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Northwestern fired basketball coach Bill Carmody on Saturday (March 16). His Big Ten Conference colleagues had kind words for him. Understandably so. Carmody, who had led the Wildcats program for 13 seasons, seems a respectable person and coach. He appears to run a clean program and to be a good teacher. You can’t ask for […]
In the ongoing contemplation of whether LeBron James someday will be judged to be as good as (or –gasp! — even better than) Michael Jordan, the Jordan proponents point to the six NBA titles he won with the Chicago Bulls. James has won one with the Miami Heat. So the thinking there is of team […]
TNA Impact Wrestling Live’s first foray for its Thursday night Spike TV show away from Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., was a smashing success. Into turnbuckles. Onto the mat. Onto the floor outside the ring. An enthusiastic audience at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., enjoyed seeing the wrestlers in person, even if some […]
OK, I have to admit it: I spent the night with Brooke Hogan. All right, not the entire night. Oh, and with Christy Hemme, Gail Kim, Velvet Sky, SoCal Val and Lisa Marie Varon. Plus Robbie E, Chris Daniels, Joseph Park and a bunch of other wrestling folks. They all were at a private pre-party […]
Midweek musings: The Chicago Bears agreed to deals with a tight end — Martellus Bennett, formerly of the New York Giants — and an offensive left tackle — Jermon Bushrod, formerly of the New Orleans Saints — as the NFL’s 2013 free agency began Tuesday (March 12). It would appear to be about as much […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether the possibility of Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher becoming a free agent and signing with another team is more disconcerting to Bears fans or to Urlacher: * The New York Yankees — with first baseman Mark Teixeira out util at least May with a wrist injury — reportedly have contacted […]
Monday meanderings: Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose told ABC sideline reporter Doris Burke his return to playing is being hindered by his hamstrings that bother him. Rose was not on the bench for the Bulls’ nationally televised 90-81 loss to the Lakers Sunday (March 10) in Los Angeles. His is only one injury that pains […]
As if some of us weren’t tired enough to begin with. Daylight Savings Times went into effect at 2 a.m. Saturday (March 9). Which means putting clocks and other devices that tell us time ahead by one hour. So, as I look to see what time it is, it is after 3 a.m. at the […]
The Chicago Bulls had reason to celebrate Friday (March 8). After all, it was Benny the Bull’s birthday bash at their game against the Utah Jazz. And the Bulls beat the Jazz 89-88. And recuperating guard Derrick Rose reportedly has been cleared to play by his doctor. OK, so not all of those reasons are […]
Some things are too easy to mock. Case in point: the Chicago Cubs. Not concerning their dearth of recent World Series appearances (last one was 1945 vs. the Detroit Tigers. Not concerning their dearth of World Series titles (last one was 1908). No, instead it’s the team’s latest ad campaign whose focus is the word […]