| Chicago Bulls
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| Earlier this week, Tuesday to be exact, the Bulls were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs with a loss to the Miami Heat. I guess it’s only fitting that the league’s worst team should hammer down the final nail of the coffin that held any hope the Bulls had for playing in the post season. How ironic, it was the Bulls who swept the Heat in the first round of last year’s playoffs.
But this year was supposed to be different; they were supposed to contend for the Eastern Conference championship if not for the World Championship. Instead, this season turned into one embarrassment after another. From the firing of Scott Skiles on Christmas Eve to interim coach Jim Boylan allowing the players to suspend Joakim Noah for a game to all the losses and uninspired play from the individuals on the court. Granted, Boylan “coached” this team to a slightly better winning percentage (.385 to Skiles .36) but considering that for most of the year the Bulls were only two games out of playoffs and now sit at six. It is extremely disappointing that they won’t be participating at all.
So congrats to you Jim Boylan who most likely wont be back. John Paxon who has a lot of work to do this off-season. Kirk Hinrich, Ben Gordon, and Luol Deng who need to re-focus and play as a team instead of individuals fighting for a contract extension. And yes, even you Ben Wallace with declining skills, over-priced contract, and shoddy leadership abilities, congrats for just barely avoiding the Fryer.
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| Survivor Olympics
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| Is it me or does this year's torch relay resemble one big episode of the tv show Survivor? Everywhere it goes it seems to attract more haters and more people teaming up against it. Unfortunately this is no game, there is no million dollar prize at the end of the relay, only a severe human rights violations. The big wigs from the US are starting to put pressure on China. Hilary Clinton wants to boycott the opening day ceremony. G.W. is pleading with China to sit down and talk with the Dali Lama.
However, this is not the US leading the charge. Poland, Germany, and even France, yes France is actually taking a stand, have been very outspoken boycotting the ceremonies until China takes positive action regarding Tibet and Xinjiang. How did Beijing not see this coming? Better question, why did Beijing think they could hide these atrocities from the rest of the world? What is supposed to be a celebration of sports is quickly turning into a political poker game. My only question is, if you are going to boycott, why not go all out? Really make a point and boycott the entire Olympics? Is not attending the Opening Ceremony really going to make a difference? It seems kind of half-assed to me, but I guess only time will tell. Until then, the protests will continue like the ones in London and in France where the torch had to be extinguished twice for safety precautions. All we need now is Survior host Jeff Probst to ask Beijing to leave the island.
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| Brett Favre
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| He’s staying, he’s going, he’s leaving his options open. For Christof’s sake just make up your damn mind and leave it alone. On Thursday, he was asked under the hypothetical scenario that Aaron Rodgers went down with a serious injury, would Favre play again if the Green Bay Packers asked him to re-join the team? He responded, "And if that opportunity presented itself and they did call, it would be tempting. And I very well could be enticed to do it."
No no no!!! That’s not how it works. Brett, I understand you are new to this retirement thingy, but when you retire from a job, you don’t go back to it. That’s why they call it retirement and not sabbatical. Why must you always keep this open-ended? Yes, I get it you love the game and the Packers, but it just gets annoying. Retire and stay retired, end of question. What’s it going to take, a steroid scandal a la Roger Clemens? Please for the fans and the Chicago Bears, just stay retired.
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