Zambrano is must-see baseball
Here's hoping the show that Carlos Zambrano put on Thursday in the Cubs' 9-3 win in the series finale against the Mets doesn't mark the last time we see him...
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Series showcases suffocating defense
Here we are again with another extended break before the Bulls and Miami continue. And for the second time this week, we'll obsess over the minutia. Miami's "Big Three" —...
Rose is MVP, but he sure is dull
I don't envy Derrick Rose for having to stare down the barrels of microphones every day. It's a safe guess that a high percentage of the 22-year-olds in the world...
Hawks had a bad year; they failed the class
It's easy to produce a sensible list of events that made the season a tough putt for the Blackhawks. In salary cap hell, general manager Stan Bowman reconstructed the roster....
Look for Bears to trade down in NFL draft
Amid all the excitement Thursday, it would have been easy for some to have missed a peek at the Bears' future. It came in the form of the traditional pre-draft...
In Game 2, Hawks need greatest hits
Some hockey statistics often fail to represent how a game really went. Shots on goal, for example, often are as misleading as time of possession can be in football. But...
Losing to Red Wings, missing playoffs would be nightmarish
I don't believe there could be a more nightmarish conclusion to any season in Blackhawks history than losing a home-and-home series to the Red Wings and missing the playoffs because...
Crawford no longer afterthought
When the puck first dropped last October, Corey Crawford was an afterthought. The Blackhawks parted with Stanley Cup winning goaltender Antti Niemi and thought they found his successor in 35-year-old...
Local college basketball has become irrelevant
I confess to being a March Madness bandwagoner, seldom drawn to the game before brackets grace the paper following selection Sunday. Like many casual consumers of college buckets, I'm seeing...
Preparing for an NFL-free world
You don't need the NFL. You only think you do. With the lockout getting uglier and optimism over a new collective bargaining agreement precipitously falling, I've continued to explore the...