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The Chicago Bulls, a professional basketball franchise, joined the National Basketball Association in 1966. Their 33 victories that season remain the most ever by an expansion team. Johnny "Red" Kerr, now the longtime team broadcaster, earned NBA Coach of the Year Honors that first season. The Bulls rose to international prominence during the 1990s when, led by Michael Jordan, they won six NBA titles in eight seasons. Those teams were abundant in colorful personalities such as coach Phil Jackson, Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen. Bulls games became a destination for basketball fans and celebrities alike. Home games included a tradition, now copied by every team in the league, of dimming the...
The Chicago Bulls, a professional basketball franchise, joined the National Basketball Association in 1966. Their 33 victories that season remain the most ever by an expansion team. Johnny "Red" Kerr, now the longtime team broadcaster, earned NBA Coach of the Year Honors that first season. The Bulls rose to international prominence during the 1990s when, led by Michael Jordan, they won six NBA titles in eight seasons. Those teams were abundant in colorful personalities such as coach Phil Jackson, Dennis Rodman and Scottie Pippen. Bulls games became a destination for basketball fans and celebrities alike. Home games included a tradition, now copied by every team in the league, of dimming the lights and introducing the players to music. After the sixth NBA title in 1998, the team was dismantled. Rightly or wrongly, team Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf and then-general manager Jerry Krause received the brunt of blame for alienating Jordan, who had said he wouldn't play for any other coach but Jackson. Jordan retired. Jackson went on to coach the Los Angeles Lakers. Scottie Pippen got traded to the Houston Rockets. The Bulls began a long period of mediocrity under coach Tim Floyd. A recent resurgence, led by former player and current general manager John Paxson, has the Bulls viable again.
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The Internet celebrates LeBron, Europe, your mom
It's Europe Day! (Yeah, we didn't know that either.) Welcome to your trends report for Friday, May 10. You're not alone if you were in the dark about the EU's annual holiday: Apparently, very few Europeans know that it exists. Nonetheless, between that,...
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World watches weapons in Israel, Syria; Americans prefer to watch them on the big screen
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Digest: Booth named Loyola men's assistant coach
College basketball Booth named Loyola men's assistant coach Former Maryland basketball star and assistant coach Keith Booth, who has spent the past two years as an assistant women's coach at Loyola, was added Tuesday to the men's staff by newly...
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Keith Booth, former Maryland star, added to Loyola men's basketball staff
The Baltimore SunFormer Maryland basketball star and assistant coach Keith Booth, who has spent the past two years as an assistant women’s coach at Loyola, was added Tuesday to the men’s staff by newly named men’s head coach G.G. Smith. Booth, 38, left...Tags: Basketball, Maryland Terrapins, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, Mark Turgeon, National Basketball Association
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Michael Phelps beats Michael Jordan on the links
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan teed off against each other on the golf course at the 12th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas this weekend. Jordan, a six-time NBA champion and...
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Roots of Florida Gulf Coast's tournament run trace back to Baltimore
The Cinderella team of this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament hails from Florida, but its coaches have Maryland roots. Andy Enfield set scoring records at Johns Hopkins before he became head coach at Florida Gulf Coast, the darling of the...
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Digest: Gavin, Gardner, Cahill, Benner sign to play for first STX team
Women's lacrosse Gavin, Gardner, Cahill, Benner sign with STX Baltimore-based lacrosse equipment maker STX announced today that it has signed nine new members to Team STX, the first-ever elite post-collegiate women's team: Grace Gavin (Loyola, St....Tags: Lacrosse, Teaching and Learning, Virginia Cavaliers, College Sports, Jack Runkel
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What's best start to a season you've seen?
'95-96 Bulls unstoppable K.C. Johnson Chicago Tribune The Bulls appeared vulnerable in the fall of 1995. Michael Jordan's return from his first retirement and baseball experiment in the spring had led to uneven moments, including a second-round...Tags: Chicago Blackhawks, Eli Manning, Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, National Football League
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Derrick Lewis 'turning the corner' with Archbishop Spalding boys basketball team
His players sat silently in the corner of the locker room. Much like he did when he was a player at Maryland more than a quarter century ago, Archbishop Spalding boys basketball coach Derrick Lewis measured his words carefully before speaking. "I lost a...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, College Sports, Rudy Gay, Atlantic Coast Conference, National Basketball Association
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Which NBA teams will rally, slip in 2nd half?
Don't write off Lakers Shandel Richardson Sun Sentinel It's still kind of hard to write off the Lakers. You have to think a team with Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Dwight Howard will at some point get things together. The Lakers will be the surprise team...Tags: Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers, Derrick Rose, Dwight Howard, Chauncey Billups
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Ravens won't let flu take them down
The worst flu outbreak in a decade hasn't spared the Ravens or other NFL players during the playoff season.
Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was recovering from the flu while playing the Denver Broncos last week, while owner Steve Bisciotti couldn't make the...Tags: Coughing, Dennis Pitta, MRSA, San Francisco 49ers, Robert Griffin III
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Dream Team vs. 2012 U.S. Olympic team: Who would win?
The Baltimore SunThe debate raging these days between those arguing whether this year’s U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team could compete with the Dream Team of 20 years ago is not answered simply by a generational divide. I for one, being of sound mind and...Tags: Orlando Magic, Dirk Nowitzki, Serge Ibaka, NBA Finals, Patrick Ewing
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