The Blackhawks looked great for the first 40 minutes of game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, before succumbing to a big, methodical Ducks team. In baseball the Sox pull of a sweep, the Cubs almost do a double sweep, and the soap opera surrounding the Bulls and Tom Thibodeau continues. WBEZ’s sports contributor Cheryl Raye Stout brings us all the weekend action. (Flickr/Lisa Kline1)