A lot happened in the sports world this weekend other than the NCAA tournament. Namely, Squints and I almost left the cheese after our socialist Chairman treated some of his staff members poorly over the weekend. Don't worry though, we came to an agreement on a new CBA after having a few whiskey drinks and the cheese is still alive (still waiting for that apology on twitter).
Other than that small labor dispute, Chicago sports was all over the place. After the Hawks stunk up the joint against Dallas in a 5-0 schalacking, they showed up in Phoenix last night pulling off a big 2-1 win. Newly acquired defenseman Chris Campoli registered his first goal with the team as he put the Hawks ahead with 6:30 left in the third. The win puts the team into a 3-way tie for 5th place with 86 points (Hawks win the tiebreaker). They are still 3 points behind Phoenix for 4th and 1 point ahead of 8th place Anaheim. If this is the way the rest of the season is gonna go, I'm gonna have a panic attack following this team. Even though they are in 5th, they are still straddling the line of making the playoffs, and it looks like it will be that way until the end. If they have one bad week and lose 2 in a row, the season could be over. Kaner should probably put himself on a self-imposed drinking ban until the season is over because the team needs him to step up. This is more evident than ever because Patrick Sharp left last nights game with a knee injury. Don't know how bad it is or if will be playing this Wednesday against the Panthers.
The Bulls won a tough game in NJ on Thursday night and played in another in Indy on Friday. After being down to Indy by 20 points in the 2nd half, the team battled back behind DRose's 42 points (19 in the 4th quarter) to force an OT period. The Bulls struggled in OT and were unable to get over the top against a thriving Psycho T. The Pacers, who probably have one of the dumbest team names in basketball, are finally cashing in on Psycho T. After being missing during the first 2/3 of the season, he starts to play his way into the line up and put up good numbers for the team. But I'm not at all scared of playing this young and inexperienced team in a 7 game series. The Bulls are now tied for 1st (losing tiebreaker to C's) and play Sacramento tonight. DRose v. Tyreke Evans is no contest. Boozer and TajMahal are day-to-day. Probably gonna be another tough win against a bad team considering all these injuries. Hopefully we can reclaim 1st place tonight as the C's play the Knicks tonight as well.
And finally, here is this weeks installment of AAOTW. The athlete highlighted this week is one who has a very unique skill set. He left a very successful career in a much less important "sport" to chase his dream of representing his country in the Goodwill Games playing Hockey. Of course I'm talking about none other than Kenny Wu. He has the uncanny ability of combining finesse and his graceful skating ability to allude opposing defenders and get open looks at the net. He is an artist with pirouettes and other spins using the ice as his canvas. But don't let his small stature fool you. What he lacks in size and muscle mass, he makes up for in cunning triple axles and heart. He's also a bad ass because he finds himself joining the bash brothers Fulton Reed and Dean Portman later on in his high school hockey career.
WU! WU! WU! KENNY WU!
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