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The Rant: Cut the NBA season moving forward

By Sean Anderson | February 14, 2012

Thanks to the NBA lockout, this year's season was shortened from the regular 82 games to 66.Teams, like the Chicago Bulls, are facing more injuries and fatigue as they have to play as many as five games in a week, and sometimes even three games in a row.Derrick...

The Rant- Dwight Howard should come to Chicago Bulls

By Sean Anderson | January 31, 2012

It's been reported that Dwight Howard might be open to being traded to the Chicago Bulls. The question I have to wonder is, why wouldn't he want to become a member of the Bulls in the first place? The Bulls have a winning tradition.Howard has been compared...

The Bulls can afford to lose Boozer

By Matt Hopkinson | November 29, 2011

Until finals week is over, I don't think I will have a bigger smile than I did the minute I found out the NBA is "tentatively" back.Amid the images of all the glorious things Derrick Rose can do and the auditory hallucinations of Stacey King, I began...

No NBA season rekindles memories of Rose, Boozer, King

By Matt Hopkinson | October 31, 2011

Without the NBA, I am lost in a stupor of televised Tim Tebow games and watching Nelson Cruz look lost at a position he played all year.The only saving grace has been a successful Chicago Blackhawks team to this point, but even this cannot compare to...

Pretty Lights to shine tonight

By Alex Fiore | October 5, 2011

Turn up the lights in here, baby. Extra bright, I want y'all to see this. That's the motto at 8 p.m. tonight when performer Pretty Lights hits the Convocation Center with MacBook and headphones in tow. Fort Collins, Col.-based DJ and producer Pretty Lights...

The Rant: Too much Woozy, not enough Boozy

By Chris Dertz | May 8, 2011

Chicago Bulls' head coach Tom Thibodeau was named the NBA's Coach of the Year. There's one move that he's not making that's making him look like the dunce of the decade, though. Consider this a public plea, Thibs: Start. Taj. Gibson. It should be abundantly...

Bulls plates available now

By Northern Star Staff | May 3, 2011

Northern Star Staff According to a press release from the Secretary of State's office, the public can now order Chicago Bulls Illinois license plates.The plate features strips of black and red and the Bulls logo. Random number, personalized or vanity...

The Rant: The best around

By Jimmy Johnson | April 14, 2011

I won't throw down some wallops on the drum for Derrick Rose to be the NBA's MVP, since it's a forgone conclusion he's had the award wrapped up for months. But Rose shouldn't be the only Chicago Bull to take home some hardware for this season. In his...

The Rant: Heat pass on butterball big man Curry for good reason

By Jimmy Johnson | April 13, 2011

The Miami Heat told Eddy Curry what the former Chicago Bulls center couldn't say to all those cheeseburgers he's devoured: no. After seven workouts, Heat president Pat Riley passed on adding the butterball big man to the playoff roster. Seven workouts?...

Faceoff: Who should the Bulls face?

By Jimmy Johnson and Brian Thomas | April 11, 2011

Brian Thomas: The NBA playoffs are right around the corner, and the Chicago Bulls have the No. 1 seed in the East locked up. Assuming that they make it through their first two matchups, taking care of the Indiana Pacers in the first round and then presumably...

The Rant: Don’t panic Bulls’ fans

By Jimmy Johnson | March 29, 2011

You fart in a lecture hall. You forget to do your taxes. You said something absurdly embarrassing last night at a party. Slip-ups, mistakes, whatever you want to call them; they happen to us all. Including the invincible Chicago Bulls. The currently top-seeded...

The Rant: Give it to D-Rose

By Andrew Singer | March 27, 2011

They liked Derrick Rose before you did. Now that you like him, though, they suddenly aren't so interested in the Chicago Bulls' point guard getting that coveted MVP award. "They" are the hipster members of the media. The people that refuse to vote for...