So how tall is Michael Beasley? Apparently this is a multiple choice question. At Kansas State, he was listed at 6′10″. I’ve got a report at ESPN that he was measured 6′ 8.25″ at the NBA pre-draft camp. The Sun-Times says 6′ 7.5″. And now the Chicago Tribune reports he’s merely 6′ 7″.
I can understand a discrepancy between a college listing [...]

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As far as Hulk movies go, I’m in the minority that enjoyed Ang Lee’s 2003 “Hulk.” I’m also likely in the minority as someone who enjoyed the Ang Lee version more than the current Louis Leterrier-directed “The Incredible Hulk”currently in theaters.
It isn’t that this version of The Hulk is bad, per se. There are two problems [...]

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The joke is real and it’s on the season ticket holders. Vinny Del Negro is officially the new coach of the Chicago Bulls. His coaching experience: none. 
Jeff Hornacek is considered the patron saint of walk-ons for having a long and prominent playing career after walking onto the basketball team at Iowa State. Vinny may have just become the [...]

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“Who are those guys?”
-Butch Cassiday
Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid
After royally screwing up two potential high-profile head coaching hires (Mike D’Antoni and Doug Collins both walked away), there’s buzz that the Bulls are about to announce a new coach from the short list of Dwayne Casey, Chuck Person and Vinny Del Negro. ”Who are those guy,” [...]

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The Chicago Tribune is now reporting Doug Collins has backed out as a candidate for coaching the Bulls.  In the immortal words of Gomer Pyle, “surprise, surprise, surprise.”  In fact, Gomer might be the mascot for this coaching search, as skilled as this search’s execution as been.
I had refrained on commenting on Collins as a [...]

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Shortly after Tony Rezko was convicted on 16 of 24 charges, Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich hired a new media consultant to help address the situation:

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