By Paul M. Banks, President of The Sports Bank.net
When my hometown Chicago Bulls drafted Joakim Noah ninth overall that summer night back in 2006, I yelled and cursed at the television. When Noah was a Florida Gator, he was one of my least favorite college basketball players of all time. And he did a lot [...]

Well it’s still February, a month that amazingly continues its tradition of feeling like the longest month of the year while remaining the shortest.  Let’s get to the stories of the week.
Tiger Woods y’all. As this post goes up Tiger will be giving his statement to the media from Florida regarding his future and certainly [...]

If you’re confused or can’t keep up with the moves the Bulls made over the last 48 hours, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
As of 5:00 PM (CST) the NBA.com website showed the Chicago Bulls roster/depth chart with Francisco Elson and Kurt Thomas occupying two spots on the bench. Oddly enough, neither Tyrus Thomas or John [...]

With the NBA trade deadline looming and the momentum seemingly trending toward a few more before February 19th, here’s some interesting basketball links regarding upcoming trades and 2010 free agents.

Funny that the Rockets wouldn’t want John Salmons or Kirk Hinrich’s contracts when the Bulls don’t really care for them either. Sounds like we’ll hear if [...]

Yeah I’m a bit too lazy to make any real posts this morning, but here are some random videos for your viewing pleasure.  Enjoy!
Hitler gets pissed about the Vikings signing Favre:

The top ten circus shots of the 2008-2009 NBA season:

A non-sports related video.  The worse journalism ever?  I mean ever?

Michael Jordan accepts his Rookie of [...]

Jay Cutler cleans up pretty nice.  It appears he “got his hair did” for a magazine cover. [Jay Cutler Superstar]
Michael Jordan’s perfection explained. [Hardwood Paroxysm]
The best fantasy football team names by city.  Yeah, mine is in there for Chicago.  “Offense is not our Forte”.  Bam. [Detroit4lyfe]
Ted Lilly was nominated by his teammates for the Roberto [...]

All true NBA fans in the last ten years will love to argue this list “The Ten Best Teams Not To Win A Championship in the Last 10 Years”. [BDL]
A little chart about how to correctly argue about college football.  I’m pretty sure I’ve heard every single one of these lines from StevieY about Michigan [...]

This chart comes from Free Darko and it appears to lack any scientific or mathematical research to back it up, but it still feels right and is interesting and hilarious at the same time:

The X-axis denotes function of the crossover while the Y-axis denotes perceived importance.  I haven’t seen Jennings play too much, but based [...]

So as I’m up late studying last night, I was passively listening to Inside the NBA.  I have found that the NBA is a great thing to have on in the background because I can tune it out due to its general lack of excitement, and still be able to pay attention for the five [...]

Well, last night did not go nearly as well as Saturday.  Bulls lose.  [ESPN]  Hawks lose.  [ESPN]
Rumor has it that ESPN is considering changing up their College Gameday crew.  If this is true I can’t imagine anyone ever watching it again.  Ever.  [SEC Live News]
So the Lions got a new logo and new jerseys that [...]

Against him, that is.  I have always been upset with star treatment in the NBA.  I don’t pay real close attention to the goings on of the league, but whenever I watch a game it’s pretty evident that it happens.  D-Wade went through a three year period where he couldn’t enter the paint without going [...]

Blackhawks dominated the Blues last night and won 3-1.  Thank God that the “evil Hawks” didn’t show up.  [Yahoo]
Trib article says Del Negro has “made the most” of his assistants.  So you’re saying it’s all his fault? [Tribune]
Don Cooper talks White Sox fans down off the ledge.  First, I didn’t realize they were to the [...]

I really don’t know what to say about this, so here’s the video:

Your move Dwight.

The Hawks beat the Sharks in a shootout last night, 6-5.  That’s good, because if they had blown a 4-1 lead, then lost, I would have lost it.  [Sun-Times]
Bradley, after this buzzer-beater the other night, advanced to the final of the CollegeInsider.com Tourney last night.  How many of these tournaments are there? [Tribune]
Cuauhtemoc Blanco is [...]

A couple nights ago Chris Paul pulled the kind of move that you would only try and could likely only pull off on your little bro.  Thankfully, as Michael Scott would say, YouTube was there covering the game.  H/T to Ball Don’t Lie.