Jon Greenberg

Chicago

Founding Editor-in-Chief and Columnist at The Athletic Chicago

Founding editor, senior columnist, The Athletic. Ohio University alum. Ruptured night watchman of Wheeling Steel, dreaming of heroes. [email protected]

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On Justin Ishbia’s timeline, Kyle Tucker’s future and Billy D staying in Chicago

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jon Greenberg

After the Justin Ishbia timeline to takeover was announced, the most popular sentiment from Sox fans was “Why do we have to wait?”According to information released by the White Sox, the earliest Ishbia can buy Jerry Reinsdorf’s controlling stake in the team is in 2029 and the process could go as far as 2034, when Reinsdorf is 98. (The Sox were careful to note the deal could also just get squashed in the future.)I reported there could be a multiyear grace period when I broke the news in February.
Cubs players young and old keep oral history tradition of baseball alive

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jon Greenberg

CHICAGO - When Craig Counsell was a fresh-faced rookie second baseman with the 1997 Florida Marlins, the veterans had a postgame routine. Win or lose, they would gravitate to the training room and talk about what just happened on the field. "Or just bull--ing," Counsell said. "But in between the chatter was talk about baseball."That was a team loaded with veterans, such as Darren Daulton, Bobby Bonilla and Gary Sheffield.
Old friends Scott Harris, Jed Hoyer find themselves in first place again

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jon Greenberg

CHICAGO - Last season, when the Chicago Cubs hosted the Detroit Tigers, it wasn't exactly a stress test for the friendship of the teams' respective presidents of baseball operations, Jed Hoyer and Scott Harris. The two friends, former co-workers and now professional equals, could instead commiserate over their sub-.500 teams. After losing two of three at Wrigley Field on Aug. 22, Harris' Tigers were 62-66 and in front of just the lowly White Sox in the AL Central.
White Sox's Jerry Reinsdorf reaches deal for potential sale to Justin Ishbia

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jon Greenberg

White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and minority investor Justin Ishbia have established a framework to transfer a future controlling interest in the team, according to a news release issued Thursday. In February, The Athletic reported that Ishbia dropped his pursuit of the Minnesota Twins and was increasing his minority stake in the White Sox, intending to eventually buy out Reinsdorf's controlling stake in the franchise.
White Sox All-Quarter Century Team, the South Siders' best since 2000

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jon Greenberg

Editor's note: The Athletic is marking 2025 by naming MLB All-Quarter Century Teams, selected by Jayson Stark and Tyler Kepner and our readers. In addition, some of our writers are picking All-Quarter Century Teams for the teams they cover. Check this page to find all of our All-Quarter Century Team coverage. Well, the last quarter century of White Sox baseball has certainly been eventful, hasn't it?
With the wind in their face, Cubs showing they can handle the pressure

1 month ago | dailyherald.com | Jon Greenberg

Chicago Cubs' Matt Shaw, center, celebrates with teammates after hitting a walk-off single to defeat the Colorado Rockies in the eleventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Chicago.
With the wind in their face, Cubs showing they can handle the pressure

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jon Greenberg

CHICAGO - Here's how well things are going at Wrigley Field these days: Before Tuesday's game, a reporter asked manager Craig Counsell if it's "really tough" on the coaching staff and players to win so many close games because the intensity of it all is so "wearing.""I would call it fun," Counsell said. And that was before it took 11 innings to put away the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on another chilly late-spring evening when the wind was blowing in at Wrigley.
Caleb Williams didn’t talk, but Ben Johnson talks about writing a new Bears story

1 month ago | dailyherald.com | Jon Greenberg

Bears head coach Ben Johnson smiles as he talks to media Wednesday after practice in Lake Forest. AP Ben Johnson has a pretty good alibi about why he’s not responsible for all the issues Carl and Caleb Williams had with the Bears before and after they drafted him. “I wasn’t here last year, so I can’t speak too much in terms of what it was like before he got here and when he got here last year,” Johnson said in part of his opening statement after Wednesday’s OTA practice at Halas Hall.
'Yeah, that's a lot of points'

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jon Greenberg

CHICAGO - On Thursday evening, Chicago point guard Courtney Vandersloot was trying to explain the Sky's defensive strategy when she looked at the box score in front of her. "They scored 74 points," she said of her former team, the New York Liberty. "Sorry, they scored 99. We scored 74. Yeah, that's a lot of points."Yeah, that's a lot of points. It really was.
Caleb Williams didn't talk, but Ben Johnson talks about writing a new Bears story

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Jon Greenberg

LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Ben Johnson has a pretty good alibi about why he's not responsible for all the issues Carl and Caleb Williams had with the Chicago Bears before and after they drafted him. "I wasn't here last year, so I can't speak too much in terms of what it was like before he got here and when he got here last year," Johnson said in part of his opening statement after Wednesday's OTA practice at Halas Hall.