I'm American, honey. Our names don't mean shit.

I went to the Chicago Bulls game yesterday...and they WON!  Really close game, but the Bulls eeked it out by 3 points against the Charlotte Bobcats.  For whatever reason I was feeling pretty tired by the time the game was over, so I ended up just going home.  Lame, I know.  Must be getting old.  Hopefully I'm not getting sick.  This weather is really amazing...nearly 70 degrees in November?  Ridiculous and amazing.

Just read this article on ESPN.  Can't say I'm surprised.  I thought he quit right when he was about to potentially get more playing time.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Four months after he hung up his Air Jordans at Illinois, guard Jeff Jordan is talking to coaches about coming back.

Michael Jordan's oldest son left the team in June after playing for two seasons. He said then that he wanted to focus on school.

Illinois spokesman Derrick Burson said Thursday that Jeff Jordan recently met with assistant coaches about a possible return. Jordan hasn't yet met with head coach Bruce Weber.

Jordan walked on at Illinois before winning a scholarship last year. Weber had said he could win serious playing time this season.

Jordan wrote last month on his Twitter feed that he wanted to work out with his former team "like old times."

Just saw this story about a small high school football team in Arkansas and felt compelled to share it.  Give it a read...you'll feel better.

Arkansas Player Ends Game With Noble Gesture

CHICAGO — Gov. Patrick J. Quinn of Illinois appointed a panel on Wednesday to investigate accusations that the University of Illinois admitted hundreds of applicants based largely on their political connections.

Mr. Quinn said the Admissions Review Commission would look into 800 applicants who, as first reported by The Chicago Tribune, won spots at the university’s Urbana-Champaign campus after intervention from state lawmakers and university trustees. The Tribune said these students, whose names appeared on an internal list, were admitted even though some did not meet the university’s admission standards.

“We want to make sure that the taxpayers, parents and students of Illinois know there is no kind of special process where individuals who have less qualifications are admitted because of their political influence or clout,” Mr. Quinn, a Democrat, said. The University of Illinois, which has three campuses, is considered the state’s most prestigious public university.

The commission, which is to complete its work in 60 days, will be led by Abner Mikva, a retired federal judge and former state legislator and congressman, who had been a professor at the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Mikva said the panel should not be as concerned about meting out punishment as with ensuring that any patronage influence in the university’s admission practices would not be tolerated.

Just got home from celebrating a friend's birthday.  Luckily tomorrow is Saturday, otherwise I'd be a dead man.  I do have things I need to get done tomorrow, however, so I can't sleep all day.  Hopefully I can get enough shut-eye that I'm not in a funk all day.  I'm getting too old for this.

I'm seriously contemplating buying some Oakleys, even though the sticker price does make me thing twice.

Jeff Jordan is beginning to prove that basketball ability really does run in the family.

Michael Jordan's son walked on at Illinois last year, but coach Bruce Weber said Thursday that the sophomore guard has earned a scholarship.

Jordan is averaging almost 10 minutes a game off the bench for Illinois (16-3), which is enjoying a remarkable turnaround after going 16-19 last season. Jordan is averaging just over a point a game, but has become a key contributor on defense.

Jordan turned down a scholarship offer from Valparaiso to walk on with the Illini (T-24 ESPN/USA Today, No. 25 AP). He played about 5 minutes per game as a freshman.

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press

I don't really get into the award shows, but I was happy to hear that Heath Ledger won a Golden Globe last night for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight.  It was, of course, his last role, and he was amazing.

Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan accepted the award on Ledger's behalf.

Saturday's annual Army vs. Navy game wasn't that exciting (Navy dominated), but Army's uniforms were pretty sweet.  Camouflage pants and helmets?  Righteous.

Hanging out at my place watching Illinois play Ohio State (come on, Illini!).  I'm gonna be at Joe's Bar tonight watching the Rum Runners so if you're around, come on down and hang with me.

With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia's women's ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in Olympic qualifying.

Slovakia outshot the Bulgarians 139-0 during the 60-minute game, played in Latvia. The margin of victory is a record for a women's International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned event.

How is this even possible? And how horrible is Bulgaria?