Chicago Sports Wire Editorial Policy
No gambling content. Period.
We do not publish sportsbook content, betting odds, picks, or promotions, and we do not accept gambling affiliates or advertisers — no matter how much they pay, and they do pay well. When our pages discuss a playoff race, "odds" means games back, magic numbers, and elimination numbers — math, not money lines. Sports should be fun without an ad nudging you to bet your paycheck on it.
No pop-ups, no dark patterns
No pop-ups, interstitials, autoplay video with sound, or fake countdown timers. If we ever run display ads, they will be clearly distinguishable from content and never block your path to the answer you came for.
How our pages are made
We're transparent about this: our utility pages (schedules, standings, game pages, watch guides) are programmatically generated from official sources — league data feeds such as the MLB Stats API and official schedule data — and refreshed throughout the day. Every data page shows when it was last updated. Our news sections aggregate headlines from hundreds of established local and national outlets, and every headline links to the original publisher. We don't rewrite other people's reporting and present it as our own.
Accuracy and corrections
Automated pages are only as good as their plumbing, so we test ours and fix problems at the source when they're found. If you spot something wrong — a stale score, a broken link, a wrong start time — tell us and we'll fix it via the contact details on our About page.
Affiliate independence
Some links earn us a commission (full details in our affiliate disclosure). Commissions never decide what we cover, how we rank options, or what an answer says. A watch guide lists every legitimate way to watch — including the ones that earn us nothing.