It was a hard-fought, back-and-forth battle at the United Center last night, complete with buzzer-beater drama but it was also a game ultimately decided by the refs last night as the Denver Nuggets edged the Bulls 90-89. This morning, Bulls fans are bitterly muttering to themselves about the final call that cost the Bulls the game when a Brad Miller buzzer-beater was waved off by the officials after an instant replay review. We've watched it two dozen times and it still seems too close to call. Though it's only a Level X on the Sports Guy's Level of Losing scale, we still feel like it was a Stomach Punch game. As for the previous 47:59.7 of the game, Denver led by as many as 10 points in the second quarter, but the Bulls chipped their way back into the game and did so again in the fourth quarter when - with six minutes remaining - Denver extended the lead back out to seven. Derrick Rose led all scorers with 22 points, Luol Deng had 21 points, and Joakim Noah was a monster on the boards, pulling down 21 rebounds. The Bulls will have to shake off last night's game pretty quick; they're in Toronto tonight (6 p.m., WCIU). more ›

Oh. My. God. It. Is. Cold. Outside. Here’s what’s gonna motivate us to don seventeen layers of protective cold-weather gear and frequent the local clubs. Tonight the seventy-eight person (okay, we exaggerate slightly) orch-pop outfit The 1900’s begin their Practice Space residency at Schuba’s. We’re expecting to hear them work through new material over the next few weeks, so it should be interesting to see how each Monday’s set-list differs from the last. This is... more ›

It's that time of year when the 'Hawks and Bulls are evicted from the United Center by the tigers and elephants, along with the clowns and the rest of the Ringling Bros. Circus. more ›

Another day, another contest giveaway: Chicagoist is hooking you up with a pair of tickets to this week’s Birdmonster/La Rocca show at Schuba’s. more ›

Procrastinating indie kids and drunken Dads throughout the city will look a little down in the mouth this weekend as both the Boy Least Likely To and Jimmy Buffet shows are sold out this weekend. Plus, the lead singer of Snow Patrol lost his voice so their show is postponed as well. But there are still plenty of good shows going on over the next couple of days. But did we miss a memo or... more ›

Back in the old days players knew how to dress well, but with players' dress becoming increasingly casual in recent years NBA Commissioner David Stern decided it was time to institute a dress code for NBA players when they are participating in team or league activities. Some of course, accuse the league of trying to remove the hip-hop from the league to make it more palatable to corprate and suburban interests. more ›

Maxïmo Park is yet another in the seemingly endless stream of new new-wave groups to come crashing the party in the last year or so. With an album that sounds a bit like The Clash and The Jam falling down a flight of stairs and a live show generating pretty routinely positive reviews the time is obviously ripe for them to take over America. Or at least be yet another in a seemingly endless stream... more ›

Demoted from the starting lineup after a handful of games, Bulls rookie Ben Gordon found his identity within this year's surprising team. Like the star closer in baseball, Ben Gordon regularly finished out games for the Bulls while scoring 10+ points in the 4th quarter 21 times. This incredible feat and the Bulls success that depended on it earned Ben Gordon the Sixth Man award today. more ›

Chicaogist first mentioned the wispers a few weeks ago about a certain former Chicago Bull playing some hoops this summer, and proposed a few ideas to fan the flames that he was preparing for comeback. more ›