Chicago Sports Then and Now

In 2005 the White Sox claimed the first World Series title for the city since 1917.

With the first decade of the 21st Century coming to a close, we look back at 10 memorable sports moments for Chicago area sports teams during the last 10 years.

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(10) Cub –Yankee Game—June 7, 2003
In interleague play, the Yankees return to Wrigley Field for the first time since the 1938 World Series. The atmosphere at the ballpark is electric, as Kerry Wood outduels  Roger Clemens to secure a Cub victory.

(9) Bulls-Celtics Playoff Series-April -May, 2009
The Bulls surprise the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs with their tenacious play and amazing  shooting  accuracy. The teams set an NBA record playing four overtime games in a playoff round, but eventually Boston triumphs in game seven to win the series. Read the rest of this entry →

See ya Milton, it's been awful...

Milton Bradley is finally gone.  The experiment that was doomed from the get-go and lasted just under one year is over.  After rumors swirled throughout the winter meetings about possible destinations such as Tampa Bay or Texas, on Friday the Cubs traded the troubled outfielder to Seattle in exchange for SP Carlos Silva and cash considerations totaling $9 million over the next two seasons.

In just one season with the Cubs, Bradley underperformed, got injured multiple times, called out umpires, said he felt hatred from Chicago fans, and was sent home in September for conduct detrimental to the team.    A match between Cubs fans and the tempermental Bradley was never going to work, and still leaves all us Cubs fans wondering why GM Jim Hendry made the decision to sign him in the first place. Read the rest of this entry →

Luol Deng and the Chicago Bulls are already showing signs that this could be another roller coaster season.

This years Bulls team is reminiscent of the 2002-06 Detroit Pistons teams.

I’m not saying that they mirror each other in every facet of the game, because that is the farthest from the truth.

Maybe I should rephrase that.  This years Bulls team is like a poor man’s 2002-06 Detroit Pistons team.

Derrick Rose is a more talented point guard than Chauncey Billups, but Billups was more seasoned and played his role better.  John Salmons has a similar game to Rip Hamilton’s, but the difference is that the Pistons played to all of Hamilton’s strengths and the offense made Rip Hamilton who he was instead of him having to make it himself.  Luol Deng can match Tayshaun Prince’s length.  His defense is not up to the same level, but it’s not too far off.  The power forward position is where the teams truly differ.  Either with Taj Gibson or Tyrus Thomas, we don’t have the scoring threat that the Pistons had with Rasheed.  And, at center, we have the young Ben Wallace in Joakim Noah.

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BJ Armstrong was signing autographs and talking basketball as part of a promotion for Windows 7.

On Halloween, I was given the opportunity to interview Chicago Bulls great BJ Armstrong.  It was, with great honor, that I accepted the opportunity.

He was at a Best Buy, promoting the launch of Windows 7, in partnership with the NBA, Microsoft, and HP.  Before he moved on to his meet-and-greet portion, I, and another blogger (Ricky O’Donnell from TremendousUpsidePotential.com) were given fifteen minutes to throw any question at him that we may have had.

I had sixteen questions lined up for him, but obviously knowing that I was only going to have fifteen minutes, I had to decide which ones would be best to ask.  I wish I could have had more time, because I had some good ones that I wanted to ask, but may have come off a bit odd if I asked them as stand alone questions.
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Michael Jordan was a "human highlight film" almost every time he took to the court.

In honor of Michael Jordan’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, rather than writing a lengthy column articulating his many accomplishments, we thought it was best to use YouTube to remind us of just how amazing Jordan was.

Here are some of the great highlights of Jordan’s career available on You Tube

Highlights From The Early Years:

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