One would think that I would be happy that Notre Dame fired Charlie Weis. I’m not, just as I wasn’t happy when they fired Bob Davie or Tyrone Willingham, or even Gerry Faust. I liked having the Domers frothing at the mouth, chomping for the flesh of the man they blamed (that time) blamed for […]

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I usually hate these types of columns in the newspapers. Why should a reader give a good damn what someone else is thankful for? Unless it’s someone who I know, or a favorite writer, I usually avoid the piece. But this year, I do have a lot of things to be thankful for; several of […]

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I don’t think that anyone who watches sports in general, or NFL football in particular has any doubt that the Bill Belichick is a classless individual. He has proven that he will do anything to win, including spying by videotaping secret practices by the other team. The little hobbit in the torn hoodie also thinks […]

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As a relatively new father, I know that there will be a time when I go to bat for one or both of The Indignant Children. It’s natural; someone will say something or do something and I will come to their defense. Hopefully, I will think before I act. So, it’s also natural to believe […]

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I always enjoyed the story of Bear fans duck taping a Packers fan to a road sign just south of the Illinois-Wisconsin border. These kinds of rivalry stories make for fun between the fans of the two teams. Unfortunately, someone has to go too far. A Pittsburgh man named Zach Heddinger was in Chicago to […]

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I realize that many young men are admitted to major universities to play sports, not earn grades or degrees, or even learn anything other than the Xs and Os of their sport. I understand that, but if you play a major sport at a major university, you are known. You are under a microscope; and […]

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Now that Michael Jackson is dead, I guess we need another strange celebrity whose appearance is causing an uproar. Former Chicago Cub outfielder Sammy Sosa was photographed recently in Las Vegas and it appears that Sosa’s skin has lightened considerably. The Chicago Tribune published photos of Sosa and his wife alongside an older picture that […]

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