Mike Imrem
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Imrem: Illinois college hoops politically incorrectMar 13, 2016 11:01 pm - A secret town hall meeting was conducted Sunday in advance of Tuesday's primary election in Illinois. Candidates from both parties accepted invitations to address the st...
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Imrem: Unexpected twist in NFL's concussion falloutMar 08, 2016 4:01 pm - Calvin Johnson announced his retirement Tuesday, and the NFL should blame itself for the movement of players out of the game. The league has become too prosperous, makin...
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Imrem: Lovie huggable now, but for how long?Mar 08, 2016 7:00 am - Illinois football was whisked into a brave new world Monday. An oddly foreign one, too. This is real big for the beleaguered program. How big? Consider the 1:30 p.m. new...
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Imrem: How soon before Illini fans grow weary of Lovie Smith?Mar 07, 2016 8:01 am - OK, let the sparks start flying in Champaign now that Lovie Smith indeed has been named head football coach. Smith was condescending toward the big-city media when he co...
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Imrem: Cubs' reported tree-chopping casts Ricketts as Mr. T IIMar 06, 2016 4:01 pm - Cubs' chairman Tom Ricketts doesn't have much in common with Mr. T, the legendary real-life cartoon character. Ricketts doesn't sport a Mohawk hairstyle. He doesn't wear...
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Imrem: Illinois AD Whitman could make big splash with LovieMar 05, 2016 4:00 pm - Fans of University of Illinois football had to be encouraged Saturday. Or maybe not depending on what they think of Lovie Smith. New athletic director Josh Whitman annou...
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Imrem: Chicago Cubs' Plan seems to be all goodMar 02, 2016 4:01 pm - Let's address some old business before a new baseball season moves too far along. Theo Epstein was a guest Wednesday on ESPN 1000's "Kap and Co." and he acknowledged tha...
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Imrem: Winning truly is everythingMar 01, 2016 4:01 pm - Former Bears quarterback Jim McMahon raked a little muck this week about the 1985 Chicago Bears that inspired "what-ifs" about the 2003 Chicago Cubs. To say nothing of i...
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Imrem: Chicago Bulls' Hoiberg put in tough situationFeb 29, 2016 4:00 pm - A national NBA reporter recently asked me, “What do you think of Hoiberg?” I hesitated because the more pressing questions lately were “Does Derrick Rose drive you goofy...
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Imrem: Keeping Teravainen is best for BlackhawksFeb 28, 2016 3:01 pm - An eternal tug of priorities hovers before every trade deadline in every sport. Should a contender compromise the future to win that particular season? The Blackhawks ba...