Thibodeau Not Burning Out Bulls
Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau is an intense head coach who demands a high level of energy, preparation and defense from his team.
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Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau is an intense head coach who demands a high level of energy, preparation and defense from his team.
The Chicago Bulls were on a roll and approaching their first division title in 13 years when Carlos Boozer suffered an injury. But overcoming injuries is nothing new to this Bulls team.
For the most part, the Chicago Bulls are the surprise team in the NBA this year. While they were expected to be good, not even fans here in Chicago expected them to be this good.
A night after finishing off the season sweep of the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls beat the New Orleans Hornets 85-77 at the United Center.
When LeBron James spurned Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls in the offseason and decided to take his talents to a star-studded team in Miami, Bulls fans were bummed.
While yesterday was a statement win for the Chicago Bulls, reality needs to set in and sometime soon.
Derrick Rose has the current spotlight in Chicago basketball, but if the Bulls wish to win the NBA title this year they need to rely on what every NBA championship team has relied on in the past.
Over the past few years Luol Deng's name was rumored to be involved in trades that would have brought Kobe Bryant or Carmelo Anthony to the Bulls. The fact that neither trade happened might be good for the Bulls.
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.
Over his career, Rasual Butler has built up the reputation of being a defensive and three-point specialist. After coming to the Chicago Bulls, Butler knows he'll contribute in both, but one will get him on the floor first.
In his three seasons playing for the Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose has taken his hometown, and the entire NBA, by storm. While many fans know him well on the court, it can be hard to get a true read on him off the court.
Coming into the season many thought that Boston and Miami would be at the top of the Eastern Conference, but few expected the Chicago Bulls to be right with the Celtics and Heat.
Through 57 games this season, the Chicago Bulls haven't lost three in a row, head coach Tom Thibodeau's coaching philosophy has to be given much of the credit for this.
The Chicago Bulls picked up a big statement win on Thursday night by beating the Miami Heat 93-89. But after one of the biggest wins of the season the Bulls are still grounded by the philosophy of their head coach.
The defensive effort wasn't there. The defensive rotations weren't there. This is not the way the Bulls wanted to start the second half of the season.
Tom Thibodeau shouldn't have to say a thing.
Joakim Noah returned to the court for the first time Wednesday after missing the previous 30 games. The Raptors and Bulls both kept the score close, but Toronto pulled away in the final minute to shut the Bulls down.
Over the course of the 30 games that the Chicago Bulls played without center Joakim Noah, the team went 22-8. The last game that Noah played was against the Toronto Raptors, the same team he'll make his return against.
Joakim Noah will start in his first game back after missing nearly two months with a hand injury when the Chicago Bulls take on the Toronto Raptors.
The ongoing saga of Carmelo Anthony has been mere background noise for the Bulls fan.
A high-end Hollywood publicist could not have planned it any better for Derrick Rose and the Bulls.
It should make you feel better to know that John Paxson and Gar Forman are watching the same games we are.
Not much was working for Derrick Rose in the Bulls' 106-94 win over the Bobcats Tuesday night. He was double teamed, trapped and turned-over all night long.
In the NBA, constantly yelling at players can quickly have them turning on their head coach. But Tom Thibodeau can yell with the best of them and still has the players full support.
A comedian, storyteller, Navy veteran, and proud Chicagoan, Tom Dreesen leaves behind a legacy built not only on laughter but on kindness too.
Restoration crews are hard at work responding to and repairing damage around the city caused by last week's storms.
Matt Shaw got the Cubs going in the second with a two-run triple and Carson Kelly followed with an RBI double to set the stage for Swanson's first home run since May 18.
The surging New York Yankees used another big inning to beat the Chicago White Sox 10-5 on Wednesday night.
The flames from the cross burning in the middle of Grant Park were visible to anyone driving or walking down Columbus Drive.
The Chicago City Council on Wednesday approved a plan to buy the city's Greyhound bus station in the West Loop to avoid its possible closure.
Lawmakers have a busy summer of negotiations ahead of them with pressure from both the governor's office and their constituents to craft data center regulations that stakeholders and legislators can live with.
The agreement, as read by senior U.S. officials, allows Iran to immediately begin exporting oil and petroleum products.
After more than a decade since it was announced, the Obama Presidential Center and Library officially opens to the public in Chicago's Jackson Park on June 19, 2026.
Lawyers for the "Broadview Six" are trying to uncover communication between the White House and Chicago U.S. Attorney's Office regarding prosecutorial misconduct in their now-dismissed case.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
June is World Infertility Awareness Month, and Northwestern Medicine on Monday shared the story of a woman who is celebrating the birth of her second child after a tumor disrupted her fertility.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
Luke Skywalker's lightsaber from the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back" is expected to sell for at least $1 million at an upcoming auction.
Rio de Janeiro's Military Fire Department said one of the helicopters crashed in the parking lot of a car dealership, where several electric vehicles were parked, igniting a fire.
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker addressed the Class of 2026 at Northwestern University at their commencement ceremony at the United Center Sunday.
Forty years ago last weekend, crowds turned out for the Chicago Blues Festival — an event studded with a roster of stars for a spectacle that's still talked about today.
Tom Dreesen, whose decades-long career as a comedian and entertainer took him from a poverty-stricken childhood in Harvey to sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in entertainment, has died at 86.
Wednesday's strong winds threw a major punch at the city.
Merlin Lu, 21, of Chicago, was charged with felony counts of damage to property between $ 500 and $ 10,000, arson, and two felony counts of a hate crime.
Police said that after the fatal shooting, the suspect ran north on Clark Street, leading officers on a foot chase before being located in the 1400 block of West Argyle Street, just east of Clark Street. Investigators say during the chase, the suspect turned towards officers and raised a gun. At that point, officers opened fire, police said.
ISP says the semi was hauling scrap metal that spread across the road, and a piece got wedged between a bridge and the road. The other two vehicles were hit by debris.
Five years after Chicago police officer Ella French was shot and killed in the line of duty, COPA released bodycam footage showing the late officer's final moments.
The suspect is facing multiple felony charges, including first-degree murder and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.
The flames from the cross burning in the middle of Grant Park were visible to anyone driving or walking down Columbus Drive.
A comedian, storyteller, Navy veteran, and proud Chicagoan, Tom Dreesen leaves behind a legacy built not only on laughter but on kindness too.
Restoration crews are hard at work responding to and repairing damage around the city caused by last week's storms.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
The system will provide all heating, cooling, and ventilation for the high school's new physical education facilities and contribute to the school system, saving the district nearly $400,000 a year.
The forecast for a summer reopening of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park is growing cloudy, as negotiations continue between the owners and landlord, after the safety net hospital abruptly shuttered its doors in March.
Matt Shaw got the Cubs going in the second with a two-run triple and Carson Kelly followed with an RBI double to set the stage for Swanson's first home run since May 18.
The surging New York Yankees used another big inning to beat the Chicago White Sox 10-5 on Wednesday night.
He says that, though his career ended early, coaching was a way to stay involved.
The three-game series wraps up Wednesday with Rockies LHP Sean Sullivan facing Cubs RHP Javier Assad.
Spencer Jones homered in the second inning, Ben Rice and Paul Goldschmidt each added a two-run drive in the fourth, and the Yankees rocked the White Sox 12-2 on Tuesday night.
A sport-utility vehicle rammed into a Shell gas station mini mart in what was believed to be an attempted crash-and-grab burglary in Chicago's East Pilsen neighborhood.
Luigi Mangione's lawyers will argue that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Rex Heuermann was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
A man from Chicago's south suburbs was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison last week for running an online chat group that trafficked in child pornography.
Chicago police on Tuesday released surveillance images of three attackers who they say beat a man on a downtown CTA Blue Line platform last week.
