Sprung

Sure the game’s not on TV. Sure we’ll have to listen to Ron Santo grunt his way through a broadcast while he ponders just why 83 Hall of Famers hate him so (well, some of them liked him). And sure the game means absolutely nothing. But did you think that...

Can we be perfect?

If there is such a thing as a meaningless college basketball game (and actually, there are plenty of them, most of them involve NIU), Illinois is about to play as many as five of them. They have their last home game on Thursday against the Purdue Combovers, then they...

Daily Dose: Million Dollar Muhsin

It’s always going to be impossible for our nitwitted friends in Hollywood to avoid taking themselves too seriously. Even the most humble of all of the Oscar winners has a big tattoo on the back of his head. It’s like they are just begging for us to mock...

NBA Trade Deadline 2005

People make strange decisions when they (think they) are under time-related pressure. It’s a truism, yet nowhere is it more true that at the NBA’s annual trade deadline. There only ever are 2 motivations for implementing a change to your team via trade; to...

Thank God It’s Almost March

For those of you consumed entirely with all-things-Big-10, Cubs’ Spring Training and 24, you may have missed out on two irritating college hoop debates that have received an undeserved amount of national attention. Both none too surprisingly involve Duke. And if...