Mike Imrem
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NCAA says no to NU, so here’s the restMar 11, 2012 10:14 pm - Any predictions for the NCAA basketball tournament should start out with this: No team from Illinois will win the national championship. OK, so that’s a gimme. No team f...
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It’s about time Illinois gets this rightMar 11, 2012 1:06 am - Of course Illinois should hire a black men’s basketball head coach. It’s time. It’s overtime. Just do it. Like many others, my first choice for about a year has been Vir...
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There it is, Cubs fans: More hopeMar 09, 2012 11:11 am - Welcome to the next few years, Cubs fans. General manager Jed Hoyer explained the Cubs’ strategy at the trade deadline and beyond. “We have to trade our short-term asset...
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Bulls need to be taking a guarded approachMar 06, 2012 9:00 pm - The first emotion to Tuesday's news on Rip Hamilton was relief. The second was, “Oh, no!” The Bulls supposedly caught a break when nothing on Hamilton was broken as a r...
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Football always will be defined by violenceMar 05, 2012 8:00 pm - The first pro football game I remember attending was played on the last Sunday of the 1956 season. Dec. 16 … Bears vs. Lions … Wrigley Field … Sitting in an aisle halfwa...
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Saints' bounty system proves pain the name of NFL gameMar 04, 2012 7:00 pm - Spare me the disingenuous outrage over the New Orleans Saints' bounty system. Would fans here approve of a similar system if it would help the Bears win the Super Bowl? ...
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This Northwestern team will always be rememberedMar 04, 2012 1:00 am - Northwestern already has achieved — or overachieved — something even if it doesn't reach the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats have become one of my favorite local college b...
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Bears news enough to RAISE your blood levelFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Roger Goodell expressed a concern on “60 Minutes” last month. “Our biggest challenge going forward,” the NFL commissioner said, “is how to get people to come to our stad...
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Be like Rose? It’s best to have a backup planFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - Adidas just committed $260 million to Derrick Rose over the next 14 years. “Mom,” the Bulls’ all-star said, “we finally made it.” No, wait. Rose uttered those words back...
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Bulls should go get HowardFeb 25, 2012 11:00 pm - This Bulls/Dwight Howard thing, whatever it is, feels like a presidential election. For months, maybe longer, you ponder each candidate without coming to any conclusions...