into the lane blocked but right to luol deng who just bet the light and we will look at it again. down and nobody checks luol. he shovels it toward the rim and good. game over. the bulls win 102-101. they had help from toronto. front misses three free throws down the stretch that probably would have gotten them a win. but the bulls found a way to do it. it looked like it was lost and all of a sudden it was won. stacey: that is what championship teams are made of. you find a way when things are not going your way, you get it done. they are living right. neil: toronto, give them credit, they played last night and beat up a new york team in toronto then flew here. in the game in front they hung in for a little more than a half and the bulls pulled away. tonight they stayed to the end. stacey: you have to take your hat off it them. they had the most offensive rebounds that the bulls have given up this season. the bulls are a very good rebounding taoepbl inging team. you never see that happen to a bulls team. give credit to toronto. they played hard. neil: the bulls still perfect 19-0

three-pointer, luol deng 15 points and the first and 24 points in the game more of the same letter the baseline three-pointer with derrick rose wrapping it up watch the shot derrick rose 19 points. 112-91 points. 30-8. senior night at south bend providence coming up big 27 points 17 rebounds closer than expected game. 75-bit these tournament. ray emery in the cage blackhawks came one of a rugged three game road trip penalty brian bickell in front 1-1. later more great pressure score marion hossa is on the wraparound 27 over the line and back out biggest factory of the year about that? chicago bears slapped a franchise tag on matt forte general manager stan phil emery at finding common ground to keep matt forte in chicago this year and beyond long-term contract the move not unexpected matt forte will make it $7.7 million this year. baseball tale of two starting pitchers contributing to season continues coverage of the white sox and chicago cubs in arizona >> even without mark early starting pitching should be a strength for the white sox phil humber pitching his way onto all-star te

luol deng caught fire and caught fire from beyond the arc in the fourth, drained a pair of threes latederrick rose scored 29 and the bulls won it 96-89. >>> time for your daily dose of lin sanity. the next jeremy lin smacked in the face against the cavs and bloodied and bruised and returned and had 19 points and 13 assists but however steve novak was the story. sparked new york with a flurry of three-pointers in the fourth knicks rally from 17 down to beat the cavs, 120-103. no that is not the phantom of the opera! that is kobe bryant wearing a face mask to protect his broken nose. but it was the timberwolves that could have used protection from kobe. came out flying, ten points in the first and another 14 in the third. the nba's leading scorer finished with 31. a broken nose wasn't going to stop bryant. lakers won big 104-85. >>> fresh off his mvp performance in the all-star game, the thunder's kevin durant had a sluggish start in philly but picked it up down the stretch. eight of his 23 in the final minutes. thunder knocked off the sixers 92-88. tough couple of nights for the world c

luol deng caught fire and drained a pair of threes late.ose scored 29 and the bulls won it 96-89. >>> time for your daily dose of linsanity. jeremy lin was smacked in the face against the cavs, bloodied and bruised and returned and had 19 points and 13 assists but however steve novak was the story. sparked new york with a flurry of three-pointers in the fourth and knicks rally from 17 down to beat the cavs 120-103. no that is not the phantom of the opera! that is kobe bryant wearing a face mask to protect his broken nose. but it was the timberwolves that could have used protection from kobe. came out flying, ten points in the first and another 14 in the third. the nba's leading scorer finished with 31. a broken nose wasn't going to stop bryant. lakers won big 104-85. >>> fresh off his mvp performance in the all-star game, the thunder's kevin durant had a sluggish start in philly but picked it up down the stretch. eight of his 23 in the final minutes. thunder knocked off the sixers 92-88. tough night for the world champs after losing to the

game-high 29 points the spurs pulled within three again with three seconds left some nice passing to luol deng doubles the lead with a three-pointer the bulls won 96- 89 they lead the league with 15 road victories derrick rose scored 29 points in the bulls 29 when on the 29th of february ... in college hoops senior night at northwestern against 10th ranked ohio state. they overcame a 10 point deficit down three in the final seconds and it was tied with a long three-point shot it was 73 even with just seven seconds left in the bugeyes scott plank of the court and they made a go-ahead layup the desperation shot at the buzzer was no good so wildcats lost 75-73 they are 7-10 and the conference with only a slim chance of making the n.c.a.a. tournament >>the same storm system that brought those deadly tornadoes brought heavy snow to the farther north the twin cities got a couple of inches of wet snow some areas cut nearly 1 ft. of snow the slick roads are being blamed for dozens of accidents across the state as many as 16,000 people lost power during that storm crews had restored power to about 15,0

bulls down two at the start of the second half when luol deng turns it over, and ty lawson converts fors 27 points. the nuggets opened the quarter on a 10- 0 run, and the bulls never recovered... the nuggets shot 50 percent from the field as the bulls lose 108-91. their most lopsided loss of the year snaps a four- game winning streak. after several rejections the university of illinois may have finally found bruce weber's replacement: ohio university's john groce is the leading candidate. groce is 85/56 in four years at ohio, including two n-c-a-a appearances. he was also an assistant at ohio state. blackhawks captain jonathan toews is almost ready to make his return to the ice. he's skated for seven days in a row, and says he's "pretty close" to be ready for contact. toews has missed the last ten games with an upper body injury, and he won't play tonight in new jersey. steve montador could return, after missing 22 games with a reported concussion. sox and dodgers in the cactus league: he finally drove in his first to right. sox lose, though -- 4- here are your midday winning lottery nu

when luol deng drains a three- pointer... he was five- of- eight from long range, with 22 points.urth... and carlos boozer drives hard to the net for a dunk... he scored 20 with nine rebounds. bulls beat the hawks, 98-77... for their seventh straight road win. the university of illinois will introduce john groce as the new basketball coach today. negotiations delayed the announcement, as groce reportedly wanted an eight- year deal, while illinois was offering five- to- six. he also wanted more money for his top assistant, but it's unclear if those demands were met. the press conference is scheduled for one o'clock in champaign. that's a look at sports your live illinois lottery drawing is next ... here are the winning pick three numbers:0 7 3 here are the winning pick four numbers: 6 5 9 2 mega-millions jackpot is $540 million for tomorrow night's drawing i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. yo

general soreness as trade rumors involving the lakers' pau gasol continue to swirl around the berto luol denginst miami as for derrick's disagreement with the officials in the knicks game, he may be a quiet guy, but he's gotta stand up for himself . >> erika is not a complainer. derik is not a complainer. usually if he saw something he has appointed a wants to make. >>simeon bench coach playing evanston in the 4-a supersectional at chicago state,nobody from illinois has beaten simeon, and it wouldn't happen tonight, either jabari parker, the state's best player, doin' some work in the lane simeon a winner, 59-34, plays bloom in the semis friday, proviso east and rockford auburn in the other bracket 3-a winners tonight hillcrest and north chicago, peoria central and springfield lanphier. gavin floyd stretchin' it out for the white sox in the cactus league floyd threw five innings against san diego, gave up four hits and a run with five whiffs trade rumors are flying about gav, only rumors i think... at the plate today, jordan danks showing off his stuff, an rbi single in the third inning he ha

right to this fourth quarter 99-95 inside 2 minutes derrick rose again all of the bounce finding it luol denge. putting this right back huge game tied at 100 for the last possession to chicago bulls derrick rose did not shoot a good percentage tonight but when it counted at the buzzer came over chicago bulls win eight straight games 106-104 orlando and how word on the west side tomorrow. 18 months ago indianapolis colts policing peyton manning as crazy as new york take his current derrick peterjeter tonight is reality. general manager is out coach is out and face of the franchise is out p demanding questions forcing his exit over his health greatest quarterback and a player indianapolis colts have ever had planned for somebody else >> this town and this team made so much to me. truly an honor to play indianapolis i do love it here. i love the fans at all always enjoy having played for such a great team still have work to do progress to make i have, at one way and worked hard >> made the pitch for the white sox scuffled through first few games of spring jake peavy to get up on alex gonzalez go

that was it-- denver caught up then scored sixteen straight points this is early in the third off luol deng'sormer depaul star wilson chandler finds javale mcgee, who stayed with it and finally scored... denver out-worked the bulls all night long, thibs couldn't believe what he was seeing.... the nuggets beat up the bulls on the inside and the outside aaron afflalo with the fallaway three and it's denver easy, 108 to 91... coach thibs not happy... we let our guard down and you cannot do that and so we never got established defensively. hard rebounding effort was pour from start to finish so when we started missing some shots we had nothing to fall back on. illinois may be closing in on its new basketball coach... we're hearing tonight that ohio coach john groce has been offered the position and that an announcement could come as soon as tomorrow... groce is four years the head coach at ohio u, before that associate head coach under thad matta at ohio state... others are interested, most notably duke assistant chris collins and former chicago bull reggie theus, but it sounds like groce is the