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“And since those yahoos at Yahoo Sports are all picking Boston to win the Cup, the Sox have to be at the UC to bring good karma and show our support in full force.”

After being grilled by the Sox front office, Cooper eventually came clean, claiming the online effort to out the Sox skipped we merely a joke.

A day after the Sun-Times announced it was laying off all its photographers, the newspaper released a "bold new plan" to capture the visuals associated with the news it reports, anchored by stick figure drawings and reporter self portraits from the field.

The Cubs announced Friday that they would celebrate their 2013 BP Cup win with a 6,000-sq. ft. banner in the left field bleachers. Cubs officials are extremely excited about the banner rasing ceremony, which will take place this September before the Pearl Jam concert at Wrigley Field.

"It was Denis Savard," said one Cubs fan, wiping a tear from her eye. "He sang 'take me out to the ballgame' during the 7th Inning Stretch. He opened our eyes and made us see what was really important in this world. Not this simple game between two mediocre baseball teams, but the Stanley Cup! It's really all about the Cup!"

White Sox broadcaster Ken "Hawk" Harrelson is known as a bit of a homer during his team's telecasts and sometimes yelling at the umpires on close plays. Now he's blaming the umpires somehow for a long-standing tradition on the South Side: the low attendance at US Cellular.

The Chicago Crosstown Classic series opened Monday concurrent with a critical Blackhawks-Red Wings Game 6, and Chicago sports fans remained unaware of Jeff Samardzija's accomplishment as they were glued to their televisions everywhere watching the showdown between the Blackhawks and the Red Wings.