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John Fox is the Chicago Bears’ new coach. Let the excitement begin. Which it generally does with the coronation in Bears nation whenever such vacancies are filled. Something says Bears fans will be thrilled if Fox can do for the Bears what he did with the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos: Be the losing coach […]
Random thoughts (or a reasonable approximation) while wondering how the Chicago Bulls could lose a home game to an Orlando Magic squad that had lost six consecutive contests: * Speaking of the Bulls, they allowed the Magic to shoot 59 percent from the field in the 121-114 result. On the bright (?) side, the Bulls’ […]
The Chicago Bulls missed 20 of their first 24 field-goal attempts in losing 102-86 Friday on the road to the Washington Wizards. For the game the Bulls were 32-for-83. So, on the bright (?) side, they were 28-for-59 the rest of the game. Whoopee! * Bulls guard Derrick Rose had 19 point (8-of-19 from the […]
Yes, the Chicago Bears have a new general manager. No, he does not have experience in that job. Ryan Pace was the New Orleans Saints director of player personnel. Meaning he hasn’t made any bad trades and/or signings. So he has that going for him. Also meaning all his mistakes as a GM lie ahead. […]
Based on the way things went Wednesday night, the Chicago Bulls better hope they don’t play the Utah Jazz in the NBA Finals. Then again, if the Bulls play the way they did, they won’t reach the NBA Finals. And the chances of the Jazz (13-23) making the NBA Finals — or even the postseason […]
Midweek musings: Congratulations to Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz for being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in results announced Tuesday. As for those who failed to reach 75 percent approval from the electorate, better luck next year. Well, unless you happened to drop off the ballot for 2016. * […]
Random thoughts (or as close as we come to such things around here) while wondering whether a Chicago Bulls home victory vs. a good Western Conference team (Houston on Monday) means they are about to lose to a bad one (Utah on Wednesday): * Speaking of the Bulls’ 114-105 victory vs. the Rockets, Pau Gasol […]
Monday meanderings: Stuart Scott wasn’t for me. Then again, he wasn’t intended to be. The ESPN anchor, who died Sunday at 49, was intended for a younger, hipper demographic than the one that I was (and still am as far as I know) in. And that’s OK. He brought an element — call it whatever […]
Sunday smorgasbord: Here’s hoping Pau Gasol does not make the Eastern Conference all-star team. Not that he doesn’t deserve to be on the squad. He simply could use the time off to rest his 34-year-old knees. The Chicago Bulls power forward had 29 points and 16 rebounds Saturday. Which came in handy on a night […]
OK, so some of us still are trying to figure out what day of the week it is. After that, maybe we will figure out what to do. After all, this is the first weekend of January 2015, isn’t it? Based on voluminous research, we are fairly certain New Year’s Day was Thursday. And if […]