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Monday meanderings: OK, so what’s more surprising: The Chicago Bulls losing in overtime to the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden or the Cubs defeating the Washington Nationals for their first victory of the baseball season? That would be the Bulls with Derrick Rose back in the lineup and the Cubs with Jeff Samardzija on the mound as the starter.
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* Rose’s reaction after scoring 29 points (8-of-26 from the field, miss two free throws with 10 seconds left in regulation and making eight turnovers in a 100-99 loss that ended with him driving and missing a baseline jumper: “Free throws, turnovers. That’s the reason why we lost this game. I had a lot of turnovers, just getting back into rhythm. It’s just one of those games at the end, missed those free throws. Hopefully next time, if I get the opportunity, I’m going to knock them down. I told them if I was out there and we needed to win the game, I wanted to be in the game and he put me in. I missed those damn free throws and next time, I know I’ll for sure hit one of them.”
* Samardzija’s reaction after striking out eight and going 8 2/3 innings in the Cubs’ first victory of the season (4-3 vs. the Washington Nationals) after two losses: “I’ve talked a good game about wanting to start and made it public. I didn’t want to look like an idiot.”
* Word floating around the Internet is Rose may have something else to occupy his mind soon: a child. TerezOwens.com posted: MVP guard Derrick Rose has a kid on the way. Rose’s longtime girlfriend Mieka is 7 1/2 months pregnant. We were scooped when Mieka’s younger sister broke the news on Twitter yesterday — She tweeted out how she enjoys “rubbing her sisters [pregnant] belly.”
* The Chicago Blackhawks are raising their ticket prices for next season. There ought to be a law that teams cannot raise their ticket prices greater than they raise their winning percentage.
* God bless Tim Tebow, who drew a crowd of about 15,000 to an outdoor Easter church service Sunday in Georgetown, Texas. Well, as long as it’s a Christian god. Let me know how welcoming football fans would be to a Muslim or some “un-American” deity. The new New York Jets backup quarterback would appear to have a chance for greater success as a preacher than as a passer. Guess you could say Tebow has sect appeal.
* Bubba Watson sounds like a name belonging to a football player rather than to the 2012 Masters champion. Here’s hoping he goes through with a report saying he is considering In-N-Out Burger for the Masters dinner.
April Rose, one of the favorites around here, as an auctioneer? Hey, you never know. Check out the video:
If you view this Playboy photo, you might catch a glimpse of another of this site’s favorites, Jaime Edmondson. Some familiar faces and other body parts, too:
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