It’s an hour or so before game time, and I’m up in the nosebleed section, waiting for my beloved Bulls to start playing, and wondering what, oh what, to write about for the Best of Chicago issue. And all of a sudden it hits me—right there in front of my face. Up on the huge, […]
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J.B. Pritzker, Pat Quinn win top spots on March 2018 primary ballot, and other Chicago news
Also, the state senate plans public hearings on Illinois Veterans Home deaths.
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Time is running out for a stopgap state budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, the chairman of USA Basketball thinks the 2016 Olympic bid may have been rigged against Chicago.
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Long live the 1990s Bulls
Deathless memories of Jordan’s team help us cope with Chicago basketball’s dysfunctional present.
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Chicago Park District slams Friends of Parks’ ‘outrageous’ Lucas Museum demands, and other news
Also, iconic 90s show Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding returns to Chicago.
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Wrigley Field remains very expensive, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm joins Chris Christie and Martin Shkreli on an international list of “disappointing” leaders.
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Judge drops cop from Cedrick Chatman suit, Chicago Law gets fast-tracked, and other Chicago news
Also, a suburban show choir survives a bus fire, and the Bulls memories we may want to forget.
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The 50 worst moments in the first 50 years of the Chicago Bulls
A 50-year history of the Bulls’ big egos, bad draft picks, blown knees, and heartbreaking losses
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My nostalgia problem with the Bulls—or is it?
The current Bulls have trouble standing up against the Jordan Bulls, but is that truly nostalgia?
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In Your Morning Newsfeed: A Local Man Missing in Japan, RIP, Jim Tyree, the Simpsons Home in Real Life, Chad Ochocinco: Soccer Player, and the Latest in Japan
A Chicago man teaching English in the Japanese city of Sendai – one of the cities hit worst by the tsunami – has been missing since the disaster struck. (Tribune) There are big plans for West Lakeview – but do a public walkway under the el and a traffic circle at Belmont/Lincoln/Ashland make any sense […]
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The Sports Section
Tex Winter first developed his triangle offense decades ago, but it went nowhere until he got the Bulls to adopt it, after Phil Jackson became head coach. It’s an unorthodox approach to offensive basketball, to be sure, but it’s not like the wishbone or the veer or the run-and-shoot in football–grand schemes that dramatically alter […]