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First Cup: Wednesday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Steve Rosenbloom of the Chicago Tribune: "The story goes that the Bulls sent home Tyrus Thomas with flu-like symptoms. Sounds like code for the fact that they’re the ones who are sick -- sick of Thomas. I mean, just look at the timing: On Sunday, the alleged starting forward sat the entire fourth quarter in a loss in Miami, and then on Monday, the Bulls officially chose not to extend his original contract. And on Tuesday, he’s supposedly sick? Please. The flu? That's as good as either the Bulls or Thomas can do? Do we all need a vaccine against ...

Just So We're Clear...
Thank You Isiah — ... , and Steve Rosenbloom are involved in some sordid love triangle that may or may not also include bestiality. I'm just saying that it's "awfully convenient" that all three of them made dark insinuations about Tyrus Thomas' flu without a scintilla of evidence. ...

So maybe Thomas is sick, local media
Blog a Bull — ... down linking Tyrus's flu symptoms with any issues Tyrus has had recently with VDN or pseudo-coach  Lindsey Hunter (a whole separate issue, that). Everything published Thursday morning mentions Thomas's illness as just an illness. But just days before, it was instead 'the flu', as Sun-Times beat writer John Jackson called it. Similarly skeptical was WSCR reporter David 'the rotisserie chicken' Schuster.  Trib columnist Steve Rosenbloom openly doubted the story as well. Even the earliest reports of the illness made sure to ...