Bernstein: Wade's Selfishness Nearly Sinks Heat
The worst possible reason to take a shot is because you think it's about time you did.
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The worst possible reason to take a shot is because you think it's about time you did.
As soon as a well-meant charitable effort is twisted into a Stanley Cup rallying cry, all bets are off.
If there is any grumbling still going on, I can't hear it.
After more than a year and a half, the only person not still actively involved in the Jerry Sandusky scandal is Jerry Sandusky.
What's too bad for the Bulls is that somebody in their own division appears closer to calling "next."
Nobody should have to be thankful for the existence of the Miami Marlins.
Alarm bells are going off, and nobody seems to notice or care.
Hidden in the brush-off Lance Briggs gave the media yesterday is a much larger issue facing a team trying to push one side of the ball into modernity while keeping another rooted in the past.
Four NBA teams remain in the running for the title, and the never-say-die Bulls are not one of them because, well, they died.
I'm still waiting for a single credible argument against widely expanded use of instant replay in baseball to get critical calls right, since the two usually offered are embarrassingly limp.
I don't like the Bulls team we have seen lately, the one acting like undisciplined, unprofessional idiots while antagonizing officials and whining about calls.
I've decided I'm with Hawk Harrelson.
When it comes to acceptance of gay players, the NHL is already way ahead of the NBA.
When Bears GM Phil Emery uses a first-round pick on somebody you never even thought about, it's because he's been on that tip for a while, already. You know, before it was cool.
The problem is in the word still being used that immediately brings to mind deception, lies and fraud.
For one night, performance, geography, expectation and the choice of juxtaposition conspired to make something once so grand seem very small, and very far away.
Public opinion matters to the Cubs in their efforts to modernize their property and stabilize their presence in Tom Ricketts' beloved Wrigleyville.
We asked for your submissions and you obliged. Many were predictably obtuse and pointless. Most, actually. But there were a handful worthy of thoughtful response.
Something odd must have occurred in the last nine days, because this contrition was nonexistent at Alford's introductory press conference April 2.
Thursday, over a decade later, Alford formally apologized for the way he handled the Pierre Pierce innocent.
Dan Bernstein will be taking your questions this week in his Sunday column on CBSChicago.com.
Why is Derrick Rose refusing to continue his rehabilitation, per instruction from the team doctor?
He can change the team colors of his shirt and tie, but Steve Alford's reptilian scales will always lie underneath.
Too many have forgotten exactly what Alford did in the aftermath of that incident in Iowa City on September 6, 2002.
