Bernie Lincicome
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25 questions ahead of Super Bowl 59Feb 01, 2025 4:36 pm - With another “Super Bowl Week” about to tempt us, we find that there are many more questions than answers. Here are 25 of them, conveniently multiple choice.
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Lincicome: It’s all smiles around Halas Hall again, at least for nowJan 25, 2025 12:58 pm - Doubt benefit giving is a frequent burden for Bears fans, and yet granted freely and with fresh anticipation that each time the most dysfunctional franchise in sports has got it right. So we say welcome to another coach, a guy named Johnson, a simple two syllable hashtag, first name of Ben.
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Notre Dame vs. Ohio State is so big, it’s worth singing aboutJan 18, 2025 10:00 am - If college football could have scripted a Big Game finish to its season, and it has been trying mightily to do so forever, it would have the Big Game it has, Notre Dame a...
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Beware the latest TV gimmick: indoor golfJan 11, 2025 10:00 am - I have not seen everything, but I have seen indoor golf and I shrug. Indoor golf is usually found on cruise ships and in sports bars. Now it is a TV gimmick, like poker a...
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So many Bears questions, and Bill Belichick isn’t the answer to a single oneJan 04, 2025 10:00 am - As a public service for the next head coach of the Bears, here are the answers to all the important questions about one of the storied jobs in football, none of which are likely to come up during actual job interviews.
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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...