Is It Time To Retire The Term G.O.A.T.? All season, NBA fans and media have been awaiting the day in which LeBron James passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for all-time scoring leader. This of course led to the inevitable crowning of LeBron as the G.O.A.T. – the Greatest of All Time. Living in Chicago, that has the […]

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One year to the day as the last time he retired, Tom Brady announced his retirement from football. This season, he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the NFC playoffs only due to a weak division as the Bucs made the playoffs with a sub- .500 record (8-9). As a division winner, they hosted a […]

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No person is all good or all bad. When a famous person dies, you see the tributes, all of the great things that person did, but often without the blemishes. That won’t be the case with Bobby Hull, who left us this morning. What can be said is that he did live life to the […]

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Probably due to its long history, the Baseball Hall of Fame nominees, election and enshrinement get boatloads of attention from the media and the public. The media coverage is understandable since the Baseball Writers of America (“BBWA”) are the voters. There is usually more controversy about who isn’t voted in: Pete Rose still banned from […]

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Carlos Correa is a terrific shortstop. At 28-years-old, Correa has already been AL Rookie of the year, won a World Series title (albeit on the cheating Houston Astros team of 2016). He has been an All-Star twice in his brief career dating back to 2015. This Hot Stove League winter of 2022-2023 has been the […]

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I had just been thinking that this past football season had a lot of very close games. Going back to the Bills-Chiefs playoff game last January in which the Chiefs scored with only 13 seconds remaining in regulation, before Patrick Mahomes worked his magic, brought the game to overtime and eventually a victory. If you […]

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I have been very outspoken on the problems that have brought down the Northwestern University football program. Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald has been the most successful coach in school history because he recruits very well, has had a tremendous defensive coordinator and a barely alive offense and an ability to keep games close and win […]

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