Month: January, 2010

Qualified Picks – 1/7

7 January, 2010 (09:00) | Qualified Picks | By: JavierSandooski

NFL playoffs and BCS bowl games is the best time for sports betting online.  What makes gambling easier than QBs choking under pressure, weak coaches blowing a game due to poor time-management or a regular season stud (cough, LT2, couch) failing to show up in a playoff game?  This is a great time to take advantage of an online [...]

Vintage Ditka Gives Angry Interview in His Underwear

6 January, 2010 (16:44) | Chicago Bears | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

With all the coaching issues surrounding the Bears right now, it seems an appropriate time to look back on Da Coach.  Lovie seems like a great human being, regardless of how good a coach he is, but he can never do an entertaining interview like this.  The fact that he is in his underwear is [...]

Andre Dawson Finally Elected to Hall!

6 January, 2010 (13:08) | Chicago Cubs, MLB | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Congratulations to Andre Dawson.  The Hawk was always a class act and his numbers and swagger make him an obvious Hall of Famer in my book.  My well wishes go out to Bert, Robbie, and Barry who did not make the Hall this year. Go Hawk!

Tommie Harris: “Organization Hung Me Out To Dry”

6 January, 2010 (11:16) | Chicago Bears | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

This is an interesting interview with Tommie Harris that took place in the last few days since the season ended: He seems like a good guy and has an understanding of how this game works: If you don’t perform, it doesn’t matter what kind of person you are, the fans will get frustrated with you. [...]

Former and Current Blackhawks Have Very Different Experiences With Alcohol

6 January, 2010 (07:30) | Chicago Blackhawks | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

On the left, current Blackhawks stars Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Adam Burish enjoying some drinks on New Years Eve with a lovely lady. On the right, former Blackhawks star Chris Chelios’s mugshot from his recent DUI.  Although Chelios is a reminder of some good years, its funny how all things present about the Hawks [...]

Top Ten Reasons Arenas Had a Gun

5 January, 2010 (13:00) | Basketball, NBA | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

If you haven’t heard somehow, the big story in the NBA these days has little to do with basketball and everything to do with a good old-fashioned Mexican Standoff.  Apparently Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton got into some sort of argument about a gambling debt and guns were drawn in the locker room.  The details [...]

Ron Turner Out as OC; Marinelli Promoted to DC

5 January, 2010 (11:58) | Chicago Bears | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Although the Bears have not had their big 2 p.m. press conference where they announce that everything is fine and they don’t need to make any major changes (like firing Lovie and Jerry), news is trickling out about some of the things that will be happening: The Bears have fired offensive coordinator Ron Turner, as [...]

Bears Apologize For Shitty Season But Don’t Correct Mistakes

4 January, 2010 (16:49) | Chicago Bears | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

The Bears had a rough season this year.  Although they finished 7-9, things were not pretty.  It became clear that although there were numerous issues (injuries, Cutler sucking, offensive line lacking talent, etc), the coaching staff and Jerry Angelo were largely to blame.  Well the Bears would like to apologize for how bad the season [...]

How Lovie Smith’s Cover 2 Went From Smiley Face to Frowny Face in 2 Short Years

4 January, 2010 (09:14) | Chicago Bears | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

The Cover 2, also known as the Tampa 2, was all the rage in the NFL for most of this past decade. It is a simple defensive scheme masterminded by Tony Dungy and his friend Lovie Smith. The Tampa Bay Bucs employed it from the mid-1990s through the early 2000s with great success. It is [...]

Turning Point in Bulls Season as Explained by Al Pacino

4 January, 2010 (06:45) | Chicago Bulls | By: Stormin' Norman Disciple

Thankfully for us, someone put a Bulls montage together with Al Pacino’s famous “Inches” speech in “Any Given Sunday”.  It seems very fitting right now. Although the Bulls have started to play a bit better lately against some weaker opponents, they still have a long way to go.  This season may not be entirely lost, [...]