By George Ofman
Oney Guillen is still tweeting even if his 15 minutes of fame ended about five days ago.
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And after watching Cristobal Huet let everything in goal at Columbus except one of Oney’s tweets, I believe you better get used to saying Antti Niemi . . . and often.
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Only three goalies have ever won a Stanley Cup as a rookie and two of them (Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy) are Hall of Famers. I can’t say it won’t happen again, I just don’t think it’ll be this June.
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At least the NHL passed a tougher rule against headhunters. But it refused to shrink the net anytime Huet plays.
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This is either a sign of the Cubs apocalypse or someone needs new furniture: Derrek Lee hurt his back when the chair he was eating in collapsed. I could understand this if it was Carlos Silva, but Lee?
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The Sun Times’s John Jackson believes Vinny Del Negro has earned the right to return as Bulls coach next year. I’m taking bets as to how many minutes after the season ends Del Negro is told to take his story walking. Glad TNT was at the UC to witness the game that will keep Del Negro here for another year.
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It’s too bad Jermaine Dye has yet to sign with a team. He is one of the classiest players I’ve ever met but he overplayed his hand by not wanting a job as a part-time player. There’s still time, but not much.
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Rumors Bob Howland might leave UCLA for De Paul were greatly exaggerated. It’s John Wooden, not Howland who is interested in DePaul, but only from a distance of about 2,000 miles.
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Butler? Why not? Maybe Northern Iowa finds two left slippers and keeps dancing.
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Lovie Smith is certainly stubborn. He says Devin Hester’s role as a wide receiver won’t be reduced. I thought Mike Martz was running the offense. Maybe the head coach should stick to defense. Then again, Lovie also said he thinks Julius Peppers can play both right and left defensive end. I really believe he thinks he can play both positions at the same time. And safety!
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April 5th will be one heck of a sports day. It’s Opening Day in baseball and that night, the NCAA Championship game. How convenient of Tiger Woods to schedule his Master’s press conference on the very same day. And I thought Ari Fleischer resigned as part of Tiger’s team. There’s got to be a hidden mistress in this story. I’ll just wait for my copy of the New York Post.
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Had enough of Milton Bradley? I though I had until the martyr said this:
“If I was a musician, I’d be Kanye West. If I was in the NBA, I’d be Ron Artest.”
If Bradley was in the NHL, I would rescind the head-shot rule for just one shift.
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I think Bradley and Oney Guillen should tweet each other for 10 straight hours.
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George Ofman is with WGN radio. He also blogs for ChicagoNow under the banner That’s All She Wrote.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on March 26, 2010