I’m not sure I’ve ever heard anything in sports quite as heartbreaking as the Derrick Rose injury that occurred late saturday afternoon in the Bulls first playoff game. I did one cartoon for the Chicago Tribune (below) on Saturday evening for their Sunday paper and one for Universal Press Syndicate (above). Comparative studies on the same topic. Which one do you like best?

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I’m not sure why the NBA decided to give Metta World Peace (Ron Artest) a break on his suspension (only 7 games). It’s beyond belief really. And yet, no matter how many times Ron Artest has disgraced the NBA (if that’s even possible anymore) they let him get away with it. Personally, it’s one of the many reason I find myself not watching much of the NBA anymore. Between behavior like this and the prima donnas dominating the league, there’s just not much there to cheer about.

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I think this cartoon is one that a lot of people can relate to. I know I’m guilty as charged. Those are my favorite kinds of cartoons to draw. Ones that resonate with just about everybody even if you aren’t a sports fan.

Tough we all knew it was coming it was indeed hard to hear that Brian Dawkins was retiring. I always liked the way he played the game with great passion and awareness and integrity. He will be missed more as a leader in the locker room than as a great player on the field. For me, he joins Rod Smith as my two favorite all-time Broncos players. Clone Smith on offense and Dawkins on defense and no telling how many Lombardi trophies the Broncos could rack up.

Not only was that news a bit on the bleak side, but try to be a Saints fan these days. Talk about a franchise implosion of epic proportions. Enough to make a grown man think about tossing his Saints sweatshirt away. But not quite:)

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The first pitch of the season. The first dog on a bun. The first crack of the bat. The first base hit.Grounder, Line Drive. And, at least for Cubs fans, the first loss of the season. I’ll have a couple of Rockies toons tomorrow. Until then, focus on those “infinite possibilities” and forget the “cold hard reality” At least for today.

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Dispatches from the Drawing Board

• Wow. This story just gets weirder by the hour.
• To the Jets? With Rex Ryan? Tim will learn words he never knew existed.
• It’s good for the New York economy. Now they have new merchandise to sell besides the stuff with John Lennon wearing the I Love NY t-shirt.
• The Broncos land a 4th and a sixth for Tebow, who should have NEVER been picked in the 1st round to begin with.
• Before you moan about how little the Broncos got for Tebow consider this. Brandon Marshall AND Elvis Dumervil were 4th round picks. and some guy named Tom Brady was a sixth round choice.
• Actually the Broncos deal is fabulous considering Tebow’s value on the open market is not very high. And the fact that once you announce you are going to trade the guy his value immediately drops like a lemon on the lot.
• I hope Tebow does well with the Jets. I mean it worked well for a kid named Namath.
• Of course Namath could throw.
• I just wish Broncos fans would just go back to being Broncos fans. One guy does not a franchise make. I’m totally astonished at the response from some fans who are all Tebow- all the time.
• By the way the Continental Divide is the one now found in the Jets locker room after this trade. I predict it will be Rex Ryan’s last hurrah.
• Trust me, it’s going to be ugly.
• Agree, disagree? I want to hear from you!
• Oh and a HUGE thank you to everyone hwo liked, shared, tweeted, commented or read yesterdays cartoons. The blog logged 11,250 page views. A new Drew record. Thanks! You guys and gals rock!

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