I’ve been busy with the Indignant Girls on Spring Break, but I do want to catch up: • Congratulations to the Loyola Men’s Basketball team. The team brought hope to the entire city who are suffering from bad pro basketball, pro hockey, and the disappointment of Northwestern. • By the same token, congratulations goes out […]

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For the first time in nine years, the Chicago Blackhawks will be watching, not playing in the NHL Playoffs. I had forgotten what it’s like to not have a rooting interest in the playoffs. In the past, I wrote here that when you have a team not making the playoffs, it is freeing – you […]

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The first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament is made for basketball and gambling. This year, the basketball has been at its usual high level, but for once, the gambling is different. Usually, a safe bet is to pick the number one, two or three seeds, plug them into the finals; pick 12 seeds […]

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While the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments in full force, it is tempting to enjoy the festivities and forget about the bigger problems the NCAA has. An ongoing FBI investigation has discovered that players from more than 20 Division I men’s basketball programs have possibly broken NCAA rules. Schools identified by Yahoo! as having […]

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There are sometimes stories that make one shakes one’s head in disbelief. No, this is not a political diatribe; there are enough of those already. Because it’s Winter Olympics time, we get to join in the pageantry and artistry of sport. Since it’s the Winter Olympics, not the Summer ones, the U.S. ends up doing […]

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I didn’t write on the Super Bowl because most of what I could have written has already been covered. Needless to say, it was one of the best Super Bowls in recent memory – offenses marching down the field, like two heavyweights throwing haymakers at each other, each landing, until the game ended. When the […]

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Einstein is attributed with the quote that insanity is “doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting different results.” When he said it or not, it does make a lot of sense, whether it is about people or companies. Usually, this is alright when people decide to do the same things, […]

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