I have been busy at work and the site has suffered as a result. But, I have a little breathing room so let’s catch up on what has been happening in the world. Facebook friends know that I was in Boston this past week and had the opportunity to go to last Tuesday’s Yankees/Red Sox […]

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While on the subject of baseball, last week was the official 100th anniversary of the first professional baseball game played at Wrigley Field. Then named Weeghman Park, the field was owned by Charles H. Weeghman, owner of Chicago’s team in the Federal League, known as both the Federals and the Whales. Commemorating the first major […]

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Usually, for an NFL team, the offseason is fairly quiet. Free agents are signed and not signed, and there is a great deal of expectation about the upcoming NFL Draft. But not in San Francisco; after losing in the NFC Championship Game to the eventual champion Seattle Seahawks, the 49ers have seen nothing but turmoil. […]

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I feel for Northwestern Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald. He and the university have had to walk a very thin line when former quarterback Kain Colter and the team filed a case with the National Labor Relations Board that athletes are employees and should have the right to unionize as such. Of course, I don’t think […]

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Ordinarily, an athlete taking time off to be with his expectant wife would be an item for the back of the sports page, unless it was your home team’s media; then it would be in the paper, but no one would make much of it. That is the case unless, of course, the city is […]

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I have been taking the commuter train to work a few days this week, and I noticed some advertising all over Ogilvie Transportation Center. The Ad says “Still Illinoyed?” Indiana, the State that Works!” Of course, this is aimed at the higher costs and pension difficulties of Illinois and trying to get companies to move […]

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The Indignant Girls were on spring break last week, so I took some time off, but in my absence, a couple of items deserved comment. The first and most important was the ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that Northwestern football players were employees and have the right to form a union. Personally, I […]

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