Bernie Lincicome
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Lincicome: Great expectations still a weighty subject for Johnson and the BearsJan 24, 2026 10:00 am - Let’s quote the rarely quotable Ben Johnson, Bears coach and sideline sphinx, about where the Bears are and where they are going. “It’s no different from if you’re trying...
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Lincicome: This is no way for the Bears to reach 100Jan 17, 2026 10:00 am - There must be at least 100 reasons why the Bears could lose to the Rams on Sunday. The Bears could lose if nobody up there likes Caleb Williams. If Montez Sweat cheers up...
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Lincicome: Judging the worth of bowls, champions and the defeatedJan 10, 2026 10:00 am - It has been reliably reported that college football is still being committed when those of us who have paid passing attention assumed it ended somewhere in Boca Raton, as...
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Lincicome: Is this too much to ask for sports in 2026?Jan 03, 2026 10:00 am - Now that the year 2025 has been sent off for frequent flagrant fouls, here are some of the things I would like to see in 2026. Fewer pallbearers. The Bush’s Boca Raton Bo...
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Lincicome: And the winner of the award for summing up 2025 is ...Dec 27, 2025 10:00 am - Time once again for the annual “Bernies,” awards designed to sum up just what kind of year it was in sports. Drum roll, please. The What’s He Taking Off if the Bears ...
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Lincicome: Confused about the NFL playoffs? Here’s a guide to helpDec 20, 2025 12:00 pm - Bracing for the NFL playoffs without Taylor Swift brings sighs and no anticipation at all, requiring attention be paid to the dull hows and whys of things, the way it was when football cluttered Christmas and beyond.
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Lincicome: There are many ways to have a ball, when you think about itDec 13, 2025 10:00 am - Beware of any argument that includes the phrase “when you think about it,” because it assumes that one of you is an idiot, not to slight the deep thinker who has noticed that football is not soccer.
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Lincicome: Just Sayin, the Heisman winner must stay above the Mendoza lineDec 06, 2025 10:00 am - The best part of the Heisman Trophy race is the way schools market their contending players, writes columnist Bernie Lincicome.
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Lincicome: The best award an NFL coach can win is keeping his jobNov 29, 2025 4:28 pm - Surviving the Eagles has undoubtedly made Ben Johnson the front runner for NFL Coach of the Year, and to him sympathy is offered, this coming from someone who remembers Matt Nagy, and fewer and fewer of us are willing to admit that.
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Lincicome: About an American Pope and his White Sox hatNov 22, 2025 10:00 am - The dumbing down of America is best represented by the baseball cap, once worn as a practical sun shield but now resting on the noggins of presidents and pizza deliverers...