Mike Ditka is a beloved figure here in Chicago. A Hall of Fame Bear as a tight end; the only coach to lead the Bears to a Super Bowl Victory with the Super Bowl Shuffle Bears in 1985-1986, Ditka is an icon here. Add the “Super Fans” sketch from Saturday Night Live and now in […]

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I have been away for a week, and so I have not been able to comment on the Notre Dame situation where 4 players have been suspended under investigation of academic fraud. It made local and national headlines when it was announced that cornerback KeiVarae Russell, wide receiver DaVaris Daniels, linebacker Kendall Moore and defensive […]

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As you know, I’m not “into” golf at all. I don’t play the game, nor do I follow it. I do know that there are some strange rules in golf, many of which can turn simple mistakes into a player getting suspended. This week, a PGA player admitted to a possible mistake and returned over […]

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As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, the NCAA Division I Board of Directors met this week to vote on a new governance structure for the “Power 5” conferences. Those conferences, the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Pac-12 and Big 12 have felt hamstrung by the smaller schools that make up the 351 member NCAA. […]

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There was a very good story on HBO’s “Real Sports” talking about the decline in golf and some of the extreme measures that certain golf movers and shakers are willing to initiate to save the game. A story on CNN Money highlights the problems and suggests reasons that this is happening. First, the evidence: Adidas, […]

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I admit that I am getting tired of super rich white men trying to either hoist their deluded notions of the world on the rest of us, or, like I believe is the case with Ann Coulter, are using their insane comments to earn money from very dumb people. But, the press tour that Washington […]

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I work in the financial services industry, but I have never been all that interested in companies other than what I need for my job. So, I never understand the mentality of the “investor,” and companies’ slavish intent to do anything for them. Through mutual funds, I guess I am an investor, but not an […]

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