Radio personality Mike North has parted ways with The Score (670-AM), but he’s welcome here at Five on Five. Find us online at redeyechicago.com/facebookfives.
Mike North
Leo Ebersole
Phillip Thompson
Jimmy Greenfield
Tracy Swartz
TOPIC 1: WHAT’S LEFT FOR THE BULLS TO DO BEFORE THE START OF THURSDAY’S DRAFT?
They might sign one of these guys before the draft. … Wait, that makes too much cents!
Double-check NBA eligibility requirements re: Heidi Klum.
Put the finishing touches on the plank Kirk Hinrich will be walking first thing Friday morning.
Pray to the God of NBA Busts that the ghost of Sam Bowie is not haunting them.
Benny the Bull should loofah his hands for a softer high-five to the new recruit.
TOPIC 2: TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT EURO2008 THAT WE DON’T KNOW.
I’m sure it’s a wonderful automobile.
Fun fact: Germany prepared for opponent Turkey by scrimmaging 11 open-faced sandwiches.
The Euro2008 usually is stronger than the U.S.Dollar2008.
I am religiously not watching any of it.
Soccer? Not finishing what you start is for jerks.
TOPIC 3: WHAT WILL MICHAEL STRAHAN’S ROLE ON ‘FOX NFL SUNDAY’ BE?
To see who has the better lisp! He or Shannon Sharpe.
He’ll fight Tiki Barber whenever Fox finds itself in an “Anchorman”-style rumble with NBC.
Gap plays. Nothing but gap plays.
He’ll be a two-way player. I have no idea what that means.
Sad sack.
TOPIC 4: HOW DO MOST ON-AIR SPORTS PERSONALITIES NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS?
Always with a backup plan. But the good ones don’t need an agent!
They threaten to go mute. In Chris Berman’s case, maybe not the brightest of strategies.
By making veiled threats: “I’m feeling a little Imusy today.”
The ones with leverage sign big deals. The ones without resort to Five on Five appearances.
By unleashing their guns.
TOPIC 5: SHAQ ‘FREESTYLED’ ON KOBE. HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO FREESTYLE ON SOMEONE.
Hey, hey holy mackerel, no doubt about it! Oh, never mind.
Phil, I’m not good at rapping / But your stack of Teen Vogues has me dropping like “The Happening.”
Tracy, you’ll be crying like you got the colic / If you don’t get your “bottle” like an alkieholic.
I stopped rapping after my unfortunate 1996 duet with
Don Imus.
Males on the panel, what a waste / Jimmy, tell me how my sass tastes.
