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Sunday smorgasbord: Normally, this space does not have a college athletics event as the first item mentioned. Well, Northwestern University’s football game at Nebraska was anything but normal Saturday. More specifically, the final play of the game with the Wildcats leading by three points. Meaning the Huskers needed a miracle to negotiate the 49 yards […]
Weekend wondering: The Chicago Cubs and White Sox are making offseason headlines. Something says they would prefer to have them for naming a manager (Cubs) or player acquisitions (both teams) rather than pitcher Nick Blount (Sox) or shortstop Elliot Soto (Cubs) being suspended for 50 games for violating the minor league drug program. Wondering whether […]
Derrick Rose was a “game-time decision” whether he would play Thursday against the New York Knicks. As if an aching neck would keep him out of the Bulls’ regular-season home opener at the United Center. Despite a 7-for-23 shooting effort, Rose proved to be more than a pain in the neck against the Knicks. He […]
Now that the World Series has eneded, the Chicago Cubs can get down to some really important stuff. Like what beer to serve at Wrigley Field. Or naming a manager to replace Dale Sveum. Thinking about either one is enough to drive some people to drink. * Speaking of beer and the Cubs, try this […]
Midweek musings: Based on their regular-season opening result Tuesday (Oct. 29), the Chicago Bulls might want to hope that preseason victories are some sort of playoff tiebreaker. Not that one game — such as the 107-95 loss to the host Miami Heat — means much. Or anything. Unless, of course, they actually had defeated the […]
Random thoughts (or what passes for thinking around here) while waiting for the Chicago Bulls to open their season with a road game against the NBA champion Miami Heat on Tuesday: * Speaking of the Bulls, they will be in the locker room rather than on the court when the Heat receives rings for winning […]
Monday meanderings: A pickoff of the National League team’s runner to end Game 4 of the World Series. An error and obstruction call against the American League team to end Game 3. Are we certain that commissioner Bud Selig didn’t slip in the Chicago Cubs and White Sox to participate over the weekend in the […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The good news for the Chicago Bears is they have Sunday off as a bye week. Meaning more time for injured players — quarterback Jay Cutler, linebacker Lance Briggs, etc. — to heal without missing more games than they would if the Bears didn’t have a bye week. Also meaning some of us […]
Weekend wondering: With the Chicago Bulls concluding their exhibition schedule with a 94-89 victory against the visiting Denver Nuggets on Friday, they finish with an 8-0 record. Does that mean for the Bulls’ home opener Oct. 31 that commissioner David Stern will show up to award the NBA Preseason Championship trophy? Or will it merely […]
Jake Peavy is the scheduled starter for the Boston Red Sox in Game 3 of the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday at Busch Stadium. Yes, the same right-hander who started the season with the Chicago White Sox and eventually was traded in a three-team deal that included the Detroit Tigers. So […]