Bernie Lincicome
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Welcome to baseball and gambling ... with apologies to Charlie HustleAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Where to start? I guess apologies to Pete Rose is as good a place as any. To old Cub manager Leo Durocher, as well. Willie Mays. Mickey Mantle. Maybe Michael Jordan, too...
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Lincicome: Tim Anderson's walk-off homer wasn't exactly Hollywood on the farmAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - Baseball is not a movie but it wishes it was. That's why the White Sox and Yankees were playing in a pretend cornfield (the field, not the corn) the other night, trying ...
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Final curtain can't come soon enough for Tokyo GamesAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Testing one of the truisms of sports - that it is not over until the fat lady sings - I assume Tokyo 2020 will close with a 400-pound sumo wrestler belting out "Thanks f...
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Lincicome: The Cubs are right back where they belongJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - Characterizing the dissolution of the Cubs as the “end of an era” is generous and laced with irony. One World Series victory is a highlight, not an era, and playoff fail...
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Milwaukee's magical NBA championship something to celebrateJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - By all accounts, local and otherwise, we have just witnessed the "greatest moment in Milwaukee sports history." Lucky us. Luckier them. This is a boast best not shouted ...
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Lincicome: When it comes to the Tokyo Olympics, there's no place like homeJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - My first Olympics was in Montreal. I was billeted at the local university in a student dorm room so small I could touch three of the walls from my bed. I was happy to be...
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Lincicome: Looking back on all things Scottie PippenJul 09, 2021 1:00 am - A quick check of my notes from the time that Scottie Pippen mattered finds, well, nothing. No opinions, no awareness, no debate. As I recall, Pippen spoke so softly, it ...
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Lincicome: 'Gimme 5' could have new meaning for some college athletesJul 02, 2021 1:00 am - The cliché "dumb jock" is at least as old as, say, "mad scientist" or "crooked politician." Not always the case but often enough to be accepted as valid. A long-standing...
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Lincicome: You can bank on the Bears not moving to Arlington ParkJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - First of all, the Bears will never move to Arlington Park. They can't afford to buy it and they can't afford to build a stadium on it. There are ways around the financin...
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Bernie Lincicome: Come to think of it, La Russa remains quite capableJun 18, 2021 1:00 am - I am not quite sure if Tony La Russa invented the baseball statistic QAB, or even if such a baseball statistic exists. It would mean Quality At Bat, and back when La Rus...