One season ends, another begins

The Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball season came to an end yesterday at the hands of Davidson College. Despite what everyone is saying, this wasn't an upset. The Badgers had a great season -- an all-time Wisconsin record for victories (31) and the Big Ten championship. But Davidson, a little Presbyterian-founded school outside of Charlotte, N.C., has the real deal: a 6-foot-3 sophomore named Stephen Curry, who could follow his dad to the NBA someday. He's playing better than anyone in the country right now.

So now it's on to baseball's Opening Day. The Cubs take on the Brewers at 1:20 p.m. Monday. It's time for spring -- although whoever makes the baseball schedule and decides for a Chicago team to open at home on March 31 has never visited there in early spring. The Cubs open against Milwaukee, which has a retractible-roof ballpark! Why not open in Milwaukee, then return to Chicago when the weather is warmer? No one asked me. They didn't ask me about the designated hitter, either, and that's been around since 1973.

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