Derrick Rose's Return to Chicago a Wistful One as Knicks Beat Bulls

Vincent Goodwill, "Derrick Rose's Return to Chicago a Wistful One as Knicks Beat Bulls," csnchicago.com. On Rose, see.

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Excerpt:

Speaking to the same attendants he passed every day, shaking every hand, acknowledging everyone who acknowledged him, Rose’s homecoming felt as it was supposed to—like the kid who went away to college and came back home for Thanksgiving. ...

Details about his private life came out in an embarrassing civil suit where he was accused of rape, and although he was cleared of the charges, the stain will likely follow for some time—causing even more confusion. ...

There was no blueprint for him to follow, as he was groomed to be a basketball player and the instincts he developed courtesy of Chicago’s South Side were ones of survival, not public diplomacy. ...