Bernie Lincicome

Not only is Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan not likely to shave his head to beat the Bulls, he is not, as was the waxed and perplexed Pat Riley, likely...

Ho and hum. Just another moment at the miracle market. Michael Jordan with the ball. Clock racing backward without conscience. Utah Jazz believing it belongs. Here comes the dagger. "It's...

Here at lake level, where championship basketball is assumed and long suffering is a baseball condition, sympathy will not be wasted on the desperate longing of Karl Malone and John...

As usual, as expected, as demanded, the grand chore is at hand for the Bulls. The NBA championship, an annual endowment in the years that have a Michael Jordan in...

The chore at hand for the Bulls remains an NBA championship, an annual endowment in the years that have a Michael Jordan in them, closer now that Miami has become...

To my surprise and alarm I found myself defending Dennis Rodman after the Bulls hit that little pothole on the Drive for Five in Miami, otherwise known as the Day...

Basketball came late to the Bulls this Memorial Day, somewhere after the baked beans and the nap on the couch, just before the twist tie on the litter bag; the...

Humility can wait. Catch the Bulls after Grant Park, after the Utah Jazz or whoever survives the Great Western Shootout. It can wait certainly until after the Miami Fingerbowls. "We...

Red Kerr circled the daily horoscope. The one for Aquarius. He passed it down the table. "Those who counted you out will be dining on crow," it read. "You will...

Admire the cork, forget the wine. "Basketball is not supposed to look like that," Michael Jordan said, "but we're six games away from the championship. So it means something." Ugly...