Daily Dose: **Sigh** Another hostage crisis?

The old calendar on the wall says that it’s July 14, and damn, I need to get a new calendar…it’s not 1997 anymore is it? OK, a consultation with a more up-to-date calendar shows that it is actually February 5, just a mere 13 days from Cubs Spring...

Daily Dose: The ugliest of all beauties

It was a game they had to have, and one that certainly looked like they wouldn’t get. Bruce Weber’s Fighting Illini, likely the most talented team in the Big Ten–and it’s highest scoring at 75 per night–were held to 51 points in a road...

Daily Dose: Columnists say the stupidest things

There are times when this column writes itself. Today is one of those days. It all starts with a moran in Denver who thinks that Rasheed Wallace is just the “fiery” leader that the Nuggets need to get over the hump. If by “getting over the...

Daily Dose: The Super Bowl’s biggest boob

Leave it to our beloved country to take one of the best Super Bowl’s of all-time and reduce it to one thing. Janet Jackson’s right boob. Hey, it’s a nice boob, don’t get me wrong. Even if that weird saddle spur metal “tassel” thing...