Sam Fretto Archives - WONC https://www.wonc.org/category/sam-fretto/ Pure Rock FM89 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:13:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.wonc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Main-Logo-150x150.png Sam Fretto Archives - WONC https://www.wonc.org/category/sam-fretto/ 32 32 Are The Bulls Trapped In Mediocrity? https://www.wonc.org/are-the-bulls-trapped-in-mediocrity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-the-bulls-trapped-in-mediocrity Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:10:34 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5896 By: Sam Fretto The NBA season tips off in about two weeks, and the Chicago Bulls will start off the year at home against the OKC Thunder on October 25th. The roster heads into the 2023 campaign with a very similar makeup to last year. What can you expect? The [...]

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]]> Dame to the Bucks: What This Means For the Bulls and the NBA https://www.wonc.org/dame-to-the-bucks-what-this-means-for-the-bulls-and-the-nba/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dame-to-the-bucks-what-this-means-for-the-bulls-and-the-nba Fri, 29 Sep 2023 20:17:05 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5842 By: Sam Fretto In a blockbuster 3-team trade, longtime Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard will be blazing a new trail with the Milwaukee Bucks. The official trade: Bucks Receive: Trail Blazers Receive: Suns Receive: Damian Lillard earlier in the summer had requested a trade from the Portland Trail Blazers [...]

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]]> White Sox Blow It Again, Promote Getz to GM https://www.wonc.org/white-sox-blow-it-again-promote-getz-to-gm/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-sox-blow-it-again-promote-getz-to-gm Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:33:28 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5710 by Sam Fretto Just nine days after the dismissal of President Ken Williams and General Manager Rick Hahn, the White Sox have found their new Senior Vice President and GM with a former Chicago White Sox player in Chris Getz. Getz played 117 games over two seasons with the White, [...]

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]]> The End of an Error: The White Sox Fire Ken Williams and Rick Hahn https://www.wonc.org/the-end-of-an-error/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-end-of-an-error Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:36:17 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5614 “The Chicago White Sox announced that Ken Williams, executive vice president, and Rick Hahn, senior vice president/general manager, have been relieved of their responsibilities, effective immediately.” There it is, finally. There’s been a flurry of White Sox news the last couple of days, as it’s been reported that Chairman Jerry [...]

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]]> What to Expect from the White Sox at the Trade Deadline https://www.wonc.org/what-to-expect-from-the-white-sox-at-the-trade-deadline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-to-expect-from-the-white-sox-at-the-trade-deadline Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:58:38 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=5454 by Sam Fretto Back in 2016, the White Sox tore down the team and promised fans multiple playoff runs, World Series Championships, and a decade of success starting in 2020. Fast forward to 2023 and that has yet to happen. The Sox finished 2022 81-81 and missed the playoffs, and, [...]

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]]> Predicting The 2023 NFL Draft’s 1st-Round Picks https://www.wonc.org/predicting-the-2023-nfl-drafts-1st-round-picks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=predicting-the-2023-nfl-drafts-1st-round-picks Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:32:39 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=4758 By: Sam Fretto The NFL Draft is a few hours away and for just about every NFL fan it is like Christmas Day. The draft can leave fans excited for their future, devastated, or ready to get the NFL season going. The Carolina Panthers traded a king’s ransom to the [...]

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]]> Previewing The 2023 Chicago White Sox https://www.wonc.org/previewing-the-2023-chicago-white-sox/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=previewing-the-2023-chicago-white-sox Wed, 29 Mar 2023 23:06:53 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=4570 By: Sam Fretto Spring training is wrapping up and the regular season is right around the corner. Baseball is back! For some this is a breath of fresh air as their team is a World Series contender, such as the New York Mets, or they’re a young squad with unlimited [...]

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]]> Everything To Know About MLB’s Rule Changes https://www.wonc.org/everything-to-know-about-mlbs-rule-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=everything-to-know-about-mlbs-rule-changes Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:43:45 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=4403 By: Sam Fretto These last 2 offseasons for Major League Baseball have been a rollercoaster for fans, including a lockout which fortunately didn’t affect the MLB schedule aside from needing to make up a week’s worth of games. However, this past offseason, the MLB has decided to change and implement [...]

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]]> This Is Bull https://www.wonc.org/this-is-bull/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=this-is-bull Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=4209 by Sam Fretto Mercifully, the NBA All-Star Break is here and after 59 games, the Chicago Bulls sit at a record of 26-33 which puts them at 11th in the Eastern Conference. There is no way to describe the current state of the Bulls other than disappointing.  I admit I [...]

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]]> My Super Bowl LVII Prediction https://www.wonc.org/my-super-bowl-lvii-prediction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-super-bowl-lvii-prediction Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:06:47 +0000 https://www.wonc.org/?p=4119 By: Sam Fretto The Philadelphia Eagles dominated the San Francisco 49ers this past Sunday by a score of 31-7. Later that night, the Kansas City Chiefs finally took down the Cincinnati Bengals, 23-20, in a close and controversial game. Super Bowl 57, hosted in Arizona, is now set, the Kansas [...]

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