The Bulls are officially on the clock

Check out my ESPN sports blog here. My latest entry is about the Bulls winning the Draft Lottery, despite their 1.7% chance to do so. Needless to say, I'm excited. The whole face of the organization should change quite a bit before next season starts. As a betting man, I'm going to wager a guess and say Kirk Hinrich and Ben Gordon won't be back.

Doesn't bother me at all. This has been a pretty good year so far for Chicago sports. Both the White Sox and Cubs are playing extremely well. The Bulls' situation is turning around with their lottery success. Not to mention the fact that I LOVE that Mike D'Antoni, who was once the front runner for the vacant coaching position, skipped town on then and went to New York, simply because they were going to offer him more money. Have fun coaching that nightmare, Mikey. 

Although I don't talk about hockey too much, mainly because the Blackhawks are never on TV, they had a successful season that really bodes well for the future. Sure, they missed the playoffs, only by three points mind you. Their team is relatively young, and they have a pretty decent 1-2-3 punch with Patrick Kane, Jonathan Towes and Patrick Sharp. And although Nikolai Khabibulin isn't the worst goaltender in hockey... they might as well start 23-year-old Corey Crawford next year and let him get his licks in. They drafted him in the second round back in 2003, so let the guy start playing.

The future is suddenly looking a bit brighter for Chicago sports. well, except for that 100 year curse...