Bernie Lincicome
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Lincicome: U.S. women, Messi madness have revived U.S. interest in soccerAug 19, 2023 5:30 am - Without asking, soccer has once again inserted itself onto what was once known as America's sports pages, a generational annoyance that leaves no lasting scars, not the ...
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Lincicome: College football has become a greedy, bloated fraudAug 13, 2023 5:30 am - The consensus that college football is in "chaos" imagines some sort of apocalyptic landscape without order, full of zombies and cannibals chasing alumni passersby and h...
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Lincicome: My eight fantasies about the 2023 Chicago BearsAug 06, 2023 5:30 am - All football is fantasy football before the NFL season starts and never more necessary than this year for the Chicago Bears. How do we fantasize thee, let us count the w...
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Lincicome: Northwestern hazing scandal still the talk of college footballJul 30, 2023 5:30 am - In other college football news, Alabama is looking for a quarterback, Tennessee was docked $8 million for paying its players, Jim Harbaugh may miss four games for lying,...
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Lincicome: Bears training camp dawns with a mixture of wishing and wantingJul 23, 2023 5:30 am - With the opening of Bears' training camp everything is possible. Reality arrives soon enough. Misery comes later, as early as October, as late as December, probably earl...
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Lincicome: Welcome back to the scandal party, NorthwesternJul 15, 2023 5:00 am - The general agreement, voiced and lamented, is that Northwestern is better than this when obviously it is not. It is just another jock factory when it comes down to it, ...
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Lincicome: All Star Games may be silly, but they're still great resume boostsJul 09, 2023 5:30 am - All-Star Games are, of course, silly, all of them, pointless and harmless, unless someone gets hurt, which is why the NFL banned tackling, and Hawaii for that matter, no...
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Lincicome: Is there any reason to tune into Wimbledon?Jul 02, 2023 5:30 am - A moment of silence for Wimbledon, the late tennis tournament, of slim interest now to America, gone the way of the Tour de France and Tiger-less golf, empty of intrigue...
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The subtle difference between the G.O.A.T. and a unicornJun 25, 2023 5:30 am - Today's sports question is what's the difference between a goat and a unicorn? Well, one is an acronym and the other is a myth but here they are, like riddles in a rowbo...
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Lincicome: Cubs, Sox a bit better and that's worth celebratingJun 18, 2023 5:30 am - I am thinking of having some foam hands made up to wave, to reflect the positive play of the Cubs and Sox lately, sort of "way to go" reminders that somebody is watching...