Mike Imrem
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Big sigh of relief for Big TenMay 30, 2011 12:00 am - Finally, Jim Tressel paid Monday for being a liar, cheater, snake and fake. Ohio State had no choice but to ease Tressel out of his job as football head coach, if only t...
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I repeat: King could dethrone MJMay 29, 2011 12:00 am - Scottie Pippen should have asked me whether failing to worship the memory of Michael Jordan’s career was asking for trouble. I would have told him that he can say...
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A day to think of freedom and its costsMay 29, 2011 12:00 am - “To say the least, a war will drastically disturb everything in our lives, including our great enjoyment of sports.” #8212;Bill Gallo Just the fact there#146;s...
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Bulls can improve because Rose will only get betterMay 26, 2011 12:00 am - The Bulls can get better before next season because Derrick Rose can. Rose should be motivated to do so after the way the Heat eliminated the Bulls from the playoffs Thu...
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Outsiders need to fear us Chicagoans againMay 24, 2011 12:00 am - The final “Oprah Winfrey Show” airs today and then she’ll leave town, sort of the way Michael Jordan left us in 1998. When the shock is over and emptiness sets in...
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Noah's fine appropriate, and a lessonMay 23, 2011 12:00 am - Bulls center Joakim Noah had to be punished. Not because of political correctness, which many believe is running amok in society. Noah was fined because he was wrong on ...
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Miami does most of the slugging in Game 3May 22, 2011 12:00 am - A question was posed to Tom Thibodeau the day before the Bulls-Heat series began. If two good defenses meet some good offensive players, what kind of NBA playoff game do...
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Cubs would never need to try to loseMay 21, 2011 12:00 am - The Cubs are accustomed to being the butt of negativity. Take the Toby Keith song “Somewhere Else” about a poor sap who stumbles home from the neighborhood bar in a fit ...
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Some ideas for new job as Illini ADMay 17, 2011 12:00 am - As much as I enjoy being a sports pontificator, my allegiance to the University of Illinois has me wobbling toward a career change. Today I am announcing my candidacy fo...
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NBA lottery day definitely worth notingMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Tonight is the NBA draft lottery, which every year should be a local holiday around Chicago. Keep kids home from school. Grill out in the back yard. Fly the flag, go to ...