Bernstein: Rose, Thibs Off Message
One has been an extension of the other all season, as they have worked and spoken in lock-step synchronization to lead the Bulls to the NBA's best record and the second round of the playoffs.
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One has been an extension of the other all season, as they have worked and spoken in lock-step synchronization to lead the Bulls to the NBA's best record and the second round of the playoffs.
I wish I could agree with Rick Telander of the Chicago Sun Times. Really.
As Bears as Bears can be, they take a perfectly satisfying story and complicate it by screwing something up.
"The Godfather II," it was not. Were it, the Blackhawks would have ended up in another parade, showing off hardware and long playoff beards, wearing big sunglasses over sleepless eyes as they drunkenly freestyle-rapped inane lyrics to a sea of red-clad celebrants.
Not trying to take the easy warm-fuzzies out of a fun night for the Bulls, but I have to ask the question: why should Joakim Noah need the inspiration of his family sitting courtside to come out of the gate playing like that?
Here's all you need to know about the mental titans that are the Vancouver Canucks.
Derrick Rose tears ligaments in his ankle, and fans react afterward as if he came out of the game with a hangnail. Am I the only person aware of what's at stake, here?
Stacey King called for retaliation. Pacers hoodlum Jeff Foster had just knocked Derrick Rose to the floor, inciting another heated exchange of words between the teams, and King had some words of his own.
I have to hand it to the NFL. Few organizations could publicly promote their immediate future with such fanfare and grandiosity while simultaneously insisting none of it will ever happen if they don't want it to.
Somebody tell Ozzie Guillen that he's managing an American League team, and one built to slug.
If these games against the Pacers seem closer than they should be, that's because they are.
Carlos Boozer is making me look like an idiot, and I'd like him to stop.
NBA players, coaches and broadcasters love to tell you that "playoff basketball is different."
62 wins, the top seed in the Eastern conference, the NBA's best overall record and home-court advantage all the way through the playoffs, after an all-out performance by a roster laden with useful players.
Like a patient back from the brink, the Blackhawks have a new appreciation of life.
Ten games into a major-league season is no time to declare a crisis. There will be normalization of underperformance, just as there is in the other direction. In time, players will be who they are.
Too often we take for granted the fact that we're lucky to live in a high-major professional sports market that affords such big things as yesterday.
Being the likely NBA Most Valuable Player is one thing. Proving it every night is another, especially when you shouldn't have to.
Death penalty for college basketball. For a year, at least. Shut the whole thing down and reboot it, and maybe when we power it back up it's all fixed, sorta like a DVR.
If the Butler Bulldogs win the national title, will they please leave?
I'm rooting like hell for Mike Quade to succeed in his new, unlikely job as Cubs' manager. (I have no idea if he's going to be any good at it).
Today's story involves whether Bruce Weber is going to leave Illinois for Oklahoma.
I should probably heed the trial lawyer's rule, and not even ask a question about hockey without already knowing the answer.
During this giddy, accelerating ride to their position as title contenders, the Bulls had learned that it was pretty much OK to lollygag for three quarters before letting Derrick Rose grab the game by the throat.
Jim Hendry and Mike Quade ultimately did the right thing regarding bloated man-child Carlos Silva -- releasing him, eating the remaining salary, starting Andrew Cashner and keeping Marcos Mateo – but only after the aftermath of the move turned ugly.
