Apr 28, 2003 | Andy
This was a big weekend for a lot of the teams we follow here. The Bears drafted every player they could off the worst Florida Gators team in ten years. The Cubs frittered away two of three games in Denver. The Sox got booed a lot and still won two of three from the...
Apr 25, 2003 | Andy
Remember when we all found out that Don Baylor was going to be the new Cubs manager because somebody posted his bio on the Cubs Web site too early? The same thing has happened at the University of Illinois. The Illini inadvertantly posted Jeff Van Gundy’s bio on...
Apr 25, 2003 | Andy
Granted, the NFL draft has come a long way since the days of 16 owners sitting around a hotel lounge smoking, drinking and flipping through copies of the previous year’s Street and Smith’s college football preview looking for guys to pick. Now the draft is...
Apr 25, 2003 | Andy
It’s not often on Survivor that one of the “contestants” breaks out a $1,000 word. But then, it’s not every day that a self-proclaimed triathlon coach gets his comeuppance. Day 28 started with dear, lovely, stupid Jenna going on and on about...
Apr 23, 2003 | Andy
Illini fans are an insecure lot these days. On Sunday a guy dumped them after three years. Last night, a guy dumped them after three hours. What’s next? Three minutes with Larry Brown? Tom Crean decided that he might as well stay at Marquette. But if you Golden...
Apr 21, 2003 | Andy
In a move that surprised only the most rabid of Illini backers, Bill Self hopped on a private jet and spent Easter Sunday in beautiful Lawrence, Kansas. He’ll be named the new Kansas coach in a press conference this afternoon. Kansas has a better coach than they...
