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Imagine how thrilled Chicago Blackhawks fans who recorded the replay of the Hawks victory parade Friday (June 28) on Comcast SportsNet must be to wake up Saturday and find out they taped part of the second game of the Cleveland Indians-Chicago White Sox doubleheader. * Imagine how thrilled Sox fans who recorded the end of […]
The NBA held its annual draft Thursday night (June 27). The Chicago Bulls took forward Tony Snell from New Mexico with their first-round pick (No. 20 overall); they took Florida forward Erik Murphy in the second round (No. 49 overall). Pretty exciting, yes? OK, maybe not. Maybe not yet. Maybe not ever. That is the […]
Midweek musings: On another day, the Chicago Cubs might have been big news. Not for their performance on the field, of course, but for other actions. Instead the reaction to the Blackhawks winning the Stanley Cup on Monday night overshadowed media coverage Tuesday. So former star closer Carlos Marmol was designated for assignment and already […]
You know what they say about watching the NHL. All you have to do is tune in for the last two minutes. Oh, wait. That’s the NBA. A team trailing in an ice hockey encounter with less than two minutes remaining in the game generally is hard-pressed to tie. And so it was that the […]
Monday meanderings: Center fielder Ryan Sweeney had six runs batted in for the Chicago Cubs in a 14-6 victory Sunday (June 23) over the Houston Astros at Wrigley Field. He had seven in 89 at-bats entering the contest. Almost as amazing was shortstop Starlin Castro drawing his 12th walk of the season. On the minus […]
While all of Chicago (well, at least those on the Blackhawks bandwagon and/or those who have a vested interest in the team’s fortunes) prepares for a Stanley Cup celebration parade, here’s hoping team management finds a place this time — unlike the 2010 festivities — for the Ice Crew. Hey, it’s not like asking to […]
Saturday statistics: After considerable research, the statistical-analysis squad at elliottharris.com has uncovered evidence that teams that win Game 5 in a best-of-series that is tied 2-2 (which is the case with the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks whose next game is Saturday) go on to win in six or seven games. Either that or lose […]
The NBA season ended Thursday (June 20) with the Miami Heat defeating the San Antonio 95-88 in a climactic Game 7. As opposed to an anti-climactic Game 7 in a best-of-seven series? LeBron James had 37 points and 12 rebounds for the Heat, which won its second consecutive title. It’s right about here in almost […]
Chicago Blackhawks 6, Boston Bruins 5. That would be the goal totals for the two participants in the Stanley Cup Finals for the entire series (which many predicted would go seven games), no? No. That’s the score of Game 4 Wednesday night (June 19) in Boston. Oh. The Hawks had five goals total in the […]
Midweek musings: What the Miami Heat beating the visiting San Antonio Spurs 103-100 in overtime Tuesday (June 18) means is simple — other than there will be a decisive NBA Finals Game 7: The NHL will have to figure out a way for the Stanley Cup finals to come close to providing similar entertainment value. […]