Hockey

Game #5 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks – Far Behind

Matt McClure October 18, 2019 0

vs Game Time: 7:30PM CDT TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, ESPN+, WGN-AM 720 Bring Back Craig Krenzel: The Cannon Tonight on West Madison the 7 game homestand rounds the turn and kicks into the final stretch, with four games in the next seven days starting with the visiting Blue Jackets, who have

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Live From The Five Hole – Hole In The Earth

Matt McClure October 17, 2019 0

After the week long layoff, the Hawks finally have played at least enough games to pretend to have some thoughts regarding, so Fifth Feather John, Sam, and myself have things to tell everyone out there in podcast land. No subscription required, audio after the jump.

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Game #4 – Oilers vs. Hawks – Tension In The Ranks

Matt McClure October 14, 2019 0

vs Game Time: 7:30PM CDT TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, NHL Network, SportsNet 1, WGN-AM 720 Royal Oil: Copper ‘n Blue, Oilers Nation As the homestand nears its halfway point the Hawks still find themselves winless on the season, and the schedule has done them zero favors with a very early season tilt against the suddenly […]

Everything Else

Game #2 – Sharks vs. Hawks Preview – Shield Your Eyes

Matt McClure October 10, 2019 0

vs Game Time: 7:30PM CDT TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, WGN-AM 720 Trillions of Tech Dollars Won’t Solve Homelessness Because It Is Cruel: Fear The Fin No, unfortunately the season isn’t already over after one game 8000 miles away a week ago. In fact, there are still another 80 of these to get through after tonight’s home opener […]

Live From The Five Hole

Live From The Five Hole – Prophets Of Rage

Matt McClure October 2, 2019 0

Strap in motherfuckers, the season is about to start whether anyone wants it to or not. The gang’s all here. Free as always, audio after the jump.

Live From The Five Hole

Live From The Five Hole – Fascination Street

Matt McClure September 25, 2019 0

With some pre-season games in the books, Rose, Sam, Hess, Pullega, and I discuss whatever the hell it is we’ve been watching, or in Sam’s case, not watching. Always free, always after the jump.

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Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19-’20 Blackhawks Player Previews – Alex DeBrincat

Adam Hess September 18, 2019 0

Do you ever catch yourself? Maybe you’re sitting at dinner with a friend your significant other, talking about the news or whatever, and you have to stop a moment. A wide, ill-intentioned grin spreads across your face. You must look crazy. You start cackling like a maniac. You can’t stop laughing like you’re the fucking […]

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Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19-’20 Blackhawks Player Previews – Olli Maatta

Adam Hess September 11, 2019 0

For going on damn near three years now, it’s been obvious to anyone with a brain that the Blackhawks have had lacked a lot on the blue line. We knew that good ol’ Duncan Keith would never be able to keep up his cowboy ways at the elite level he had played at before, and […]

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Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19-’20 Player Previews – Corey Crawford

Adam Hess September 3, 2019 0

One year after the Hawks spent an entire summer backhandely blaming him for them missing the playoffs in the 2017-18 season, Corey Crawford enters 2019 in something of a goalie competition for the long term. With new signee Robin Lehner coming off a career year an potentially primed to take this job out from under […]

Football

Bears in Bourbonnais: Boring Ain’t So Bad

Wes French July 30, 2019 0

Do you hear anything? No? Me either. No noise. No torches and pitchforks. No jobs on the line (yet). It’s pretty boring around here. Usually in late July we’re all too eager here in Chicago to begin HOT TAKE SZN surrounding the Bears and the NFL. This July, though, feels different. Is everyone just happy […]