For the first time in three years I attended a non-neutral site pre-season NBA game. The last two seasons I have attended pre-season games in London, England (2007) and Champaign, IL (2008). Last Tuesday, I also attended the Bulls game in London versus the Utah Jazz.
Last night, with the wife not getting back home until 9 pm, I decided to attend the Chicago Bulls pre-season game versus the Milwaukee Bucks. It was the first NBA pre-season game I have attended at the United Center since October 12, …

If you are interested in attending a sporting event in the Chicagoland or Milwaukee area tonight your only choice is the pre-season match up between the Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks at the United Center. The game starts at 7 pm.

If you are interested in attending a sporting event in the Chicagoland or Milwaukee area tonight your only choice is the Chicago Blackhawks game versus the Calgary Flames at the United Center. The game starts at 7 pm.

This year’s Chicago Marathon was much cooler than the last two with a start time temperature of 33 degrees – a far contrast from last year’s starting temperature of 64 degrees, which eventually warmed up to the mid 80s and 2007’s high temperatures in the 90s eventually causing race officials to close the course.
The MarathonAs was the case last year, I was mainly interested in seeing the men’s and women’s elite fields. The race started earlier than last year at 7:30 am. Once the race began, the Ultimate …

After being back in the United States for a few days it was time to attend American football. I have seen Northwestern host Miami (OH) twice in 1995 and 1999. Both times Miami defeated Northwestern. Thus, this time, I was apprehensive whether or not Northwestern could win even with Miami at 0-5.
ParkingI parked in my usual spot on Milburn St. since I could park for free – even though the walk is a few blocks from Ryan Field.
Tailgating and Obtaining TicketsTailgating is allowed in the main parking lot but you …