NBA Free Agency Madness The NBA didn’t even wait until 11:59 EST on June 30 to start the madness that is the free agency period of the offseason. There were some big signings announced which included: CLE guard Darius Garland signing 5-year/$193M extension NYK center Mitchell Robinson signing 4-year/$60M extension MEM guard Ja Morant signing…
Bucks Maul Hapless Bulls Entering last night’s Game 3 between the Bulls & Bucks you could understand why Bulls Nation had reason for real optimism following the Bulls 114-110 Game 2 win. That optimism was buoyed by the news of Khris Middleton’s injury that would keep him out for the rest of this series. One…
Are The Chicago Bulls Fugazi? The Chicago Bulls entered the All-Star break near the top of the Eastern Conference with a 38-21 record despite the mounting injuries and teams no longer looking at the Bulls as that surprise team. Since the break the Bulls have had their struggles losing 9 of the last 13 games….
Browns Bury Bears, Fields My expectations for rookie QB Justin Fields wasn’t very high given the Bears were up against stiff competition in the Browns but my low expectations quickly turned to utter frustration. The Bears were trounced 26-6 in Cleveland and HC Matt Nagy did Justin Fields zero favors with his lack of imagination…
Legends of the Game The Basketball Hall of Fame inducted its 2020 class yesterday headlined by Kevin Garnett, Rudy Tomjanovich, Tamika Catchings, Tim Duncan and the late Kobe Bryant. I was particularly interested in hearing from Garnett, Duncan and Kobe’s widow, Vanessa. I thought KG’s speech was fine except for not mentioning former teammates Ray…
RIP to The Marvelous One… The boxing world lost an icon and arguably the greatest middleweight boxer of all-time on Saturday as Marvelous Marvin Hagler passed away at 66. During his illustrious career Hagler amassed a 62-3-2 record while holding the WBA, WBC, Ring & IBF Middleweight titles. For me personally Hagler was my favorite…
Escape From New York The Bears started their Week 2 matchup with the Giants looking as though they would blow them out. What ended up transpiring was another uninspiring lapse in play that saw the Bears hang on to beat the Giants 17-13 after another last second stand. It was a tale of two halves…
