Mike Imrem
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Imrem: There's no point playing in NITMar 16, 2015 1:00 am - Illinois and Illinois State landed in the NIT, punctuating the sorry state of college basketball in this state. Meanwhile, it also punctuated the skewed priorities of co...
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Imrem: Can any coach make DePaul matter again?Mar 15, 2015 1:00 am - Amid March Madness, DePaul men's basketball remains mired in local apathy. Ask 10 people on the street whether they care that the Blue Demons just lost another men's bas...
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Imrem: Maybe McPhee can get to Cutler, tooMar 11, 2015 1:01 am - Two topics dominated the Bears' media briefing Wednesday afternoon: New free-agent signee Pernell McPhee and incumbent quarterback Jay Cutler. They had little in common,...
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Imrem: Yes, Cutler is still Bears' quarterbackMar 10, 2015 1:01 am - The Derrick Rose conversation is so exasperating that it's time to move on to some other frustrating local sports issue. Oh, no, to Jay Cutler? Yes, to Jay Cutler. What,...
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Imrem: Bulls' Rose still not making any promisesMar 09, 2015 1:00 am - Basketball isn't the only game that Derrick Rose isn't playing these days. The Bulls' injured point guard won't play the public-relations game, either. Rose met the medi...
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Imrem: Bears' unnecessary headache goes awayMar 08, 2015 1:01 am - The boffo Brandon Marshall transaction was described on NFL.com as a "Whoa!" moment. Charley Casserly of the NFL Network said, "Ultimately it could be a win for both tea...
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Chicago's winter delays Cubs plans? Who woulda thunk it?Mar 03, 2015 12:00 am - Don't blame the Cubs for the weather delaying renovations to Wrigley Field. Cubs' management made a calculated assessment that global warming would transform Chicago int...
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Imrem: The ethics behind getting injured athletes backMar 02, 2015 12:01 am - Pro sports teams have psychologists, orthopedists, cardiologists, urologists and periodontists on retainer. So why not a certified sports ethicist, if there is such an a...
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Imrem: The journey continues past 70Mar 01, 2015 7:00 am - The real-life 70s show has a new cast member. Yes, me. I didn't even have to read for the part. The passage of time hired me after screen-testing my wrinkles. Seriously,...
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Imrem: Minnie much more than Mr. White SoxMar 01, 2015 12:01 am - This is a terrible phase to have to go through: Historian of Death for my personal Boys of Summer. No, make that my personal Boys of Spring. All you 10-year-olds out the...