Headlines for April, 2005

Does April Really Matter?

Around this time of year, you'll read a story that states how important it is for a baseball team to get off to a good start. The basis for this conclusion is usually some kind of analysis that shows that teams that do poorly in April rarely make the play-offs or that teams do well in April usually make the [read more...]

Hart Surgery: David Stern’s Rationale Not Racist

Recently, Jermaine O'Neal of the Indiana Pacers made a statement implying a proposed NBA age-limit had racist overtones. One of my colleagues has taken the stance that O'Neal is correct in his assessment. Though I respect their opinions and would die for their right to author them, I must humbly disagree. O'Neal is wrong in his assertion, and what's more, [read more...]

O’Neal’s Cries of Racism Worth a Listen

David Stern was not sitting by himself, reading Frederick Douglas, and thinking, "This guy is full of it." He was not perusing Mein Kampf under an apple tree when a plump Granny Smith struck a chord. Nor did he sit down to an evening on the History Channel during Black History Month and wonder to himself why Rosa Parks couldn't just [read more...]

Blips, Blurbs & Blasts

The Chicago Bulls are on the verge of their first playoff appearance since Michael Jordan's second retirement, and there is an awful lot of credit that needs to be spread around. Scott Skiles and his crew have won 10 of their last 11 despite the fact that their leading scorer, Eddy Curry, has been sidelined with an irregular heartbeat, their [read more...]

Youth is Served

A Case for Mark Buehrle Is Mark Buehrle the best starting pitcher in Chicago? I wanted to draw that conclusion after his 1-0 opening day victory. But what if we took a broader look at Buehrle's career and compared it to some other contenders: teammate Freddy Garcia and Cubs Greg Maddux, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano and Mark Prior? I think [read more...]

The Early Numbers Game

Juicy Thirty-eight. The most significant number from early April. It wasn't the number of three-pointers Illinois attempted versus North Carolina. It wasn't the number of syllables Clark Kellogg used in a 38-word sentence to describe the game. (He used 39). It wasn't the number of commercial breaks in the NCAA final. No, we're already back to baseball. On Monday, it was revealed that initial tests [read more...]

Hart Surgery: March (well, April) Madness

Is there any doubt March is the best month of the year (I know, it's April now)? I can't think of another month that even comes close (September is nice with the start of college football, but that's a distant second). When I hear the word March, I immediately think of a time where the impossible becomes possible, where the biblical [read more...]

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