Daily Dose: Hall of Famers for sale! Who needs one?

All weekend all we heard was, “How’d you like to be a Boston Red Sox fan right now? They must be crushed.” I pondered this for a moment, and sat back in my chair in deep thought. Then I said, “screw ’em,” and took a nap. Sure it...

Not Another All-Star Weeekend

Like just about every other one in living memory, or eating at McDonalds, the 2004 All-Star weekend was better in anticipation than consumption. It wasn’t a total wank, but the last all-star weekend to legitimately capture the imagination of the world’s...

Daily Dose: My Valentine’s Day list

I’m not going to get into how ironic it is that people seem to enjoy abbreviating Valentine’s Day. It’s even more troubling when they ask you, “What are you getting her for VD?” I mean, if penicillin’s not working, I’m...

Your 15 and 38 Chicago Bulls

Things weren’t supposed to go this poorly. Times wudn’t supposed to be real swell, but 15 and 38? This mess has to go 16 and 13 to top 2002-03’s moribund campaign? And this is the high point. The Bulls are coming off a 20-point shellacking of the...