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Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago Bulls handed the Indiana Pacers their first loss of the season in a 110-94 decision Saturday at the United Center. Derrick Rose was 6-of-11 from three-point range, as the Bulls shot 57.9 percent from three-point land. Making an uneducated guess (the only type that we know how to make around here) […]
The Chicago Bulls defeated the Toronto Raptors 96-80 Friday. All five Bulls starters scored in double figures in the road victory. Derrick Rose sat out the game because of a hamstring injury. So the only logical conclusion some folks draw from all this is that the Bulls are a better team without their best player. […]
Fearless Friday forecast: Anything the Chicago Bulls do against the Toronto Raptors will be front-page news in Canada only if Toronto mayor Rob Ford suits up for the Raptors (for those who have not been paying attention to what has been going on with Ford, you might want to take a few minutes to learn […]
Thursday thoughts (or a reasonable facsimile thereof): Not that it is recent news or anything, but the best college football team in Illinois is Northern Illinois. Of course, a Northwestern victory Saturday at home against Michigan would be big, but it still wouldn’t moved the Wildcats past NIU to the top spot. And, of course, […]
Midweek musings: A college basketball doubleheader Tuesday night at the United Center featured Michigan State defeating Kentucky and Kansas beating Duke. It also featured future NBA players such as Duke freshman Jabari Parker, who returned home to Chicago and impressed (27 points, nine rebounds). And the evening’s entertainment featured something other than rare talent: rare […]
On Veterans Day, NBA veteran Mike Dunleavy was the story of the Chicago Bulls’ 96-81 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday at the United Center. Well, he was before Bulls guard Derrick Rose suffered an injury and sat out the game’s final 3:15. Rose apparently suffered the injury when he drove to the basket […]
Sunday smorgasbord: For those hoping to see a guard with incredible skills and Most Valuable Player ability at the United Center, there will be Monday’s Chicago Bulls game. He will be playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. His name is Kyrie Irving, and he had 39 points, 12 assists and the game-winning basket in the Cavs’ […]
Weekend wondering: When was the last time Chicago Bulls fans booed because a player was taken out one assist short of his first triple-double? Such was the scene at Friday’s 97-73 victory against the visiting (and winless) Utah Jazz when Luol Deng ended up with 19 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. If the fans […]
Thursday thoughts (or about as close as it gets to thinking around here): WGN-TV, which has been synonymous with broadcasting Chicago Cubs games, soon may become anonymous as far as airing baseball. The team informed the Tribune-owned entity it is exercising its option to opt out of its contract after the 2014 season. Will this […]
Midweek musings: The Seattle Mariners named Lloyd McClendon their manager on Tuesday. The same fellow who once was a Cubs player. Meaning the scoreboard shows ex-Cubs leading the actual Cubs in filling a managerial vacancy. * Reported among the finalists for the Mariners job was Rick Renteria, who also was among the possibilities with the […]