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It’s draft day for the NFL. Which means — in a stunning development — the Chicago Bears will select the player they wanted all along. Whoever that might be. In an equally stunning development, every other team with a first-round pick will land the player they wanted all along. Teams that trade up will be […]
Midweek musings: To be a Chicago Cubs fan can be painful. That has been well-documented — for decades. White Sox fans can point to winning the 2005 World Series. Maybe that eases the pain of being last in the American League Central this season. Thanks to a 4-2 victory in 10 inningsTuesday at Cincinnati, the […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose will wear red (civilian attire) for Game 3 of the team’s first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday (April 25): * So if the Bulls, who evened their best-of-seven series Monday, win their home game, they will advance to the second round. Meaning […]
Monday meanderings: The Chicago Bulls are one day closer to the end of their season. Of course, that would be true even if they had won their first-round game Saturday at Brooklyn. Well, as far as the calendar is concerned. With Game 2 Monday (April 22), the Nets can take a 2-0 lead in the […]
David Ortiz used profanity. Neil Diamond used music. All part of the healing process for Bostonians who lived through the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday and the unreal reality that has unfolded since. “This jersey that we wear today, it doesn’t say Red Sox, it says Boston,” Ortiz told the crowd at Fenway Park on […]
Because the late-night/early-morning coverage of the events in the Boston area that involved a security guard being shot to death at MIT, a police shootout and explosions in nearby Watertown, Mass., and supect (or suspects) being apprehended, there will be less verbiage than usual. Multi-tasking is not a strength around the editorial offices at elliottharris.com, […]
Sporting events are the great escape. From everyday problems and ones far larger than that. Except when the games are not, when they serve as a reminder of something more important than the outcome of a fleeting meeting of competitors. Such was the case Wednesday (April 17), two days after the Boston Marathon bombings that […]
Midweek musings: Texas Rangers designated hitter Lance Berkman had a few words about Wrigley Field, courtesy of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (a former employer of this humble scribe) and Dallas Morning News: “It’s one of the worst places in baseball for, well, just about anything. I really don’t like it. I read where they got […]
There is nothing quite like social media for immediacy. Ah, yes. Immediate gratification. So tempting. So satisfying. And sometimes so wrong. Such was the case Monday (April 15) in the aftermath of the bombing at the Boston Marathon. Such as those Facebook posts featuring a photo of a young girl as one of the victims […]
Monday meanderings: The City of Chicago and the Cubs have reached an apparent agreement on updating Wrigley Field. Part of the deal calls for increasing night games from about 30 to 40. Meaning the Cubs still will have more day games than other teams. Also meaning they still will be able to point to day […]