Cubs management is incensed over a cover story in Wednesday's Chicago Sun-Times alluding to Wrigley Field being a hotbed for racist comments toward African-American players.

The story centered around the possibility of Milton Bradley, who's had a history of over-reacting to certain situations on the field, potentially reacting to taunts from Wrigley fans.

One management source told me that newspaper officials were contacted by the team, complaining that this type of article without an incident attached to it is negative for the sake of being negative, and it could provoke responses to a problem that doesn't currently exist.

My sources told me before Bradley was signed that he was challenged about the issue during conversations with the team. Bradley told me in spring training that fan taunts are a part of the game and he could deal with any comments aimed at him from the stands.

Cubs management has gone to great lengths to protect its players, including censoring and ejecting some fans from the left-field stands last year when they became abusive toward Alfonso Soriano.