After sluggish starts in each of the first two exhibition games, the Bulls looked like they were ready to work from the opening tip Tuesday night at the United Center. But the team's best first quarter -- in which they built a 19-point lead -- fizzled quickly, and the Bulls dropped to 0-3 in the preseason with a 96-86 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
After watching the Blackhawks lose their first three games while he served a suspension for a preseason altercation, left winger Ben Eager can't wait to return tonight against the Phoenix Coyotes (2-0) at the United Center.
Devin Hester hasn't changed. The problem is with us, the media and fans who await his every return as though it carries the fulfillment of a messianic prophecy.
BOSTON - They fluttered in and rocketed out: Three more homers sent sailing over the Green Monster to help the Tampa Bay Rays blow out Boston for the second straight game and move within one win of their first AL pennant.
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers are facing a difficult road to get back in the NL Championship Series, and manager Joe Torre decided the best way to begin that process was a day off.
Kevin Foster, who spent seven years in the majors pitching mostly for the Cubs, has died of cancer. He was 39.
With both Mother McAuley and Queen of Peace wearing pink and raising money for breast cancer, the Mighty Macs game out on top Tuesday 25-9, 25-19.
Sandburg junior swimmer Jessica Pontow didn't know the full meaning of what to expect when she was invited to attend the J. Kyle Braid Leadership Foundation Camp in Colorado in July.
