.

Andy Masur is the new Chicago White Sox play-by-play voice on the radio, replacing the late Ed Farmer

June 30, 2020 at 3:35 p.m.

Andy Masur will succeed the late Ed Farmer as play-by-play voice of the Chicago White Sox on WGN-AM 720 and the team's radio network alongside longtime analyst Darrin Jackson, the...

WSCR-AM sports talk show host Laurence Holmes during his afternoon segment on Jan. 24, 2020.

‘I feel like I’m built to do shows in an environment like this’: Laurence Holmes zigs when others zag — and it makes for must-listen sports radio

June 22, 2020 at 10:49 p.m.

Sammy Sosa predictably was the subject du jour on Chicago sports radio the day after "Long Gone Summer" aired on ESPN, much of the chatter echoing themes debated for years....

Chicago White Sox executive vice president Ken Williams takes in the scene before a game on April 10, 2015, in Chicago.

Chicago White Sox’s Ken Williams and Cubs’ Theo Epstein are hopeful race discussion can be a catalyst for change in baseball — and beyond: ‘I think this time is different’

June 19, 2020 at 6:40 p.m.

Ken Williams has heard the talk before about how baseball — and society — needs to address racial imbalance when it comes to opportunities for leadership positions on down. This...

Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa shake hands before a 1998 game at Wrigley Field.

ESPN’s ‘Long Gone Summer’ lacks ratings juice with Chicago viewers

June 15, 2020 at 11:58 a.m.

Say whatever you want about ESPN's "Long Gone Summer," but the look back at Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and their 136 combined home runs in 1998 lacked juice with Chicago...

Players on the Jackie Robinson West team carry a banner after winning the U.S. championship of the Little League World Series on Aug. 23, 2014.

After ‘Long Gone Summer’ and ‘The Last Dance,’ here are 8 Chicago sports documentaries we’d like to see next

June 15, 2020 at 11:48 a.m.

ESPN now has taken care of 1998 in Chicago sports with Michael Jordan and the Bulls in "The Last Dance" and the Cubs' Sammy Sosa in "Long Gone Summer." So...

Bulls forward Thaddeus Young speaks following Bulls basketball practice at the Advocate training center, in Chicago, Monday, Jan, 27, 2020.

NBC Sports Chicago is presenting ‘Race in America,’ a discussion on race with local sports stars. ‘The ultimate goal at hand is to create some kind of change.’

June 13, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

To explore the state of race relations and the need for change, NBC Sports Chicago is bringing together some Chicago athletes for "Race in America: A Candid Conversation," a special...

Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire stay loose during a press conference in 1998 as both pursue Roger Maris' home run record.

‘Long Gone Summer’ review: ESPN’s ’30 for 30′ on Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and the 1998 home run chase lacks power

June 14, 2020 at 9:07 a.m.

"Long Gone Summer" swings for the backstop but can't even clear that fence. It might be, it could be, it is a huge disappointment. ESPN's documentary on the Chicago Cubs'...

Theo Epstein at Cubs spring training on Feb. 15, 2000.

Chicago Cubs exec Theo Epstein’s kid crashes — and steals — the show on MLB draft night

June 11, 2020 at 7:44 a.m.

As if the Chicago Cubs' pick of local high school star Ed Howard in the first round of Major League Baseball's draft wasn't enough of a crowd pleaser, there was...

Jim Nantz says calling the Charles Schwab Challenge amid the coronavirus pandemic and national unrest will be a challenge.

Golf returns amid national unrest and a pandemic — and a simple ‘Hello, friends’ from Jim Nantz won’t suffice. ‘We just have to get this moment in history right,’ he says.

June 10, 2020 at 2:11 p.m.

For Jim Nantz, it's a position unlike any other. Welcoming viewers back to pro golf at the Charles Schwab Challenge this week on CBS and Golf Channel, he said, will...

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