Bernie Lincicome
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It turns out the Bears are pretty much who we thought they wereDec 28, 2024 11:00 am - Apologies for my optimism, being on record for the Bears finishing 5-12. Oh, it is still possible I guess, given as how the playoff Packers have no good reason to win nex...
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Sosa, Cubs appear to have made up, the question is will anyone care?Dec 20, 2024 4:35 pm - Sammy Sosa and the Cubs appear to have reconciled. We shall see how this goes, or even if anyone still cares. The Cubs are willing to bend and Sosa is willing to be bent, and Cub fans may wonder what difference any of it makes.
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The Heisman has declared another winner, but did anyone bother to watch the ceremony?Dec 15, 2024 6:00 am - Among the missed newspaper gimmicks — other than newspapers themselves — is the “Heisman Watch.” This was a weekly rating of who might win the big college football prize,...
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Looking hither and yon to find all the bowl games college football has to offerDec 07, 2024 10:00 am - For a brief moment some thought was given to holding a college football bowl game at Wrigley Field, a notion considered too daffy even for the protracted commotion of Dit...
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The Bears have moved on from Eberflus, but does it really matter who the next coach is?Nov 30, 2024 10:00 am - The assumption is always that the next coach will be better than the last one, otherwise why bother? In the case of the Bears, truth is a cruel recap, the line of fools s...
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As an NFL commentator, Fox’s Tom Brady doesn’t add much in the way of colorNov 23, 2024 10:00 am - Those of us who watch NFL football with the sound off may yet have an opinion about the broadcasting chops of Tom Brady because, after all, he is Tom Brady. The Greatest ...
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Lincicome: Poster-doofus Eberflus latest in long line of Bears coaching failuresNov 16, 2024 4:52 pm - Bears coach Matt Ebeflus should have been fired after last season. He could not figure out how to develop a raw talent like Justin Fields, so why expect him to grow a consensus better one in Williams? Now he is the pinata at the party, hanging around, awaiting the inevitable swat.
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The Bears are knock, knock, knocking on panic’s door as they prepare for the PatriotsNov 09, 2024 10:00 am - The frontiers of panic are indistinct, but we can agree that the Bears are at the border. One more loss and the rescue of backsliding Caleb Williams, as well as the mirac...
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The White Sox’ 44th offers both a question and a promiseNov 02, 2024 10:00 am - Taken on faith, a requirement hereabouts, Will Venable is the 44th manager of the White Sox, although to be honest I stopped keeping count somewhere between Jeff Torborg ...
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Welcome to the instant nostalgia World Series, a trip back in baseball timeOct 26, 2024 10:00 am - The urgent longing for baseball to be what it once was can be detected in the relief found from a World Series between “icons” of the game, as if the Yankees and Dodgers ...