Bieber got invited to the block party

Bieber, you can't bring that weak shit in Scottie Pippen's house!  


I love Scottie just being the guy taking the celebrity game way to seriously.  Somebody has to be that guy, and Scottie stepped up.  Bieber did have the last laugh though, winning the MVP, and surprisingly showing some nice basketball skills.  

Or did he have the last laugh...

It's time for Blake Griffin to save the dunk contest

I know I may be the only person who still cares about the dunk contest so I will keep this short, but Blake Griffin is about to kill it Saturday night and make me wish I was still 12 years old with a 7 foot basketball hoop outside to try to copy all his moves on.  Ok, maybe I would do the same thing right now if I had a 9 foot hoop, or actually an 8 foot hoop or screw it, just bring back the 7 foot hoop.


Have a great weekend and may it be as awesome as all of Blake's dunks.

ChicagBro of the Week: Derrick Rose

It is only fitting that the first ChicagBro Sports ChicagBro of the Week is Derrick Rose.  It was really easy for the panel of one (aka me) to come to this decision.  Hometown boy playing for the hometown team is the leading candidate for the NBA MVP award going into the all-star break.  Last night he was just out of control posting 42 points (a career-high), 8 assists and 5 boards while leading the Bulls to a 109-99 win against the league leading San Antonio Spurs, with the whole league watching. DRose is for real and Bulls are for real and that game last night proved it to any of the few people who weren't believers.  So Derrick have fun over the all-star weekend and get some rest because you have work to do in the second half and a ring to win.

PS - Everybody laughed when Derrick asked why he couldn't be MVP this year, but nobody is laughing now. 

This man deserves a raise!?

Chicago Tribune - Illinois head football coach Ron Zook will get a $250,000-a-year raise after his team's 7-6 season.

Illini Athletic Director Ron Guenther said Wednesday that Zook's annual salary will be increased from $1.5 million to $1.75 million once approved by university trustees.
Guenther said Zook's staff will get raises, too. That includes offensive coordinator Paul Petrino and defensive coordinator Vic Koenning. Petrino will get a $50,000 raise to $525,000 a year and Koenning will be paid $342,000, a $17,000 bump. 

Petrino and Koenning were hired after most of Zook's staff was fired over the three-win 2009 season. 

Guenther said Tuesday that Illinois' Texas Bowl win is the first step toward regular bowl appearances. He noted few Illinois coaches have been that successful but said there's no reason it can't happen. 

Um...Ron Zook sucks.  Ron Guenther knows that, right?  I guess not. This just goes to prove what every underachieving cubicle monkey thinks.  If you set the bar really low, people will be impressed if you just don't fuck up.

Its true the team did better this year, but its not like they had a great year.  They went 6-6 in the regular season and beat a crappy Baylor team in the Texas Bowl.  The problem with that is  Zook actually coached less this year.  In order to keep his job last year they made him hire new assistants and defer some of the control of the team over to them.  But I guess shit like this happens all the time in the world.  If anything just give the raises to Petrino and Koenning, because those are the guys that turned the team around and you don't want them running off to take a head coaching job at Western Illinois or something.

PS - You know who is jumping up and down after reading this?  Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce.  Nothing spells a raise in the Illini athletic department like a second straight NIT appearance.

Hey JJ, you might want to sit out for a minute

Oh Kirk, don't do him like that.  That is some straight up white on white crime.  I don't remember the last time a white guy broke some ankles with a crossover dribble like that.  I guess there does need to be an asterisk next to it to though because JJ Redick probably one of the worst defenders in the league.  Either way it would be nice to still have Hinrich on the Bulls, he is exactly the type of role player the team could use right now.  He's a backup point guard who can play the two, hit open jumpers and play tough defense. Plus now he wears that sweet face mask, and everybody knows face mask guys pick it up a level in the playoffs.

Also, how long before his Redick's teammates stop making fun of him for this?  They aren't stopping this year for sure.  Like you know Dwight Howard and him are going to be walking towards each other in the hallway and Dwight is just gonna stumble backwards and fall and grab JJ's ankle.

PS - I'm sorry for the terrible music at the very end of the video.  I don't know who thought that was a good idea.

Miguel Cabrera has really gotten his act together

Sporting News - Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was arrested late Wednesday on drunken driving charges in Florida, police said, the latest episode for the first baseman who has struggled with a drinking problem.

Cabrera, 27, was spotted by a deputy in a car that's engine was smoking alongside a road in Fort Pierce. Inside the vehicle, Cabrera smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and took a swig from a bottle of scotch in front of a deputy, according to St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said. He refused to cooperate and more deputies were called to the scene.

He was wandering into the road with his hands up before he was handcuffed, the report said. He kept saying, "Do you know who I am, you don't know anything about my problems," and cursed at deputies who tried to get him into a patrol car.

One deputy struck Cabrera in the left thigh several times with his knee after Cabrera pushed into him, causing the ballplayer to fall into the patrol car. Cabrera refused to take a breath test, deputies said.

Well, so much for the Tigers competing with Twins and White Sox for the AL Central crown this year.  It can't help your team when your best player (who is a recovering alcoholic) is drunkenly pushing police officers in the middle of street right before spring training starts.  That won't cause any unneeded distractions for the team.

You at least have to respect Cabrera's decision to refuse to take the breathalyzer right after he took a pull of scotch straight from the bottle. Like he is obviously drunk, what is the point of proving exactly how drunk he is.

Spring is officially here!!!

It's 52 degrees outside, my car has no snow piled up around it, and the White Sox pitchers and catchers report to spring training today. That means that spring is here I can forget about the Packers winning the Super Bowl and focus on the Bulls playoff run and the White Sox taking the AL Central crown back from the Twins. 


According to Kenny, Jerry and the White Sox marketing department they are "All in" this year, but are they really? The team looks better than last year, but there are still questions that need to be answered.  Here are three that may be the most important.



How soon can Peavy come back and who is going to be the 5th starter until he does? Peavy claims to be at 60% to 70%, but he pushed himself past where the team wanted him to be.  You don't want to rush an arm injury on a pitcher and have him just go out there to get hurt again.  The Sox season fell apart last year when Peavy got hurt and with him they have a really solid 1 through 5 starting rotation.  Without him the Sox only really have 4 starters with any experience and they don't have Freddy Garcia (signed with Yankees) to fill in at the 5th starter spot.


Who is the Closer?  The Sox let Bobby Jenks go this off-season.  It was time, his numbers had been declining and he was going to cost a lot in arbitration if they kept him.  Chris Sale looks ready to be the closer.  He put up great numbers after being called up last season (1.93 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 32 K in 23.1 innings), and really just looked like a closer.  But we all know that Ozzie likes his veterans and may give Matt Thornton the shot this year.


Is it Morel or Teahen at 3rd?  Mark Teahen had a bad year at the plate last year and an even worse year in the field.  Brent Morel came up late in the year and played great defense and all those crazy stat guys say that his bat should pick it up this year.  If I was in charge Morel would get the job to start the year and Teahen would be used in a utility role, but Teahen got a new three year contract before the season last year, so we will see what if that makes the front office think he deserves another chance.


Is Beckham ready to jump to the next level?  I can't possibly analyze this question fairly because I have been in love with Beckham since his first at-bat.  With that said he had an absolutely terrible first half of the season last year that had people wondering if he should be sent back to the minors. He got his act together in the second half and posted a .310 average and an .877 OPS.  If he can do that for a whole season, which isn't out of the question, that is definitely making the jump to the next level.


Even with those unanswered questions, the team is in good shape.  The upgrades of Dunn over the garbage they had at DH last year and a full year of Edwin Jackson will be huge.  The White Sox are ready to challenge the Twins this year. Now they just need to figure out how to win a game in Minnesota.