COVID-19: Former College Hooper Leads Targeted Relief Effort In Black Chicago
Skokie native and former University of Dubuque basketball star has been very proactive distributing masks and gloves to the elderly and resource-less on the West Side
Tag Archives: pandemic
NBA Finals: Conflicting Feelings Surround LeBron’s Latest Coronation
Seeing LeBron James pose with the Larry O’Brien Trophy and the Bill Russell Finals MVP trophy for the fourth time was supposed to be captivating. It wasn’t, though.
NBA Finals: Emotions Still Run High In Chicago For Jimmy Butler
In the face of the best example yet of Jimmy Butler’s superior ability to win at all costs, there still exists a sizable segment of basketball fans convinced that his superstar bark lacks qualifying bite.
Column: On the Legend of the Notorious RBG, What Should Be Done With Supreme Court
With this focus now on the manipulation of the Supreme Court, another political norm has been erased from our country and its removal will only deepen our civil wounds.
NBA Playoffs: In Bubble, Butler Shows True Worth As Survivor, Star
Every so often in text message exchanges I’ll make use of a GIF depicting Jimmy Butler’s playful reaction to then-Chicago Bulls teammate (and one-part athlete-to-three parts shooter) Doug McDermott’s serendipitous […]
Column: #TrumpKnew, Didn’t Care and Might Have Sacrificed The Presidency
September 11th marked the six-month point from when quarantining became the default weapon our nation took up against COVID-19, a reality that hasn’t faded to memory and is as real as ever.
NBA: Jordan Finally Combining Influence As Player With Wealth As Owner
Jordan’s recent activity — including public statements against institutional racism and managing player-owner relations during the bubble boycott — is a reconciliation of sorts with his voluntary exclusion from socio-political affairs in the past.
NBA: Game Stoppage Came Without Plan, But Plan of Action Is Realer Than Ever
By boycotting its playoff game Wednesday in protest of the indefensible shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin and the perpetuation of police brutality, the Milwaukee Bucks made the kind of statement that sanctioned social slogans and conspicuous court embossing couldn’t.
Column: Think It Can’t Get Worse? Yes It Can, That’s Why Biden-Harris Can’t Be Stopped
Poll dodging or punching the ticket of any candidate not named Biden come November 3rd only enhances the probability of an incumbent Donald Trump continuing to make his version of America great again.
NBA: Orlando Bubble Protocol Spits In Face Of Clownish National Leadership
Those of us who live beyond the jurisdiction of Adam Silver’s invisible sphere of sanctuary do so cautiously as the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, continues to lurk throughout our nation in similar obscurity but with much different test results.
