Bulls

Have some weeknight fun with The Heckler at The Stretch in Wrigleyville Tuesday night in the latest in our series of weeknight Cubs game outings. As in added bonus, this one is coupled with Bulls-Heat Game 4 on TV.

A day after shouting a homophobic slur at a fan in Miami, Bulls big man Joakim Noah apologized and said he feels "totally retarded" for using the unacceptable slang.

LeBron James took over down the stretch Wednesday night as the Heat won Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals 85-75 over Chicago, making life once again dangerously close to being devoid of any meaning whatsoever.

Kyle Korver, stuck in mid-Teen Wolf transformation his entire life, finally morphed from rugged sharpshooter into an all-around werewolf superstar Tuesday at the Berto Center. During a scrum for a loose ball during the Bulls’ practice, Korver got tied up with Taj Gibson and emerged from the floor sporting fangs, shaggy hair all over his body and a 90-inch vertical leap.

During the first game of the Eastern Conference finals between the Bulls and Heat, a visibly shaken Derrick Rose spent much of the game assuming he was being haunted by a ghost on court, until coach Tom Thibodeau informed the league MVP that it was just Miami point guard Mike Bibby.

After his pair of thunderous dunks during the Bulls' 103-82 thrashing of the Heat Sunday night "Taj Gibson dunk" is currently the world's leading search term, surpassing "sex" and other hot phrases.

"This is a great team," said Bucktown resident and fan, Martin Held, as he torched a car on Madison and Damen. "But I'm not taking any chances. I decided to get my rioting in now just in case the Hawks series is the last one we win this season."