Bernstein: Last Night's NCAA Games Worth Our Time
I will be the first person to agree that the NCAA tournament isn't what it used to be, with lesser overall talent on the floor and fewer compelling NBA prospects to watch.
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I will be the first person to agree that the NCAA tournament isn't what it used to be, with lesser overall talent on the floor and fewer compelling NBA prospects to watch.
At the peak of his global celebrity, Michael Jordan's pitch to potential consumers of his branded products was refreshingly direct.
No Bulls team had ever won back-to-back games by a total of 73 points, until yesterday. It had been fifteen years since they had won consecutive games by more than 30 apiece.
I know it's not his fault, and I have to be careful to remember that.
This is the risk you run when you recruit eighth-graders.
The effects of Omer Asik's achievement of double-figure points and rebounds in the same game were felt immediately last night, improving all aspects of life around the globe.
In 1965, the Beatles concert at Shea Stadium featured its own version of a "First Four," before the Fab Four made history.
After a couple days of double-talk and phony-baloney posturing to mollify fans and sponsors, the decision-makers at the NHL's GM meetings refused to ban the hits to the head that are causing a frightening number of concussions.
Tom Thibodeau was hired to improve the Bulls' defense, but it's possible that he has done much more than that.
Ok, so the NCAA field is lame. The 68 slots are bloated with bleh, NBA scouts are muttering about the lack of future impact players, and we're fresh off a pretty ordinary season, to put it nicely.
Don't be that guy, this year. We all hate him, the one shouting "I had that!" and strutting past cubicles when a four-seed loses to Buttcrack State on a flailing put-back.
If Brian Kelly wants to kill another Notre Dame student, he's gonna have to be more creative.
I believe in two things: discipline and the Bible. Here you'll receive both. Put your trust in the Lord; your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.
Another trial balloon from the Cubs has been met with another round of skepticism, and rightly so.
It wasn't too long ago that LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh stood onstage in uniform amid pumping music, flashing lights and swirling fog, waving to the swooning Miami crowd.
For years I have held that the endless bickering between fans of the Cubs and Sox is the most tiresome, tedious aspect of Chicago sports discussion.
Can Carlos Silva be traded for Charlie Sheen?
The fat guy in the yellow, nylon ball-cap sitting on the grassy slope down the third-base line cheers the second out of the seventh inning.
Any time someone announces an intention to take the high road, it's a good bet that exactly the opposite is about to happen.
The guy who hit the biggest shot also made the most important statement.
Tom Thibodeau shouldn't have to say a thing.
In a normal situation, it would be completely reasonable and understandable.
The ongoing saga of Carmelo Anthony has been mere background noise for the Bulls fan.
It took some time and information before the report started to make any sense.
A high-end Hollywood publicist could not have planned it any better for Derrick Rose and the Bulls.
