even smelling salts did the bulls no good.....luol deng did give them a lift early...he drives the lane and gets the foul, the bulls led 24- 22... in the 2nd quarter.. the hawks then outscored the bulls 31-13 the rest of the quarter..lou williams the alley oop to josh smith..the bulls had no legs ...and a few minutes later the roles were reversed.. the hawks on the move and smith finds williams who powers in for jam and the foul....the hawks led by 16 at the half...they won going away...the final....92-75... quite a few big games on the marqui today in college hoops...beginning with the annual border war battle between 10th ranked illinois and 12th ranked missouri.... the illini trying to avoid their 4th straight loss in the series. john groce getting his first taste of the rivalry...he got a good game from brandon paul....he nails a long three pointer.....paul had 23...illini up 17-14... and they still held a slight lead in the 2nd half...tyler griffey also goes deep....illinois led by one...54-53.. but they lost the battle of the boards...58-35 and lost the game... paul pressey to lau

bulls up 13 points later and luol deng hits the off balance jumper for two of his 22 points.rs were in doubble figures. bulls win 95-85. they visit detroit tomorrow. the bears will be without several key players on sunday, but two players returned to practiced. brian urlacher has officially been ruled out, while tim jennings and earl bennett both sat out of practice. devin hester returned from a concussion, while alshon jeffery is back after having knee surgery two weeks ago. meanwhile, the vikings will be without their top receiver percy harvin, who was placed on season- ending injured reserve. the white sox found a new third baseman at the winter meetings. 32- year- old jeff keppinger signed a three- year 12- million dollar deal. he's played for seven teams in his career, and hit .325 for tampa bay last year. keppinger does not strike out often and is a good in- fielder. the move means the sox will not sign free agent kevin youkilis, but g-m rick hahn says the team is not done making moves. the cubs have added depth in the outfield. nate schierholtz signed a one- year deal