Un-Bull-ievable: Shades Of Memphis

Tonight, basketball fans learned a very valuable lesson: It is a lot easier to hit free throws when you don't have to deal with it after ge

The Proof Is In The Pump Fake

The difference between Gordon and Jordan: Jordan makes the shot.Fifth overtime game this series ... pretty sweet. Vinny Del Negro coachin

Bulls Won't Go Down To Boston's Bullies Too Easily

AP Photo: Chicago Sun-TimesKevin Garnett can snarl, growl and bark all he wants. He still isn't playing in this series, and every time I s

Mocking The NFL Draft Part Two

Contrary to popular belief, the NFL Draft does not end with the first round. Neither should the analysis. As usual, void without sarcasm.

The Curious Case Of The DePaul Coaching Carousel

Here we go again.DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball coach Jerry Wainwright has had his staff raided ... by his own AD. Earlier in the col

Irvin's got that fireeee! I think...

OH NO! Could this be another domino-type effect not seen since Roy Williams left Kansas for North Carolina, Bill Self left for the Illini f

Site News: TBDS To Slow Its Roll

Part of the reason for this post is to put forth a picture of Jessica Biel. But the real reason is to announce some site news.Because of F

Weird Beards Will Be Batting Clean Up

Guys with a career OPS of .754 should not be batting clean-up for any professional baseball team. The Kansas City Royals, included.Yet, th

A Trip Back In Time Leads Off This Week's Chicago Baseball Week In Review

Here at the Chicago Baseball Week In Review, The Big Dead Sidebar will tackle each of Chicago's baseball team's most pressing issue. For th

Mocking The NFL Draft

Prior to April 25, Mock Drafts were all the rage. Kiper. McShay. That guy in your chem lab that with a Ryan Leaf throwback jersey.But wh

Sweet Home Chicago

So, about that home ice advantage thing I mentioned earlier in the Blackhawks-Flames matchup? I think there is something to that, way more

Must Be The Shoes: Bulls Bounce Celtics in Double OT

Sure, the heroics of Derrick Rose (23 points 11 rebounds 9 assists) and Ben Gordon (22 points, including game-tying 3-pointer in OT) helped

Watch My Feet: Bulls Back In Black

Photo Credit: Kicks On FireFor a team without a traditional low-post presence and without a traditional head coach (you know, like one that

The Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard In The History Of Baseball

And all it took was one at-bat into the bottom of the first inning for me to put FSMidwest on mute. Thanks Al Hrabosky!"I don't care if (t

Centerfielder? Center Fielder? Either way it doesn't matter.

The key issue for the Chicago White Sox since 2005 center around the revolving door in center field.Of course that was the year Aaron Rowan

Cubs-Cardinals Part Duex: The Edition Written For A Special Reader

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Bulldozed

The Chicago Bulls public relations staff got what it wanted on Thursday night. I'm seeing red.The real Bulls (or the Bulls I've come to kn

Saluki Women's Basketball: Change Is Here

If there is one thing SIU AD Mario Moccia seems to know, it is change.When Jerry Kill left McAndrew Stadium and the Saluki football team fo

Home Sweet Home, Road Woes

Many people feel home ice does not mean a whole lot in playoff hockey, as the best team with the better goalie can win on anybody's surface

Change Is Coming To Saluki Basketball

Change is coming to the SIU women's basketball teamThis is where your favorite sports editor needs a budget increase. Remember when that M

Shark Sighting

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Chicago Cubs Baseball: Where History Is Doomed To Repeat Itself If Only Because Of Media Reminders

Sightings of cats running wild and doofus fans sitting down the left field line sparked reminders of black cats and Bartman. Allow me to s

Choke Cubs Choke, Choke Cubs Choke hey Chicago...

I can't tell you how much I hate that song and the idiots dancing around and clapping and singing along with it but you know what I hate mo

The Rich Report (4/21): Seeing Red

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Upon Further Review: The Lions Still Look Like Losers

After an 0-16 season, the Detroit Lions were desperately in need of a change.Unfortunately for the Cowardly Lions, I do not think new jerse

Report: Wisconsin's Bennett Interviews For SIU WBB Head Coach Vacancy

When SIU AD Mario Moccia announced Dana Eikenberg's resignation, Moccia outlined a list of 12 to 13 things he was looking for in the team's

It's On!

Not that the first two games between the Calgary Flames and Chicago Blackhawks weren't physical, but they lacked that big fight that always

Curry Shouldn't Steph To The NBA Yet

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Nick Swisher's ERA (Not Batting Average) Leads Off This Week's Chicago Baseball Week In Review

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It's Not How You Start, But How You Finish

If a hockey game ends after one period, the Chicago Blackhawks would be down 2-0 in the series instead of a pair of wins from their first p

Rose-Beasley Debate Silenced By Debut

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Milton Bradley Pegged With 2-Game Suspension, Derrek Lee Approves

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Ramirez, Rose Lead Chicago

Aramis Ramirez walk-off two-run home run yadda ... yadda ... yadda. Been there. Done that. Got the white flag with the blue "W" raised.B

Anything Is Possible, But Not Everything Is Probable: Your Bulls-Celtics Preview

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How One Swing Can Erase Three Ks

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Cubs-Cards Reloaded

Today has got to better for the North Side Nine, right?Carlos Zambrano is on the mound and I have to think after watching yesterday's bullp

Musings on the Amusing

Couple of interesting things I'd like to touch on today.First, I have no idea how this made the sports section in a major U.S. newspaper bu

Havlat Delivers

The Chicago Blackhawks are a young team, no doubt about it, but there is a veteran there in the mix of youthful exuberance. That man is Mar

Crazy Uncle Milton Won't Be Inviting Larry Vanover For A Post Game Meal

(Explitive Deleted)Weren't you just waiting for the first call to go against Milton Bradley?I was.Bradley stepped to the plate of a tied ga

Trying to Put Out the Flames

What were you doing in 2002? In April of that year, I was watching the Blackhawks take on the Blues in the postseason. I was also about to

Birds down Infant Bears

The real baseball season began today as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs in their first match up of the 2009 season.There's ju

Bruce Pearl Just Set Rap Music Back Forever

There aren't enough tracks by Kanye, Jay, Nas, Lil' Wayne (no vocoder), T.I., Ludacris or anyone else for that matter that can bring rap mu

I'd be really excited about Cubs-Cardinals, but...

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Losing: A Bulls Blessing In Disguise?

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