Mike Imrem
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Can Epstein really fill a gap this wide?Oct 29, 2011 12:00 am - Last week the Cardinals won the baseball season by beating the Rangers in the World Series, and the Cubs allegedly won the off-season by hiring Theo Epstein. So it has g...
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Epstein impressive, very impressiveOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - Theo Epstein is so impressive that you wonder what he's doing in baseball. Tuesday he came across as intelligent, articulate and pragmatic while being introduced as the ...
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System, not Bears, being unfair to ForteOct 24, 2011 12:00 am - The initial inclination is to portray the Bears as villains in the Matt Forte salary dispute. The fairer approach is to understand there are no villains in these particu...
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For Lovie, it's always just businessOct 23, 2011 12:00 am - Lovie Smith called the Bears' game in London a business trip, and that's what it looked like Sunday. Consequently the Bears are back in business in the playoff race. “We...
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Epstein might not even know what hit himOct 22, 2011 12:00 am - Call it baseball's Battle of the Century, longer than a century in the making. In one corner, wearing red sox, standing 10 feet tall, Boy-y-y-y-y-y Wonder! In the other ...
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So many questions on Epstein, CubsOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - The NFL trading deadline passed Tuesday afternoon and the Red Sox still hadn't dealt Theo Epstein to the Cubs for Chris Harris. Boy Wonder Airways apparently grounded al...
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Harbaugh-Schwartz incident is no big deal. This is football!Oct 17, 2011 12:00 am - Please, don't get your Jim shorts in a bunch over that Jim Harbaugh-Jim Schwartz handshake brouhaha. This is football, folks, not a spelling bee. It isn't baseball eithe...
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Why can’t Bears play this way each week?Oct 16, 2011 12:00 am - In their seemingly eternal quest for mediocrity, the Bears reached .500 Sunday night. If that sounds harshly sarcastic, so be it. This time the Bears did it in fancy fas...
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Zook, Illinois really had to have this oneOct 15, 2011 12:00 am - Just out of curiosity, how many of you Illinois football fans cruised over to FireRonZook.com at 5:30 Saturday afternoon? I did, mind you only as a nosy sports writer, t...
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Wondering what to think about Sox naming VenturaOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Robin Ventura officially was reintroduced Tuesday and, yes, he still is the White Sox' manager. Honest he is, a full five days after getting the job. Kenny Williams and ...