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Joe Cowley became a Sun-Times sports columnist in 2010 after 12 years of covering the White Sox for both the Daily Southtown and …

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Bulls living in a dream world

PHILADELPHIA — The little guy is defiant to the end. At least give Bulls guard John Lucas III credit for that. But the end is coming. If not Tuesday, then definitely Thursday, when the Bulls and Philadelphia 76ers are scheduled to play Game 6 of …

C.J. Watson’s recent funk puts Bulls behind the 8-ball

PHILADELPHIA — John Lucas III is instant energy. He’s fearless. There isn’t a shot he’s afraid to take. And if this were a pick-up ­basketball game at the local YMCA, Lucas is on my team, first pick, no questions asked. But carrying the fortunes of …

Failure has been good teacher for Gordon Beckham

Rock bottom for a hitter? That comes easily. Crawling out of it is where the chin of a baseball player is tested. It can be a torturous process. It can feel never-ending. Some players never rediscover their stroke. They stay lost until they’ve sat on …

It’s time for Carlos Boozer to start earning his money

The rip job would be so easy right now. Nine points, one shot attempt in the second half and five rebounds Tuesday. This is your life, Carlos Boozer. Instead, this is a plea. One final leap of faith that Boozer finally will get it, finally …

76ers get their five minutes of fame

It was written very clearly. Straight from the coaching mind of the Philadelphia 76ers’ Doug Collins, transcribed near the top of the oversized dry erase board that was placed next to the doorway of the visiting locker room. Positioned for every 76ers player to read. …

While Cubs stay patient, fans left paying price for 4-12 team

HGTV makes it look so simple. A wreck of a home, a few burly Canadian guys with sledgehammers, and in less than 30 minutes, minus a few commercials, there stands a new three-bedroom dream house, perfect landscaping and all. Everything goes so smoothly. The reality …

  • Humble Philip Humber an unlikely candidate for perfection

    As Philip Humber collapsed to his knees, the first body to crash into him wore the No. 44 jersey. Jake Peavy finally got his “dog pile.’’ “I felt Peavy on my back,’’ Humber said. “I couldn’t breathe and I was like, ‘Let me up.’ I …Read More

  • Ozzie Guillen learning from his business error

    MIAMI — Ozzie Guillen forgot who his customers were. That’s what the Miami Marlins manager was really guilty of. We can all hide behind it being a free-speech issue, the First Amendment, what a tyrant Cuban dictator Fidel Castro is — heck, pick an ideology …Read More

  • White Sox pitcher Jake Peavy has a real pit-bull mentality

    Prince Fielder was walking from locker to locker, bumping fists with his Detroit Tigers teammates and telling jokes. He was a real social butterfly — and a large one at that. On the other side of the room, Justin Verlander was handing out tins of …Read More

    • White Sox players confident, but team short on talent

    ARLINGTON, Texas — Robin Ventura couldn’t escape it. Texas Rangers fans sure weren’t going to let him. Whether it was the T-shirts that showed the 1993 Ventura-Nolan Ryan fight with the words  “Round 2’’ being sold outside the ballpark Friday, or the booing he received …

    Without Ozzie Guillen, White Sox fans are on a need-to-know basis

    ARLINGTON, Texas — Good news: The 12th and final step in the program has been reached. The White Sox admitted early last season that they were powerless against the demon that plagued them. They progressed to Step 6 late last season, surgically removing the problem …

    Ozzie Guillen says he will never return to the Sox as long as Kenny Williams is there

    MIAMI — White Sox general manager Ken Williams summed it up as a nice exchange. Williams sent a text message to Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen a few weeks ago. He thanked him for his time with the Sox and said he was saddened by the …

    Mark Buehrle eager to open new chapter of his career

    JOE COWLEY: You’ll still have memories of No. 56 to dwell on. But Buehrle wears a fish on his uniform now, part of a South Beach face lift that included a gaudy new ballpark and a rowdy new manager named Ozzie Guillen.

    American League’s balance of power has shifted from East to West

    There was a time not long ago that the American League made sense. The power was in the East, where the Yankees and Red Sox would take turns flexing their muscles and opening up their checkbooks to try to buy a stranglehold on the rest …

    White Sox have replaced Jake Peavy as his worst enemy

    Everyone wants Jake Peavy to shut up. They don’t want to hear about “being in that dog pile on the field’’ in that Alabama twang. The Peavy “Braveheart’’ speeches? Done. Just pitch and stay quiet. That’s the growing opinion. I’m not in that camp. I …

    Mad Matt Forte isn’t an elite back

    JOE COWLEY: Here’s a little reminder to Matt Forte. He wants to be treated like an elite back, but he’s more gimmick than go-to. In two of his four seasons, he wasn’t even a 1,000-yard back. He has averaged just over seven touchdowns a season, and that includes all the dump passes and screens he has gotten over the years.

    Dwight would be wrong

    It was a fitting T-shirt choice made by Dwight Howard for the Magic’s shootaround Thursday morning. Solidarity for his franchise be damned, even with Orlando fighting the uphill battle of trying to show that it at least belongs in the same discussion with the Bulls …

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