Thursday, July 21, 2016

MINT CONDITION BYCTOM #1

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There's no more sure sign of the impending return of college football than the first dispatches of Northwestern media hype products. In ...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

The Ballad of the Sloop John Beilein

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If you are a fan of a Big Ten team, you have no doubt received, alongside ceaseless entreaties for money, e-mails about the Big Ten Ala...
Thursday, July 7, 2016

The NBA's Pantomime Villainy and the Chicago Bulls

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The best parts of Face/Off are when Nicolas Cage, playing a heroic FBI agent who had his face swapped with his sworn enemy using biotechn...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Derrick Rose's Sad Limp To Basketball Oblivion

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You can see it on the grainy videos online.  Tyrus Thomas grabs a rebound, lopes down the court, and feeds a streaking Derrick Rose who two-...
Monday, June 20, 2016

The Futile, Asinine Task of Determining The Greatest Team of All Time

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A championship has returned to Cleveland.  The Oracle Arena, described by the press and the Warriors' ownership as a virtual reality ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2016

The NFL Draft is a Collective Hallucination

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For the past week, the National Football League has taken over Grant Park, the Auditorium Theater, and the surrounding environs for a three-...
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Monday, April 4, 2016

The Chicago Cubs Will Not Win the World Series

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UPDATED: THE CUBS HAVE WON THE WORLD SERIES A storm cloud has appeared over major league baseball, as sure a mark of impending doom a...