Some time ago, a friend and I were discussing youth power in football and how an academy brings out talent time and again. I thought this would be an interesting topic to write on though it has been thrown around quite a bit in the blogosphere already. But, given that it's international weekend, Phil Jones has been prompted as a future England captain, and Jack Wilshere is causing people the age of his Dad sweat over him, it sounds appropriate to devote something to the Next Gen.

The Chicago Bulls are both lucky and good. In Game 1 of their first round series against the Indiana Pacers, the BUlls were down 10 points with three and a half minutes remaining but went on a 16-1 run to end the game. The Pacers were giving the Bulls another hard push in Game 2 even though they lost starting point guard Darren Collison.