The big stories in Chicago sports this week are about two iconic players who people want to see play, but aren’t. Derrick Rose, of course, tore his ACL in the NBA playoffs last spring and despite reportedly being cleared to play, has yet to log a minute with the Bulls. And the team needs him: […]

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I looked up the word ignorant in an online dictionary and I got two very good definitions: lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact; and due to or showing lack of knowledge or training. To me, the definition was lacking one thing to adequately explain the term: a picture of ESPN’s […]

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I’m not a fan of NASCAR by any means, but just a week removed from having positive PR of the first woman in history to hold the pole position at the Datona 500, NASCAR just can’t catch a break. According to the Sports Business Journal, the National Rifle Association has reached an agreement with Texas […]

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For work, my travels often take me to Boston where the locals are as rabidly behind the Red Sox as anywhere. (Case in point, a couple of years ago, with the Blackhawks playing the sixth and deciding game of their Stanley Cup Championship, most of the people in the bar were paying much more attention […]

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Everyone remembers the riot that ensued after the Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks in the Stanley Cup Finals a couple of years ago, and here in Chicago, we feel that the Canucks are the cheapest NHL team this side of Raffi Torres. Who knew that boorish behavior is not limited to the big league […]

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Long-time readers know that I have pushed for Northwestern University Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bill Carmody to be fired. Despite four consecutive NIT appearances, expectations for NU’s first NCAA Tournament bid have come up short year after year after year. Admittedly, he has done a very good job in recruiting better players than we had […]

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I couldn’t help but think of Robert DeNiro playing fighter Jake LaMotta preparing for his show at the beginning of Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece “Raging Bull” just before the lights dimmed for a one man show by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson this past Saturday night at the Cadillac Theater here in Chicago. The pre-show music […]

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