Diary of a Chicago Sports Fan

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Tom Brady's jersey still missing, NBA squabbles and the Yankees make a move

There are still things settling in after the New England Patriots historic Super Bowl win over the Atlanta Falcons.  Tom Brady’s game jersey is still missing.  The jersey disappeared after the game.  Texas Rangers have been called into the hunt.  While they are at it, they might look for the Falcons defense.  It went missing after the third quarter of Sunday’s game.  Part of the problem is Chuck Norris/Cordell Walker is visiting Israel.  When he gets back, look for the mystery to be solved.

LeBron adds to his enemies list

LeBron James continues his off court rampage. Recently he went off on Charles Barkley and he’s followed up on that by calling reporter, Frank Isola and a story written by Isola trash.  Its one thing to say a report is trash, but quite another to say the reporter is trash.  LeBron was upset because Isola had reported that James was pushing for the Cavs to acquire Carmelo Anthony from the Knicks, even if it meant trading Kevin Love to get him.  It makes me root for the Warriors when it comes playoff time.

MJ with the dagger

An NBA story making the rounds is how Michael Jordan told Golden State Warriors co-owner, Joe Lacob, that the Warriors 73 win season was meaningless since they didn’t win the championship.  Well, actually I’m paraphrasing MJ because I write a clean blog, but you get the point.  MJ has a valid point.  While the regular season record might not be completely meaningless, not winning the championship does make it mean less.  As a Bulls fan, I say the Warriors can have the regular season record for victories; I’ll take the championship the Bulls won.

Really, Draymond?

In another NBA family feud, Warriors designated groin kicker, Draymond Green recently was involved in a heated discussion with Kevin Durant.  In trying to downplay the argument, Green said there was a purpose behind his actions.  That would be a little easier to believe if Draymond hadn’t “accidently” sent pictures of his privates over social media.

The Yankees shopping at Kmart?

The Yankees took a step in free agency.  Chris Carter, last year’s NL homerun champion has signed a one year contract with the team for three million dollars.  Carter comes off a year where he had a slash line of .222/.321/.499 with 41 homers and 94 RBIs.  That’s a low risk signing for someone with Carter’s power.  Of course with Matt Holiday at DH and Greg Bird slotted at first for at least part of the time, Carter probably won’t have the opportunity to strike out 206 times again.

More next time.