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Bulls rookie Doug McDermott is biding his time adjusting to the NBA.

Rookie Doug McDermott learning patience, as well as defense in the NBA

May 13, 2019 at 10:07 a.m.

HOUSTON — The gap between college basketball and the NBA actually is quantifiable. It measures 80 inches and about 225 pounds. Doug McDermott dominated at Creighton, a first-team All-American who...

Pau Gasol celebrates a basket with Mike Dunleavy in the Bulls' win over the 76ers.

Grant Hill comes to defense of Pau Gasol

May 13, 2019 at 10:07 a.m.

HOUSTON — No one could have predicted Pau Gasol would start his first All-Star Game in his 14th NBA season. But TNT and NBA TV analyst Grant Hill was not...

Derrick Rose defends in the second quarter against the Hawks at the United Center.

For slumping Bulls, ‘the effort’ proves elusive

May 13, 2019 at 10:07 a.m.

HOUSTON — Some nights, the problem is defense. Wednesday in Houston, it was offense. Some nights, these Bulls still resemble the grinders that averaged 51.3 regular-season wins in coach Tom...

Joakim Noah passes the ball over the Rockets' Corey Brewer in the second half.

Jimmy Butler stresses he’s at fault, too, for Bulls’ porous defense

May 13, 2019 at 10:06 a.m.

HOUSTON — Fourth-year pro Jimmy Butler had come home to play before, but never as an All-Star. And never with so much of the spotlight directed at his 6-foot-7 frame....

Wednesday’s recap: Rockets 101, Bulls 90

May 13, 2019 at 10:06 a.m.

The summary The Rockets played without injured center Dwight Howard and still won with relative ease, 101-90, scoring the first 13 points of the fourth quarter. The Bulls again struggled...

Jim Harbaugh speaks to the media as he is introduced as the new Michigan football coach.

Harbaugh Effect, Ohio State’s success rev up Big Ten recruiting

August 19, 2019 at 7:59 a.m.

It's a convenient storyline: The manically competitive Jim Harbaugh, a man who once reportedly picked on a 10-year-old kid to beat friends at laser tag, is tearing through the Big...

Northwestern recruit Lloyd Yates out to prove he can play quarterback

August 19, 2019 at 7:59 a.m.

Lloyd Yates' favorite quarterback is Tom Brady. "I just like the way he carries himself," Yates said. "He has a swagger. The wife, the house ... he has it all,...

Simba Short ready to roar for Northwestern

August 19, 2019 at 7:59 a.m.

One meeting is all it takes. "No one ever forgets my name," Simba Short said. In "The Lion King" films, Simba matures from playful cub to ruler of the kingdom....

Northwestern University football player Kain Colter speaks to the media after testifying before the National Labor Relations Board at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Feb. 2014.

Year later, colleges in early stages of reforming athletes’ rights

August 19, 2019 at 7:57 a.m.

One year ago Wednesday, college athletes had no say in their future. Free meals were scrutinized. They had to cough up cash for laundry and gas. Response to a concussion...

Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald looks on in the first half against Minnesota at TCF Bank Stadium.

Pat Fitzgerald personally asks NU fans to renew tickets

August 19, 2019 at 7:57 a.m.

Pat Fitzgerald wants YOU to renew your Northwestern football season tickets. And that's not you in the generic sense. Coming off back-to-back 5-7 seasons, the Northwestern coach recorded more than...

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