Mike Imrem
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These guys shouldn't be this goodNov 01, 2021 1:06 pm - PHOENIX -- Some sports phenomena defy explanation. Take the Arizona Diamondbacks, please. Thursday night they beat the Cubs 8-4 to take a 2-0 lead in their National Leag...
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Piniella left us wanting more (Big Z)Nov 01, 2021 12:52 pm - PHOENIX -- Carlos Zambrano can pitch for my team anytime. Unfortunately, he could pitch only 6 innings for Lou Piniella's on Wednesday night. The Cubs manager might hav...
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Cubs need to be kings of world (Series)Nov 01, 2021 12:40 pm - PHOENIX -- Nothing short of getting to the World Series will do. Changing the Cubs' culture … establishing a foundation … providing hope for the future … None of that ma...
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A position Bears really need to fillNov 01, 2021 12:36 pm - Bears quarterbacks are like the weather: Everybody owns an umbrella but nobody stops it from raining. This franchise is back where it started a half-century ago, patchin...
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Maybe Bears just don't have a quarterbackNov 01, 2021 12:30 pm - DETROIT -- Brian Griese looked like the Bears as a whole late Sunday afternoon. The welts, scratches and bruises were big, long and red on his back, shoulder and arm. He...
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Hollywood or bust? It's up to CubsNov 01, 2021 11:10 am - The champagne dried in Cincinnati, Wrigleyville revelers are back on their barstools, and just one question remains. Is this 2007 Cubs team Hollywood or Follywood? When ...
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Sadly, Wirtz never did correct error of his waysNov 01, 2021 10:44 am - This could have been the obituary's opening paragraph. "Bill Wirtz, the grinch who stole big-time hockey in Chicago, died Wednesday at age 77." This might be his endurin...
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Some battles never have a winnerNov 01, 2021 10:30 am - Ah, yes, another sports conflict without a good guy. Or good gal, for that matter. A ruckus was raised recently when Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy berated spo...
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Sadly, Wirtz never did correct error of his waysNov 01, 2021 10:33 am - This could have been the obituary's opening paragraph. "Bill Wirtz, the grinch who stole big-time hockey in Chicago, died Wednesday at age 77." This might be his endurin...
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Grossman can't change short, slowNov 01, 2021 10:23 am - OK, so for two more days the Bears' quarterback predicament will dangle out there like a big pizza pie in the sky. Wednesday the drums will roll -- along possibly with R...