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The great thing about going to sleep early is getting some sleep. The bad thing is that it can throw your schedule off. And so it is that it’s very early Saturday (some time after 4 a.m.) and here I am trying to provide a modicum of creativity type. I suppose I could be writing […]
First baseman Jose Abreu hit his first home run as a Chicago White Sox in a 6-6 tie Thursday with the Kansas City Royals. It won’t be his last. Well, if it is, the Sox will be in for a long season. Even longer than 2013 — if that’s possible. * Sox center fielder Adam […]
Devin Hester had many happy returns for the Chicago Bears. It appears the kick and punt returner extraordinaire will have no more. Well, not for the Bears. He posted on Facebook: “To all my Chicago people … I can’t thank you all enough for my time in Chicago. I’ve always said I wanted to retire […]
Midweek musings: LeBron James is no Michael Jordan. OK, so there is an argument to be made on the Miami Heat star’s behalf. But James, who had 61 points Monday and had a chance to become only player other than Wilt Chamberlain with consecutive 60-point games, scored a mere 22 Tuesday in the Heat’s 106-103 […]
Random thoughts (or reasonable facsimiles thereof) while wondering what is preventing LeBron James from averaging 35-plus points per game. * Miami Heat star James had 61 points Monday in defeating the visiting Charlotte Bobcats 124-107. He was 22-of-33 from the field. He made his first eight three-point attempts. Chances are excellent that the Chicago Bulls […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago White Sox and Cubs were rained out of spring-training games Saturday. Actually, two for the Cubs and one for the Sox. For some of us, there is a certain pleasure to be derived from seeing a Cactus League game (or games) rained out. With that pleasure lasting until it’s time to […]
One of the joys of spring training is being able to focus on the good and ignore the bad that happens to your team. Magnify the positives and minimize the negatives. * Kris Bryant hit a home run in his first exhibition at-bat for the Cubs. His seventh-inning blast came in a 15-3 loss to […]
Goodbye, Columbus. OK, so there isn’t a hello, Columbus, to go with that sentiment. The Arnold Sports Festival has begun in Columbus, Ohio. Unlike the last few years, your humble correspondent will not be attending. Yes, wait till next year is a theme that some of us are familiar with. In this case, there is […]
Thursday thoughts (or as close as it comes to things like that around here): It’s not entirely clear whether the possibility that Arizona might lose the right to host Super Bowl XLIX (that’s the 2015 game) was the key reason that a proposed discriminatory (meaning anti-gay) bill was squashed. The NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s […]
Midweek musings: With a 107-103 victory over the host Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, the Chicago Bulls improved their record to 30-26. In the Eastern Conference, that means they are good enough (or the East is bad enough) for the No. 4 seed. Well, if the season ended today. Which might not be the worst idea […]