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Dubya dribbles with some Irish kids. We need a Guinness after viewing that.
• Tiger Woods’ win in San Diego is Wall Street’s loss in productivity.
• Speaking of the ex-Eldrick, Sports Illustrated needs help with next week’s cover.
• Doug Christie’s better half is blackballing him from the NBA.
• ESPN wants to keep an eye on you - a big, bloodshot eye.
• Meanwhile, the Worldwide Leader should keep an eye on Jemele Hill’s Hitler-Celtics comments.
Hank Steinbrenner was understandably upset. His Wang came up lame in a place it should have never been in the first place, leaving his team rather impotent for the rest of the campaign when Chien-Ming Wang hurt his foot during interleague play while running the bases.
Still, when he rattled on about how “(the National League) need to grow up and join the 21st century,” we couldn’t help but compare his latest bloviation against the actions yesterday of another son of an owner no longer able to run his team.
While Hank kicked the dirt and waved his arms wildly until someone gave him a microphone to suck on, Rocky Wirtz of the Chicago Blackhawks was deftly handling a delicate situation by not being anywhere near it.
CUBS PREZ SKATES CROSSTOWN TO LEAD BLACKHAWKS: The president of the Chicago Cubs is packing his bags and heading crosstown to helm the revival of the Blackhawks:
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The CHICAGO SUN-TIMES reports that John McDonough is leaving the Friendly Confines for the empty echoes of the half-full United Center.On Tuesday morning, McDonough had resigned from the club where we worked for 24 years, and was introduced as the ‘Hawks new president just three hours later.
Despite a lack of World Series rings for almost a century, McDonough has been able to maintain a heavy fan base for the Cubbies throughout the years.
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He’s behind such marketing gimmicks as having celebrities sing during the 7th inning stretch, and creating the Cubs Convention.Hiring McDonough is just the latest attempt by Rocky Wirtz to step out of dad Bill’s mismanaged shadow, and make the hockey franchise relevant in the Windy City again. He’s even putting home games on local TV, for God’s sakes!
