The new sports cable network Comcast SportsNet Chicago arrives next October, hopefully not in time for Sox and Cubs postseason collapses, a slow start by the Bears, an NHL work stoppage and another Bulls head coaching change.
2. Exception to the rule
The ACC/Big Ten Challenge is an early-season made-for-TV event created to draw attention to the two conferences, and fans love every minute not counting any game involving Penn State.
3. No rush
It’s not much of a surprise
to hear hockey’s Eric Daze
will miss another 10
weeks after his back
surgery. Take your time
on the rehab. The ‘Hawks
aren’t going anywhere.
4. Eyes dried shut
Heading into a key tilt against Philadelphia on Thursday, the Bulls are 1-0 under Scott Skiles. Maybe everything can indeed change in the blink of an eye. OK, now nobody blink.
5. Fish flash
the cash
Second baseman Luis Castillo decided to stay with the Marlins he’s known since he was 16. Perhaps that explains why he got $16 million over three years.
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6. Showing his stripes
Tiger Woods is upset with the head of a South African game reserve, who broke a promise and leaked to the press details of his engagement to Elin Nordegren. But it’s news down there whenever a tiger lets himself get tamed.
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Edited by the Sports staff of RedEye.
