How Dillard can dictate the Salukis season

Photo Credit: Stephen RickerlWhen SIU men's basketball head coach Chris Lowery said freshman guard Kevin Dillard had moved into the startin

Jim Hendry is New Year's Eve drunk, deals before imaginary midnight 2008 deadline

Someone needs to send a memo to Sam Zell immediately because it is time to get a head start on printing those World Series tickets.Or at le

2008: The Year In Which Sports And Politics Mixed

One of the biggest sports storylines of this past year took place outside of the field of play, locker room and cheap seats.There was one t

2008: A Year Of Redemption In Sports

One of the themes that dominated the sports world was redemption. Teams, players, coaches and management figures that were once reviled as

Year In Review: Disappointment sparks SIU rebuilding program under Lowery

College GameDay's trip to SIU highlighted the 2008 basketball season.[Ed. Note: This is the final blog in a series of stories that I found

Cris Carter wants to Plaxico Burress T.O.

Transcription (for those of you who are hearing impaired):"If it was me, I'd get rid of T.O. T.O. got to go from the beginning. Right from

Year In Review: Saluki football strikes again

This trio covered SIU football like a jimmy hat![Ed. Note: This is the second in a series of stories that I found intriguing in 2008. This

Heckle Chris Paul at your own risk

Photo Credit: Getty ImagesNew Orleans Hornets star point guard Chris Paul is one of those rare NBA talents that can take the game into his

B-Diddy to G-State again?: Former teammate Steven Jackson thinks a Baron Davis reunion tour could happen. "That's all we talked about," J

Year in Review: What's hockey?

[Ed. Note: This is the fifth in a series of stories that I found intriguing in 2008. This series will cover a storyline from the year that

Year In Review: Bulls hit lottery jackpot

Photo Credit: Chicago Tribune[Ed. Note: This is the fourth in a series of stories that I found intriguing in 2008. This series will cover a

Year In Review: Bears blow playoff chances

Photo Credit: Chicago Tribune[Ed. Note: This is the third in a series of stories that I found intriguing in 2008. This series will cover a

Year In Review: South Siders slug their way into playoffs

Photo Credit: Chicago Tribune[Ed. Note: This is the second in a series of stories that I found inriguing in 2008. This series will cover a

Bears fall flat in season finale

Photo Credit: Chicago TribuneThe lead in the AP story said it all:HOUSTON (AP)—Faced with one last chance to make the playoffs, the Chicago

Quick Hitter: Now that he is at Northern Illinois, former SIU football head coach Jerry Kill no longer supports the playoff system. "I'm

Perfection, thy name is ... Illinois State?

Last season, the Illinois State men's basketball team was snubbed from the NCAA Tournament after finishing in second place to Drake in the

Quick Hitter: The coddling Cubbies are at it again, according to Chicago Tribune beat reporter Paul Sullivan. Via MLBTR: "...the Cubs are

Giants sign Johnson, will field NL's oldest team and take advantage of Medicare

Randy Johnson is the newest member of baseball's most elderly team. In an attempt to field the oldest team in modern baseball history, the

Quick Hitter: The Chicago Bears dodged a bullet this afternoon as they placed Mark Brown on injured reserve this afternoon. That is good

Year In Review: Cubs collapse again

Photo Credit: Chicago Tribune[Ed. Note: This is the first in a series of stories that I found intriguing in 2008. This series will cover

Daily Dosage: Ho! Ho! Ho!

I bet you this young lady got everything she wanted for Christmas.And really, the point of this Daily Dosage is just to post this picture f

Year in Review, Site News & Reese!

Reese Witherspoon!It's the holiday season and the stunningly beautiful Reese Witherspoon comes to mind. Maybe it's because she's in the ho

Hey yo Devin, where you at?

Photo Credit: Getty ImagesI remember when there was a saying around the Chicagoland area that warned Bears fans not to give a gift to Devin

Some thoughts on the year that was

I just wonder what makes Stephen Curry different from J.J. Redick. I see Curry in a similar role to Redick because I just don't think he's

'Twas the blog before Christmas (Part Three) All I Want For Christmas Is...

OK, I've taken off my Santa cap and have put on my pajamas and have officially put together a Christmas list of 10 things I want under my t

Christmas Eve Testimonials: 'Twas the blog before Christmas (Part Two)

"All I want for Christmas is the charges dropped." - Plaxico Burress"You think that mistletoe is hung low? You must not know 'bout me." -

'Twas the blog before Christmas (Part One)

Allow me to put on my Santa hat and provide the following gifts for the following people.For Nick Swisher: Derek Jeter's black bookYou're g

Ortman!

Photo Credit: APIf not for his beard, I would not have been able to tell you that Kyle Orton was the starting quarterback for the Chicago B

Placing Prospects: Why LeBron should stay

Before the news broke today that LeBron James would consider signing an extension, I had the Cleveland Cavaliers on my mind. Not because I

Google Scouting Saint Mary's (minus the Google) and a Purdue/Davidson update

Coming into the first game of the John R. Wooden Tradition, Davidson guard Stephen Curry looked primed to break the tournament's scoring re

Mark Teixeira is ruining everything.

The winter meetings were supposed to bring big signings and trades galore but it's been over a week now and nothing has happened outside of

Daily Dosage: Saturday Special

It's not often I do a Saturday edition of the Daily Dosage, but today it was necessary.I'm spending the weekend in Indianapolis with my pri