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Saturday smorgasbord: Chicago White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy is concerned about leaks in the saga involving Milwaukee Brewers left fielder and reigning National League Most Valauable Player Ryan Braun. Well, other than the first one that produced a high testosterone reading. It might be an overreaction to say Peavy was pissed off — or on. […]
There is no joy in Budville, mighty Major League Baseball has struck out. Meaning Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun has had his 50-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs has been overturn by an arbitrator Thursday (Feb. 23). It’s the first time a player has successfully grieved a drug-related punishment. MLB may go to federal […]
The celebrating started early for Joakim Noah. The Chcago Bulls center turns 27 on Saturday. As if that’s not enough reason, Noah posted the first triple-double of his NBA career in a 110-91 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night (Feb. 22) at the United Center. Noah had 13 points, 13 rebounds and 10 […]
Midweek musings: So the Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox finally figured out compensation for Theo Epstein leaving Boston to become the Cubs president of baseball operations. Pitcher Chris Carpenter goes to the Red Sox. If Epstein really was as gifted as some claim he is, the Cubs would have sent Chris Carpenter of the […]
Keeping up with Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose proved difficult Monday (Feb. 20). Returning from an injury — back spasms — that had sidelined him five games, Rose had a game-high 23 points in 34:54 as the Bulls defeated the Atlanta Hawks 90-79 at the United Center. Demonstrating his quickness and explosive first step, Rose […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago Cubs are serious about working on fundamentals. The word from spring training in Arizona is the bases will have the inside corners painted blue. That way, runners will be able to aim for the inside part of bag. Because they couldn’t do so if the base was all one color? No […]
Creativity is a funny thing. Except when it isn’t. It can be difficult to describe the creative process and more challenging to do so than for some folks to actually (pardon the split infinitive) be creative. Which brings us to ESPN and Jeremy Lin. And a headline that ran on ESPN’s mobile Web site for […]
Saturday smorgasbord: The Charlotte Bobcats ended a 16-game losing streak and posted a 98-91 victory Friday (Feb. 17) against the Raptors in Toronto to improve to 4-26. The triumph came on owner Michael Jordan’s 49th birthday. At this rate, the Bobcats may reach double digits for victories by his 50th. * Jeremy Lin and the […]
There were some surprise performances in the Boston Celtics-Chicago Bulls game Thursday (Feb. 16) at the United Center. For starters, there was resereve guard Mike James, who provided eight points and four assists in 17:21 on the court. He also fouled out, but Bulls coach gave him increased playing time in the absence of Derrick […]
If you’re fortunate, occasionally you can be a witness to a memorable moment. Sometimes it is only later that you might realize you were. On a beautiful night a few years ago — OK, maybe more than a few years; it was April 7, 1975 — the Montreal Expos played the St. Louis Cardinals at […]