I have always been a bit indifferent to announcer Bob Costas. He did a decent job covering everything for NBC from football to the Olympics, to, it seemed, dog shows. He was omnipresent but basically innocuous to me. I hardly ever watched “Later,” his interview program in part because it was on late, and mostly […]

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The ownership tenure of the Ricketts family has been full of ups and downs. Of course, they brought the team’s first championship in over a century to the North Side. They have also instituted needed renovation of Wrigley Field and are in the process of building a “Cub Mall” around the park where concessions and […]

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The Conference Championship Games held last weekend had everything a fan could want: compelling veterans (Tom Brady and Drew Brees); young phenoms (Jared Goff and Patrick Mahomes); high power offenses; a couple of strong defenses; teams to root for and a team nearly everyone roots against. Both games went to overtime, and both ended up […]

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I know that this will be blasphemy to Northwestern fans and alumni, but I was not 100% happy when, after NU’s improbable come from behind victory in the Liberty Bowl, Coach Pat Fitzgerald announced that he would not be leaving Northwestern for the Green Bay Packers. Yes, I know – he’s our former All-American linebacker; […]

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Looking back on everything, I have not written about the Chicago Bears all season. It is easier to write to bitch when a team is not doing well, and I certainly did plenty in the years this site has been up, especially under the tenure of John Fox. Fox was too apathetic to be a […]

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After beating my beloved Northwestern Wildcats, but being unable to get into the College Football Playoff but securing a trip to the Rose Bowl, it would seem that Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer would be a lock to stay in his job, despite having been suspended for the first four weeks of the season […]

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Unless you’re Colin Kaepernick, players can do almost anything on or off the field and get away with it. It’s like Trump said during the campaign – I could shoot someone on the street and people would still vote for me (echoed in racists winning seats, most recently in Mississippi, Nazis and white supremacists running […]

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