Author: Michael

The Chicago Cubs won the World Series in 2016, and for the most part, have been content to print money ever since. While the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and the New York Yankees invest heavily in their on-field product, Cubs ownership have turned the franchise into a profit center first, and competitive enterprise second. 
People are finally noticing.
While Chicago did sign Dansby Swanson, for their most part, their investments have been in the short-term, or in the moderate pricing tier. Cody Bellinger was in town for two seasons, before being traded to New York. Seiya Suzuki.

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Chris Kluwe, former Minnesota Vikings punter and self-proclaimed social justice warrior (SJW), found himself in handcuffs Tuesday after a melodramatic act of civil disobedience at a Huntington Beach city council meeting, per the OC Register.
The lifelong snowflake melted over a plaque displayed at a local library that spelled “MAGA.”
The plaque, showing a cutesy acronym for ‘Magical, Alluring, Galvanizing, Adventurous,’ got under Kluwe’s thin skin.

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Another week in college basketball, another epic array of fantastic content. As always, there’s too much to cover, but I’ll do my best in this week’s edition of CBB With Danny Z. 
Have thoughts on college basketball that you want to share? Shoot me an email at dan.zaksheske@outkick.com or a tweet @RealDanZak.
The story of the week, to me, was how many major college basketball head coaches just let it rip during their postgame press conferences. Of course, you had to expect that UCLA head coach Mick Cronin would be one of them, since he does it all the time.

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