Lions fans really REALLY hate Matt Millen. Holding up “Fire Matt Millen” signs is one thing, but this is entirely different. Bears sign ex-Northwestern QB Basanez to 2-year deal. Really? What exactly does this do? The Bulls didn’t look terrible, but they did lose to the Rockets to snap their road-winning streak at 3 games. [...]

Kobe Bryant is no Jordan, but in case you didn’t hear about it, he dropped a nasty 61 points on the Knicks last night. Curious about the stat line? Well here it is: 61 pts…19/31 fgs…20/20 fts…3/6 3fgs…0 rebs (odd?)…3 assts…1 blk. Based on his shot chart, it looks like he scored from pretty much [...]

I know this has been said over and over again, but Derrick Rose is really the only thing that the Bulls have going for them. Matt Moore over at Hardwood Paroxysm summed it up perfectly last week: I hated the Bulls pick of Rose, even though I felt he was the best player in the [...]

That was a great end to the NFL season on Sunday, but now it’s time to deal with the fact that the NFL season is over and won’t be back until the end of summer. Don’t fret sports fan, there is plenty to keep us busy and make us forget about the gridiron for a [...]

The Bears schedule for the upcoming 2009 season was released a while ago, but with the end of the playoffs, ESPN has done some research on the NFL schedule. Although the Bears play 9 playoff teams, they have the easiest schedule in the league according to 2008 winning percentages. Their schedule is at .414. The [...]

Simeon Rice is contemplating a comeback. Could the Bears be his destination? Would that be a good thing? The Cubs trade Wuertz and Rich Hill; Hendry says they are ready to go to camp, but will keep options open. Neat. Detroit is still a little sore over Matt Millen, and it showed on Sunday. So [...]

In a time where the media hype machine demands great championship games to meet expectations, the Steelers and Cardinals did not disappoint last night. Sure, the first half was a little slow at times, but the betting, drinking games, and commercials (Doritos!) helped out with that. Then came James Harrison’s interception at the end of [...]

Down three at halftime with only 22 points, it looked like it might be another long afternoon for the Illini. The win moves Illinois to 18-4 and made it nine straight wins at Assembly Hall. Mike Tisdale led the way for Illinois with 18 points and helped Illinois dominate the glass by 13 rebounds, just [...]

Did you see the Chicago Bulls win the last 3 games? I thought I did, but then I realized that those might not have been the Bulls. What about the team that lost 5 straight just a week ago? This team cannot seem to find it’s identity. For weeks at a time, it looks like [...]

The Super Bowl was great. There have been some good games in the last 10 years, and Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger have both been a part of half of them. Steelers win by the way, if you missed it. Northwestern wins a wild one over Wisconsin, and Penn State beats Michigan State in East [...]

In honor of the Super Bowl, here is a little Chicago Football history for you. My father insisted I watch this clip of Dick Butkus highlights and I reluctantly agreed. They are awesome. The hits are almost as crazy as the stories his friends and foes tell about him. I heard he used to practice [...]

I just wanted to acknowledge the existence of the Super Bowl. It’s not that we forgot, its just that in an effort not to take part in the over-hype, over-analysis, and over-nonsense of the least sports-related sporting event ever, we have attempted to avoid talking about the big game for the past 2 weeks. If [...]