Daily Dose: Seems like old times

I didn’t expect to feel anything, but last night when I turned on Fox Sports Net and watched the Bulls and Raptors I felt two things: 1) It was good to have a real basketball team in Chicago again. 2) It was good to see Scottie Pippen back in the...

The Unpredictable Trading of Antoine Walker

Despite what may have been, Antoine Walker and Boston Celtics were never a perfect match. No matter what milestones he achieved, no matter how much passion he showed and no matter how poorly the franchise was run while he was there, the emotional committment between...

Daily Dose: Beware the mighty fighting Huskies

It’s a pretty heady day today for those of us who are alums of the Harvard of the Midwest, Northern Illinois University. For, you see, the mighty fighting Huskies of NIU have crashed the BCS party in the first week of the poll. Stuck right there between number...

Daily Dose: The weekend that wasn’t

Maybe the cruelest thing about the Cubs epic collapse is the way the season just ended. One Paul Bako pop-up and poof it’s over. Normally, we can predict the end of the Cubs season with the accuracy of a Chinese compass. You just look at the last day of the...

Belated Game 7 and Survivor Recaps

Have you heard the one about the pornographer?s daughter that falls for the district attorney?s son? If you?ve been watching Fox lately you?re much more likely to have heard that one and know the date of 24?s commercial-free season premiere than you are to have seen...

Daily Dose: Next year? For once…maybe.

The good news of course is that despite this epic collapse, the Cubs return a studly, young pitching rotation for next year. They get Corey Patterson back. More young hurlers are on the horizon. Kenny Lofton seems open to the idea of being a fourth outfielder (and...