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Everyone knows Derrick Rose. Well, everyone who follows the NBA does. As complete as his game may be, he lacks a certain something. Namley, a nickname. A big-time player such as the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player ought to have a distinctive nickname. How about Derrick “Game-Time-Decision” Rose? OK, not exactly what Bulls fans had […]
Saturday smorgasbord: Home runs? Adam Dunn hit one. Then he hit another. Against the Seattle Mariners on Friday (April 20) for the visiting Chicago White Sox. Two home runs in one game? It seemed like he had trouble hitting that many in one month last season. Maybe, just maybe, the Sox won’t be as bad […]
You figured a Chicago sports team would be in for a physical battle Thursday (April 19). Who knew it would be the Bulls rather than the Blackhawks receiving the most cheap shots? * The Miami Heat beating the visiting Bulls means little — other than the Bulls still are yet to clinch the best record […]
Thursday thoughts: Without reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Derrick Rose and all-star Luol Deng, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 100-68 Wednesday (April 18). Bring on the playoffs. Well, as long as teams the caliber of the Bobcats are the opposition. * The National Hockey League has suspended Raffi Torres of the Phoenix Coyotes […]
Midweek musings: Chicago Blackhawks fans — not to mention coach Joel Quenneville and the Hawks players — are upset that Marian Hossa was recipient of what sure looked like a cheap shot by Phoenix’s Raffi Torres in their first-round playoff series Tuesday night (April 17) at the United Center. After a 3-2 overtime loss, Quenneville […]
Random thoughts while wondering whether guard Derrick Rose’s fragility is to the Chicago Bulls what pitcher Jake Peavy’s has been to the White Sox: * The Bulls lost 87-84 to the Washington Wizards on Monday night (April 16) at the United Center. The Bulls were without Rose and fellow all-star Luol Deng. And without much […]
It has been one of those days. Woke up early — because of a phone call that led to nothing. Couldn’t get back to sleep, so tried to do some work. Which, of course, caused sleep mode to kick in. Thankfully, the excitement of the draft was enough to brng about revitilization. Yes, there’s nothing […]
Monday meanderings: IRS could stand for something besides Internal Revenue Service. How about: Irritated Rose Speaks. Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose, who took a shot to the top of his nose that drew blood in Sunday’s game at Detroit, let it be known after the game he isn’t happy about the hard fouls he has […]
Once upon a time (OK, actually many years ago because this is indeed fact rather than fairytale), I wrote a letter to Jackie Robinson to ask for his autograph. He was retired from baseball and working as an executive for Chock Full o’Nuts in New York. The first African-American player to break the color line […]
The Chicago Bulls are ready for the postseason. Such is the way life is in the immediate aftermath of their victory Thursday (April 12) over the Miami Heat 96-86 in overtime at the United Center. It was a game of cosmic proportions. Unless it was insignificant. OK, it possibly was a little of each — […]