Kevin Kanekoa, vice president of Pacific Mechanical Co. in — get this — Honolulu, has attended about as many of my hometown Chicago Bulls games as I have during their 1990s championship run. He went to two games last season, while I saw only one in person. I would love to attend more, but Bulls tickets are hard to come by. You need connections.
I’m not entirely without them, which is why I managed to see last season’s opening game from a skybox at Chicago’s United Center — albeit one perched way at the top of the arena, which was like watching the game through the wrong end of binoculars. Kevin had better seats, because he has contacts who work for the Bulls. One is a fellow by the name of Michael Jordan.