Cubs-White Sox collection is Hunger Games, no less than for one staff

Cubs-White Sox means extra this time. I suppose that’s not saying rather a lot when you consider that the annual video games between town’s baseball groups imply about as a lot as pennies and cursive writing do. But no less than one staff is placing its coronary heart into this 12 months’s showdowns, which begin Tuesday night time with a two-game collection at Wrigley Field. The Sox are beginning to act like a membership that wishes what the Cubs have, and on that foundation alone, the Crosstown Showdown has a heft to it that’s been missing the previous a number of years. So the Sox have circled the dates. The Cubs? They’re counting the times to

How Gerard Piqué maintains Barcelona hunger

At 29, central defender Gerard Piqué has already won the biggest prizes in club football with Barcelona, but as UEFA.com discovers, the lifelong Blaugrana fan has lost none of his passion for the club and the game.UEFA.com: What motivates you to keep pushing yourself day in, day out?Gerard Piqué: Well, that's difficult. Don't think it's easy. There are a lot of games, and you're at a club where you should always win, and you have to find the desire and motivation to win every game, whether you're playing a smaller team or you're going to [Arsenal]. So that takes a lot – but it's our job. And as the season progresses, it gets easier, bec...