Bernie Lincicome
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Ohtani aces this math quiz, but you have to wonder about the DodgersDec 17, 2023 7:53 am - Let’s look at this another way. In 1930 Babe Ruth’s highest salary was $80,000. That would be worth $1.3 million today. On the other hand, Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million de...
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Was that column written by me, or was it AI trying to imitate me?Dec 12, 2023 5:18 am - So, I asked myself, what is this AI business all about anyhow? Everybody is worried about it. Or are they? Maybe it is AI doing the worrying. Who can tell? More importan...
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How to know when to stop scoringDec 05, 2023 5:10 am - I once asked one of my favorite coaches why he kept pouring it on when his opponent was clearly beaten. “Son,” he said, “I can't coach both teams.” That was Bobby Bowden...
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So Harbaugh says Michigan is America's Team? Don't take his word for itNov 20, 2023 5:10 am - Apparently the title of "America's Team" is vacant, which can happen when you don't take care. So, let me say here at the beginning, whoever is "America's Team," it ain'...
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Of curses, and QBs. The Bears have one, but still waiting on the otherNov 13, 2023 5:56 am - What the Bears need is a good curse, something to blame, a romantic patsy for lingering incompetence, especially at quarterback. Without fickle fate or cruel karma, fail...
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What to make of former Indiana University coach Bob Knight's legacy?Nov 06, 2023 8:02 pm - The passing of bullies should be ignored but it seldom works out that way. The trumpets will fade for Bob Knight, as they already had for a generation unfamiliar with th...
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The search for the next great Bears quarterback takes an inevitable turnOct 23, 2023 6:51 am - The scramble to find out who in the wide world of eastern West Virginia is Tyson Bagent has been made necessary by the inevitable shelving of Justin Fields, who came to ...
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Lincicome: The eyes of Chicago are upon you, Connor BedardOct 17, 2023 7:43 am - We're talkin' hockey. We're talkin' history. Game on. Light the lamp. Top shelf. Bury the biscuit. Cold steel on ice. Toothless and ruthless. Got stick? That hockey. ...
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Lincicome: October baseball used to be perfect. Now it's just phonyOct 09, 2023 11:21 pm - Needlessly and reliably, greed and gimmicks have given us another baseball season, already reduced without objection, although poor Milwaukee did seem to deserve better....
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Lincicome: In honor of Ryder, other Cups Team USA needs to reclaimOct 03, 2023 6:54 am - Word arrives that folks are going crazy in Rome, and having been there myself I must say that I am not surprised. What is surprising is that the craziness is about golf....