Paul Sullivan

Dempster, Cubs agree to 4-year deal

By Paul Sullivan UPDATE: The Cubs and pitcher Ryan Dempster have agreed to a four-year, $52-million extension. Dempster also was being courted by Atlanta and Toronto, but returning to the Cubs was his stated priority all along,...

Dempster: Cubs weren't prepared for playoffs

By Paul Sullivan | Tribune reporter First Geovany Soto offered that an early clinching might have hurt the Cubs come October. Then manager Lou Piniella suggested his players tried to "do too much" in the postseason because of...

Panel: Gulf War Illness Confirmed

A federal health panel released conclusions Monday that evidence strongly and consistently indicates hundreds of thousands of US troops in the first Gulf War contracted long-term illnesses from use of pills, given by their own...

Cubs to open new Yankee Stadium Pujols named NL MVP

By Paul Sullivan | Tribune reporter The Cubs will help christen the new Yankee Stadium in April, ending their exhibition season with a pair of games against the Yankees. "As we welcome our fans into the ballpark for the first...

POLITICS-US: Vets See Hope for a Broken System

OAKLAND, California, Nov 17 (IPS) - Thirty-three-year-old Walter Williams was among the thousands of revelers who flooded into the streets of Oakland on Nov. 4 to celebrate Barack Obama's election as the 44th president of the...

Pujols or Howard: It's a hard race to call

Phillies first baseman and St. Louisan Ryan Howard (left) talks with his Cardinals counterpart Albert Pujols during a game at Busch Stadium in 2007. Results of Major League Baseball's annual Rorschach test, otherwise known as...

Braves out of Peavy race, but Cubs no closer

Atlanta's decision to drop out of the bidding for Jake Peavy could be an opening for the Cubs to swoop in and make a deal, putting the onus on Ryan Dempster to re-sign quickly if he really wants to stay in Chicago. Rick...

Deadly duty

Fort Carson has sent thousands of troops into action overseas. The victims had just one thing in common: The men accused of attacking them all went to war in Iraq with the same Fort Carson unit, the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th...

Premier League: Bolton v Liverpool - as it happened

Tom will be here at around 12.15pm. Actually, here he is now.Here's some teams for you:Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, Andrew O'Brien,Samuel, Taylor, Nolan, Muamba, McCann, Elmander, Davies. Subs:Al Habsi, Smolarek,...

Olney: Penny, Big Unit among bargain free agents

Brad Penny had the sort of season which instills recurring nightmares in prospective free agents. He probably is drawing more interest now than CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Derek Lowe combined. Randy Johnson figures to be in...

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