Peter Kendall

Farmer out: The Bulls wanted free agent Jim Farmer but lost their chance to get him when he signed last week with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Bulls had taken Farmer...

- Hodges returns: Guard Craig Hodges, who gave the Bulls some much-needed long-distance scoring last season, has signed a multiyear contract. Hodges, acquired from the Phoenix Suns Dec. 14 for...

Will watch: The word on Will Perdue is that he squeaked a bit during his play in the California Summer League. ''He had to get the rustiness off,'' General Manager...

The Bulls Thursday hired Jim Cleamons, a former New York Knicks teammate of coach Phil Jackson, to fill the assistant coaching spot Jackson left vacant when he became coach. Cleamons,...

The newest owners in the National Basketball Association stirred things up Wednesday by making an unusual offer that will make one player a very wealthy man and could force other...

Long summer: The Bulls aren`t ex-actly tearing up the California Summer League. They`ve compiled a 0-4 record at the halfway point of the eight-game schedule against similar teams of rookies,...

- Summer camp: The summertime incarnation of the Bulls left Wednesday for the West Coast to play in the California Summer League. Will Perdue and 11 free agents and unsigned...

- Summer camp: Though you might not recognize many of them, the Bulls open their summer camp Sunday at The Multiplex in Deerfield. Rarely seen Will Perdue will likely be...

- The public face: What kind of media man will newly appointed Bulls coach Phil Jackson be? He`s promised that it will be the players, not the coach, who will...

- No action, Jackson: The day after the National Basketball Association draft, Bulls assistant coach Phil Jackson high-tailed it to Wyoming, where he and his family will spend part of...