basketball
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Nelly and Bow Wow UIC Pavilion Celebrity Basketball Game
Nelly's Derrty ENT and Bow Wow's Cash Money team went head to head this past Sunday for one of seven games of which the losing team would donate $100,000 to an education based charity! Basketball is a great medium to instill inspiration in competition for success and education. Anyone...
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Top 10 Greatest Chicago Athletes
Remembering yesterday's "greats," helps soothe the pain of today's mediocre. Today's Chicago sports teams, except the Blackhawks, are dismal. The Bears finished the season 7-9, the White Sox finished 79-83, the Cubs finished 83-78. The Bulls are currently 23-23. Thank goodness for the Blackhawks currently 37-14. Oh, I almost forgot,...
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Pathetic in Haiku: Elephants beat Bulls
I knew it was badBut I didn't know how badUntil I read thisSome Thai zookeepersTeach pachyderms basketballCan they teach Bulls next?...
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Tailgate: The Bears Did What?; My Scapegoat Vinny
In case you opted again tuning in their Monday night clash again the Vikings, figuring you've seen enough bloodshed and ineptitude for one season, yes, the Bears did in fact win. It doesn't mean they've turned any corners with regards to coaches and players, but even the Minnesota papers...
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RedEye meets the Harlem Globetrotters
PHOTO COURTESY OF HARLEM GLOBETROTTERSBy Ryan Smith FOR REDEYEConsidering they're both members of the Harlem Globetrotters, Herbert "Flight Time" Lang and Nathaniel "Big Easy" Lofton arguably were the most qualified contestants to ever participate in the globetrotting reality TV show "The Amazing Race." The dynamic duo made it all the...
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Tailgate: Bulls Hit Rock Bottom?; Bears Play Out the String
Proof that the Bulls don't play in a vacuum is the fact that their stunning defeat Monday night to the Sacramento Kings after posting a 35-point lead has become the talk of the sports world today. The Vinny Del Negro Watch has picked up steam. And, no,...
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Tailgate: Bears Set Us Free; Sox Sign Pierre
So what are you going to do with your day off? Take the kids to the museum? Burn through some of those television shows sitting in your DVR? Visit Mom and get that out of the way? Don't go looking at your work calendar. There's no super secret holiday...
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Tailgate: Ricketts and Cubs - Same As It Ever Was?
To paraphrase a certain ex-NFL coach, Are the Cubs owners who we thought they were? OK, not all of us, probably, but some of us who wondered how much similarity there would be between the last time a family ran the organization (the Wrigleys) and this time (the...
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What to get Jay Cutler for Christmas
By Ryan SmithFor RedEyeA lot of us at RedEye already have our holiday shopping done (thank you, Black Friday!). But we're making a list of Chicago sports figures both naughty and nice so we can let Santa know what gifts they really need....
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Over the hill--and I'm only 23
Check out a response from another Scott - Believe me, 23 isn't old.By Scott BolohanI'm turning 23 this weekend.Growing up, I played a baseball game on my computer in which I controlled a franchise year to year. If my prospects couldn't make it to the Major Leagues by age 23,...
