Fan Guide 2006

Over at Cubs.com (where the motto is “Everything’s great, no matter how much everything sucks), Carrie Muskat does what apparently every “independent” MLB.com writer has to do for his/her teams sometime this week. She puts together a quickie...

Curious Chap: Carlos Zambrano

Over at the big four letter Web site, Sports Guy is doing another of his “Curious Guy” bits where he prints e-mails he’s traded with “famous” people. His first few were with people of dubious fame (like overrated social commentator Chuck...

Daily Dose: Wading through a sea of gimps

There’s a memorable scene in Animal House when Katie and Boone are in the laundromat talking about the toga party Delta House has planned for that weekend. Katie says it’s going to be an orgy. Boone insists it won’t be an orgy (sure). Katie wants to...

It’s not my team, but I coach that team

Sunday was an interesting day in sports. Kobe Bryant scored like 147 points against the second best team in the NBA D-League (the Raptors), the Indians traded a cereal box for two players, the two Jakes (Plummer and Delhomme) finally played like they were supposed to...

Daily Dose: Crippling disappointment

Apparently, it was all a mirage. How else can you explain the one thing Bears fans knew they could hang their hats on crumbling into a heap before their very eyes. Going into Sunday’s game with Carolina you knew one thing absolutely. The Bears defense would keep...