No sports species of the new mill has proved more effective at devouring its own than Big Ten men's basketball. So Jim O'Donnell offers a tournament solution that might make the league's path in the Big Dance a little smoother.
No sports species of the new mill has proved more effective at devouring its own than Big Ten men's basketball.
Nonetheless, the five-day Big Ten Drano is grinding on this week at the United Center. The championship game is Sunday . Instead, as reward for prevailing, a week off to rest and reset -- along with a window for a celebratory on-campus weekend. As for Boo"Baba" Buie and NU, they're playing for a slot in the 6-7 range and that's about it.
In the meantime, if someone at the United Center this weekend asks,"What's for dinner?", the answer -- as far as NCAA tournament chances go -- will be far too obvious:The end of the Mike Clevinger domestic abuse investigation by MLB draws troubling attention to the enormous latitude commissioner Rob Manfred can bring to deciding such matters. Manfred owes fans much greater transparency about his methods.
Part II of the homemade documentary"Last Comiskey" drops Thursday on YouTube. Producer-director Matt Flesch of Arlington Heights says a highlight of week one was a laudatory email from Scott Fletcher. He was the lead second baseman on the 1990 White Sox and one of Flesch's teen heroes. ...
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