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Midweek musings: There’s nothing quite like the excitement generated among Chicago Bears fans by reports that an experienced NFL head coach is interviewing for the Bears’ job. In no small part because team management has nothing quite like a track record of hiring experienced head coaches. As in the next coach with previous employment as […]
Random thoughts (or a reasonable approximation) while wondering how the Chicago Bulls could lose a home game to an Orlando Magic squad that had lost six consecutive contests: * Speaking of the Bulls, they allowed the Magic to shoot 59 percent from the field in the 121-114 result. On the bright (?) side, the Bulls’ […]
Monday meanderings: And now a word on behalf of the NFL rule that prevented Dallas receiver Dez Bryant from being credited with a fourth-quarter reception in the Cowboys’ NFC semifinals defeat Sunday at Green Bay: Boooooooooooo! * Not that overturning the initial call of a catch was wrong. It’s a bad rule. Oh, and any […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago Bulls ended their two-game losing streak with an improbable victory Saturday night at the United Center. Well, not totally improbable. After all, the opponent was the Milwaukee Bucks. What was improbable was the performance of Bulls forward Pau Gasol, who had a career-high 46 points. And that’s in a 14-year career. […]
The Chicago Bulls missed 20 of their first 24 field-goal attempts in losing 102-86 Friday on the road to the Washington Wizards. For the game the Bulls were 32-for-83. So, on the bright (?) side, they were 28-for-59 the rest of the game. Whoopee! * Bulls guard Derrick Rose had 19 point (8-of-19 from the […]
Yes, the Chicago Bears have a new general manager. No, he does not have experience in that job. Ryan Pace was the New Orleans Saints director of player personnel. Meaning he hasn’t made any bad trades and/or signings. So he has that going for him. Also meaning all his mistakes as a GM lie ahead. […]
Based on the way things went Wednesday night, the Chicago Bulls better hope they don’t play the Utah Jazz in the NBA Finals. Then again, if the Bulls play the way they did, they won’t reach the NBA Finals. And the chances of the Jazz (13-23) making the NBA Finals — or even the postseason […]
Midweek musings: Congratulations to Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz for being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in results announced Tuesday. As for those who failed to reach 75 percent approval from the electorate, better luck next year. Well, unless you happened to drop off the ballot for 2016. * […]
Random thoughts (or as close as we come to such things around here) while wondering whether a Chicago Bulls home victory vs. a good Western Conference team (Houston on Monday) means they are about to lose to a bad one (Utah on Wednesday): * Speaking of the Bulls’ 114-105 victory vs. the Rockets, Pau Gasol […]
Monday meanderings: Stuart Scott wasn’t for me. Then again, he wasn’t intended to be. The ESPN anchor, who died Sunday at 49, was intended for a younger, hipper demographic than the one that I was (and still am as far as I know) in. And that’s OK. He brought an element — call it whatever […]