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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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Will Smith, son Jaden photobombed by sideline reporter
Will Smith and his son Jaden have been immortalized in an epic photo-bomb. As the father and son, stars of the upcoming thriller "After Earth," sat courtside for Game 5 of the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs on Wednesday in Miami, a sportscaster in a...
Tags: Marv Albert, National Basketball Association, American Airlines Arena, Miami Heat, TNT (tv network)
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Phil Jackson throws the book at Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson never liked to compare Kobe Bryant to Michael Jordan. Believe me, I tried everything. Sometimes I'd ask him after random Lakers practices or before games against Charlotte, the team Jordan owned. Or after games in Chicago, where nostalgia...
Tags: Pau Gasol, Shaquille O'Neal, National Basketball Association, Kobe Bryant, Prostate Cancer
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Heat finishes strong to eliminate Bulls from playoffs
addCustomPlayer('u973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', '', '', 600, 418, 'perfu973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', 'eplayer15'); MIAMI — Knowing his team needed him at his best, Dwyane Wade retreated to the Miami Heat locker room after the third quarter for some...
Tags: Jimmy Butler, National Basketball Association, Kirk Hinrich, Dwyane Wade, Tom Thibodeau
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Phil Jackson's new book focuses a lot on (who else?) Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson was just messing with us, once again. The wily former coach of the Lakers and Chicago Bulls wrote a book in 2004 that was called "The Last Season." It seemed true at the time, but the legendary leader came back for a six-year run with the...
Tags: Kobe Bryant, Book, Fiction, Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson
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Bird-flipping fan nowhere to be found at Heat-Bulls game
Miami The closest thing to a bird at AmericanAirlines Arena on Wednesday was Miami Heat player Chris Andersen, nicknamed  “Birdman.” As for the Heat fan who gained notoriety for flipping the bird to a Chicago Bulls player, she was nowhere to...
Tags: Preakness Stakes, Joakim Noah, Equestrian, American Airlines Arena, Miami Heat
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Pregnant Blackhawks fan goes into labor, refuses to leave game
 Now this is total fan dedication. Donna Lebano attended the Chicago Blackhawks-Minnesota Wild first-round NHL playoff game in Chicago on Thursday. No big deal there, although she was eight months' pregnant. That's impressive, but hey, many...
Tags: National Hockey League, Chicago Blackhawks, Marian Hossa, Minnesota Wild, Ice Hockey
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NBA playoffs: Heat puts stranglehold on Bulls, and series
addCustomPlayer('u973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', '', '', 600, 418, 'perfu973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', 'eplayer15'); CHICAGO — LeBron James and the Miami Heat didn't even give the Chicago Bulls room to breathe, practically squeezing the playoff life...
Tags: Dwyane Wade, Kirk Hinrich, Tom Thibodeau, NBA Playoffs, Luol Deng
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Stephen Curry, Nate Robinson do more than a little
They were always too something for someone's liking. Stephen Curry was too wispy to warrant a major-college scholarship. Then he was too frail to become a star in the NBA. Nate Robinson was nearly too short for some rides at Disneyland, never mind...
Tags: San Antonio Spurs, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Brooklyn Nets, Mike Krzyzewski, Derrick Rose
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LeBron James mocked by Bulls for 'flop' on Nazr Mohammed push
LeBron James is a great actor. So says Nate Robinson. But the Miami Heat star isn't being complimented by the Chicago Bulls point guard. He's being mocked. "You see LeBron in a lot of commercials, a lot of good acting," Robinson told Yahoo Sports...
Tags: National Basketball Association, Tom Thibodeau, Taj Gibson, Eddie Jordan, Miami Heat
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Can the Chicago Bulls win their series against the Miami Heat?
First, Chicago snapped Miami's 27-game winning streak during the regular season. Now the short-handed Bulls have taken a 1-0 series lead over the heavily favored Heat in the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals. Writers from around the Tribune Co....
Tags: Joakim Noah, South Florida Bulls, Luol Deng, Oklahoma City Thunder, Jimmy Butler
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Heat is too hot for Bulls, 115-78
MIAMI -- It was the biggest postseason win in Miami Heat history, and the biggest postseason loss in Chicago Bulls history. And it might have been actually worse than that sounds. Ray Allen scored 21 points in only 19 minutes, LeBron James finished...
Tags: Udonis Haslem, Joakim Noah, Erik Spoelstra, Ray Allen, Basketball
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LeBron James and Heat are tough when it counts, beat Bulls on road
addCustomPlayer('u973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', '', '', 600, 418, 'perfu973rd2gy8v61owvw7s1z8juu', 'eplayer15'); CHICAGO — LeBron James came on strong down the stretch to finish with 25 points, Chris Bosh had 20 points and 19 rebounds, and the...
Tags: Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, Basketball, Nazr Mohammed
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