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Today’s effort may feature less creativity and wit than usual (and I know that’s saying something). There is a good reason, of course. I want to be sure I possess my keenest powers of observation for Saturday night’s Cleveland Cavaliers-Chicago Bulls game at the United Center. Well, at least for halftime. That’s when the Luvabulls […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder was undefeated at home before the Chicago Bulls visited Thursday night. The Bulls did not have Luol Deng, who sat out because of an Achilles injury. Kirk Hinrich did not play because of a back injury. Derrick Rose is out for the season with a knee injury. And then Jimmy Butler […]
Thursday thoughts (or a reasonable facsimile): Legendary Chicago disc jockey Larry Lujack died Wednesday in New Mexico. He was 73. Which isn’t exactly a sports story. Uncle Lar’s cohort during much of his reign was Tommy Edwards, who is the public-address announcer for the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. So there is that. * […]
Midweek musings: There are rumblings about Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose being unhappy with the idea that the team might rebuild. Well, even if the thought of Luol Deng and/or Carlos Boozer not being on the team next season is upsetting to Rose while he recuperates from knee surgery, someone should remind him that Michael […]
Random thoughts (or as close to them as we come around here) while wondering whether Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford or Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler makes more ill-advised passes. * Speaking of the Lions (who lost to the visiting Baltimore Ravens 18-16 Monday night on a 61-yard field goal by Justin Tucker), they did […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago Bears’ 38-31 victory Sunday against the host Cleveland Browns featured Jay Cutler playing poorly early and excellently late. Meaning that both his detractors and supporters had a chance to see why they are right and wrong to be so intransigent in their position. * A brief timeout for the generally inflexible […]
The Chicago Bears play the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in Cleveland. Which reminds me of my brother Rob. Not that he played football — professional or otherwise — with the exception of the backyard or schoolyard variety. Not that he ever lived in Cleveland. Or anything like that. But lots of things remind me of […]
Thanks to the fine folks at Bovada, (www.Bovada.lv, Twitter: @BovadaLV), we have an abundance of NFL-related odds material. Purely for entertainment purposes, of course. And also to provide some text around which we can run a photo of an attractive female (in this case, it is a picture of model Megan Bernard with a seasonal […]
If brevity is indeed the soul of wit, today’s effort figures to be witty. Or maybe soulful. Possibly both. Because of extenuating circumstances, the Friday the 13th edition will be brief as far as words are concerned. Not because of superstition. The cause of the aforementioned brevity is mental fatigue. Which probably will come as […]
After two consecutive days of obituaries, we now return to our normal programming. Well, provided that you think our programming around here is normal. Some of us favor a broad definition of the word and will live happily ever after. Anyway, because of extenuating circumstances (mainly attending the funeral of my brother and its immediate […]