Bulls

Today in the post-show we examine if the Sixers can take the Bulls out and if the Flyers can keep the series alive.

Did you miss the Sports Bash or do you just want to listen to it again? The Sports Bash ON DEMAND gives you the chance to go back and hear what you missed.  Its the Sports Bash with Mike Gill and Todd Ranck.     Here is today’s show: Tuesday May 8th, 2012.       ...

When Bulls center Joakim Noah rolled his ankle in game three of the Sixers - Bulls first round playoff match-up, the Sixers fans roared when they saw Noah wasn't going to be able to continue.

Which, if you remember, wasn't exactly the god-fearing sentiments the Flyers strutted into their first potential series-closing op with the Penguins (who, save for the obvious factor that they didn't lose one (two?) of their stars for the entirety of the series, making for a copiously cleaner walk to the next round, make for a pretty close a comp to the Bulls) in their Eastern Conference Quarters

Spencer Hawes scored 22 points and Jrue Holiday had 20 to help the surprising Philadelphia 76ers beat the Chicago Bulls 89-82 on Sunday and take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern conference playoff series.

You thought a 17-point rout was a dagger? This was a guillotine.

From which you've got three obvious takeaways: (1) Chicago's playbook is, unequivocally and in no uncertain or twistable terms, clipped without Derrick Rose in the lineup. Don't know if it's like losing a quarterback in football, where you've basically got to perform gastric bypass surgery on the playbook, clipping a hefty portion of it off to allow a cerebrally limited guy can digest enough to be

Joe Blanton recorded his first shutout since 2007 with a three-hitter Thursday against the Braves. Blanton walked none and faced just two batters over the minimum in his third career shutout. He hadn't even pitched a complete game in five years.

ESPN.com and NBA analyst Ric Bucher called into "The Sportsbash Warmup" with Todd Ranck on Wednesday to talk about the Sixers Game 2 victory against the Chicago Bulls 109-92. Bucher says the Sixers could actually find themselves in the Eastern Conference Finals, "if they grab a hold of this series and play an Indiana in the second round...

Yeah. No I know. I know exactly what you’re thinking. That made precisely NO sense.