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Mark Cuban = Cubs savior? Should I care?

You’ll never really see me link to a Jay Mariotti piece, but his column in today’s Chicago Sun-Times brings hope to Cubs fans.

Mark Cuban, owner of the Chicago Cubs. Kind of has a nice ring to it, eh? If this happens, I think I’d have to start watching more Cubs games…

…wait, I didn’t just say that?

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Chicago 2016 Update: Chicago in if bowling included for 2016 Games?

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Ah, I just got a funny image in my head after reading this story, which originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

The inclusion of bowling in the 2016 Olympics could actually happen, according to the story. Thing is, the World Tenpin Bowling Association has an amateurs-only rule for bowling on the international stage, unlike, say, basketball.

Just think of this, though: beer-guzzling, brat-chomping Chicagoans cheering for American bowlers at Lucky Strike Lanes, or wherever the events would be held. Very Happy Gilmore-esque, no?

This is Chicago 2016. This is the true spirit of the Olympics, not that dainty pairs figure skating stuff.

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Mets rebound, take final two games of series vs. Cubbies

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Ha.

It figures, no? The day after the Mets got killed by the Cubs, they come back to win the next two games. On Wednesday, we won 8-1.

In the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday, the Mets scored five runs off Chicago reliever Scott Eyre and closer Ryan Dempster, coming back from a 5-1 deficit to beat the Cubs, 6-5.

I just wish I could’ve watched the game, but damn MLB TV blacks out watch local games when I’m at school, so I couldn’t watch it. Oh well, at least I could listen to my hometown WFAN broadcast.

I’m going to today’s Cubs-Sox subway series game at Wrigley Field, so, needless to say, I won’t be doing much blogging today.

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Mets killed by Cubs in Game Two of series, 10-1

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‘Nuff said. Thanks, Mollie, for so kindly pointing this out to me. Maybe the Cubs should have saved some of their runs for a game in which the bullpen lets them down…perhaps later in this series…

(Audible grumble.)

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Chicago 2016 Olympics Update: UIC is home to Amateur World Boxing Championships

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According to a Chicago Tribune report, the Amateur World Boxing Championship events will be held at the Pavilion at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

The Pavilion has already been slated to host the boxing events if the Chicago 2016 Olympics happen.

Should be interesting to watch, at least.

What do you think?

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Chicago 2016 Olympics Update: Chi-town to host world amateur boxing championships

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The International Amateur Boxing Association announced Thursday that Chicago would take Moscow’s place as the host city for this year’s amateur championships. Matches will be held from Oct. 17 to the final on Nov. 1.

Moscow was deselected because it didn’t live up to its committments, said AIBA, whatever that means. (Probably money or politics.)

“We know that Chicago has a great boxing tradition and we are excited about the opportunity of showcasing our sport in such an important American city,” AIBA president C.K. Wu said in a statement.

It could be a decent stage on which Chicago can show off its international feathers, and I have no doubt it will, but I think one event is about all anyone can handle.

But I suppose you never know.

(More information coming soon.)

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS ALERT: Read AIBA’s full statement here.

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The latest musings of a Knicks fan…

I found myself at a conundrum yesterday as I watched the Chicago Bulls knock off the Miami Heat yesterday.

A lifelong fan of the New York Knicks, I’m torn. In the 1990s, the Bulls, who featured Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant et al, demolished the Knickerbockers at every opportunity. I would be flabbergasted if I were to support the new Bulls team, led by Kirk Heinrich, Ben Gordon and Luol Deng.

My question: Should I root for the Bulls? On one hand, I’d be supporting a good team in my adopted city. I would allow myself to watch them on TV (and maybe make arrangements to, gasp, watch the games with others). I may even attend a game or two.

On the other hand, I’d feel like a turncoat. I can’t imagine my veins, which have always pumped orange and blue, to start pumping the Bulls’ red and white.

Perhaps I should take donations online for an NBA On-Demand subscription. Any takers?