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Jimmy Butler did his best Michael Jordan impersonation Thursday night at the United Center. And, no, he didn’t shave his head. Instead he scored 29 points, including a buzzer-beating three-pointer that gave the Bulls an 85-84 exhibition victory against the Atlanta Hawks. Butler had 20 fourth-quarter points and was on the court for 6:07 in […]
Thursday thoughts (or about as close as we come to those things around here) while wondering whether there will be a parade or any sort of celebration in Wrigleyville after the next St. Louis Cardinals loss (provided that it comes against San Francisco): * Rooting against a team to lose is not anywhere near as […]
Midweek musings: For those looking for a Chicago Cubs connection in baseball’s postseason, about the best we can do is recently retired former pitcher Ryan Dempster. He was an in-studio analyst Tuesday for MLB Network — to the surprise of no one who encountered Dempster during his playing career. His wit will carry him far […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether Jay Cutler completing passes to open Chicago Bears receivers will only reinforce the quarterback’s sense of invincibility in throwing to covered Bears receivers: * The Chicago Bulls overcame a 21-point deficit Monday night to defeat the Denver Nuggets at the United Center 110-90. It would seem the Bulls have mastered […]
Monday meanderings: When it concerns victories in the NFL, they don’t award points based on degree of difficulty. So the Chicago Bears’ 27-13 victory at Atlanta is worth the same as the Green Bay Packers’ 27-24 comeback victory at Miami and the Detroit Lions’ 17-3 victory at Minnesota. All of which means the Bears are […]
Sunday smorgasbord: A reminder to any and all media that presenting lists of baseball’s postseason leaders is misleading. Unless you want to extrapolate what the numbers of players who performed in an era when there was only the World Series and not the rounds leading up to the Fall Classic might be. Is it that […]
Former Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo surprisingly said Friday he did not mean the NFL covered up hundreds and hundreds of domestic-violence cases as he was quoted in a Thursday USA Today article. OK, not surprisingly. He said his words were taken out of context and twisted. USA Today reporter Josh Peter stood by […]
It would seem Jerry Angelo has no desire for another job in the NFL. The former Chicago Bears general manager told USA Today the league’s teams failed to discipline players in “hundreds and hundreds” of domestic-violence cases during his 30 years in the NFL. “Our business is to win games,” he said. “We’ve got to […]
Thursday thoughts (OK, the closest we get to thinking on a good day — waiting to figure out whether this is a good day): * Former Chicago Bears return man extraordinaire Devin Hester will be on the field for Sunday’s Bears-Falcons game in Atlanta. That Falcons are the team Hester signed with after the Bears […]
Midweek musings: There’s nothing quite like overtime in an NBA exhibition game. Which was exactly what the Chicago Bulls had Tuesday night. They lost 111-109 to the Pistons in Detroit. A guesstimate (from the comfort of your humble correspondent’s sofa) is there were more points scored by both teams combined in the contest than there […]