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Chicago Bulls forward Taj Gibson had to be carried off the court when he suffered an apparent ankle injury in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s Game 5 of the team’s first-round Eastern Conference series at the United Center. Bulls center Joakim Noah is going to have an ailing knee checked out. So the good news […]
Random thoughts (or close as we come to them around here) while wondering when the Chicago White Sox marketing department will start writing Jose Abreu’s Rookie of the Year award acceptance speech: * If the Cubs want a blueprint on how to build (or rebuild) a ballclub, they ought to look to the White Sox. […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago White Sox have a reason to be excited. Other than once again reaching a .500 record (as they did Sunday with a 9-2 victory at home against Tampa Bay). Jose Abreu drove in four runs to set a rookie record for RBI through the end of April. He has 31. Albert […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The NBA suspended Washington Wizards forward Nene for one game (Sunday’s Game 4 in their first-round Eastern Conference series). Meaning the Chicago Bulls should have an easy time evening the series 2-2. OK, a less challenging time. Nothing seems to be easy regarding the Bulls — well, other than speculating about next season. […]
The Chicago White Sox rally in the ninth inning to win on a walkoff grand slam. The Blackhawks win in overtime. The Bulls blow a late lead but recover to win on the road. And then there were the Cubs. Can’t win ‘em all. * Speaking of the Cubs, right-hander Carlos Villanueva took over the […]
Well, that takes the cake. A 400-pound cake that was part of the Chicago Cubs’ centennial celebration of Wrigley Field on Wednesday was found in a dumpster on Thursday. How crummy — or crumby — can you be? * The Cubs did issue a statement: “The Chicago Cubs are disappointed in how our Wrigley Field […]
Thursday thoughts (or unreasonable facsimiles thereof): The Chicago Cubs celebrated the 100th anniversary of Wrigley Field with a once-in-a-hundred-year ninth-inning collapse. OK, for the Cubs it wasn’t all that uncommon. * The once-in-a-century occurrence would be one for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who scored five runs in the ninth inning for a 7-5 victory over the […]
Tuesday was Earth Day. Or, as Chicago Bulls fans were hoping, back down to earth day for the Washington Wizards. Instead of that happening, the Bulls fell. With a thud. A 101-99 overtime loss at the United Center that sends them to Washington down 2-0 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series. The Bulls couldn’t […]
Random thoughts (or what passes for them around here) while wondering whether the Chicago Bulls will win a road game in their series against the Washington Wizards to regain homecourt edge — well, provided they can win Game 2 Tuesday night at the United Center: * The good news for the Bulls is center Joakim […]
It would be too easy to say the Chicago Bulls laid an egg on Easter Sunday. And possibly too cliche. Not to mention too accurate. So we won’t do that. Instead we merely will observe the obvious: The Bulls lost Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series to the Washington Wizards 102-93 at the […]