Mike Imrem
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What's with all teams from Chicago?Apr 16, 2014 1:01 am - Well, that certainly didn't take long. The Blackhawks lost natural rival Detroit to the NHL's other conference this season. Then, in no time flat, natural-rival-in-waiti...
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This issue not as simple as black and whiteApr 15, 2014 1:01 am - The customary grumbling accompanied April 15 on Tuesday. First, on tax day, the complaint always is that the IRS is stealing our money. Second, on the anniversary of Jac...
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Sound advice is always welcomeApr 14, 2014 1:01 am - Oh, if only veteran professional athletes would give this advice to emerging professional athletes: "You're not winning a Nobel Prize for science. We're not that importa...
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Maybe it's best that youth wasn't served at the MastersApr 13, 2014 1:01 am - Not so fast, young man. Wait your turn. Go back to the practice green. Take the steps that just about every other pro golfer has to take. Seriously, Jordan Spieth, who d...
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Will Tiger ever be as beloved as golf's Big Three?Apr 10, 2014 5:30 am - The snapshots never get old even if the subjects have. Arnold Palmer (84 years of age), Gary Player (78) and Jack Nicklaus (74) played Wednesday in the Masters Par-3 Tou...
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Anything to speed up baseball games, pleaseApr 08, 2014 1:01 am - Apparently nothing is off-limits during April Fool's month. An ESPN article by Buster Olney quoted an unnamed baseball executive who suggested that major-league games be...
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Make the NCAA start over? Good planApr 07, 2014 5:30 am - NCAA president Mark Emmert conducted a news conference Sunday at the site of the NCAA basketball tournament's Final Four. Naturally, among the topics was the attempt to ...
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Always remember: Some prospects remain prospectsApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - The future is either here or on the way, or so the White Sox and Cubs are telling us. Home run champions. Batting champions. Most Valuable Players. World Series MVPs. Ha...
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Ricketts' only option is to stay the courseApr 04, 2014 1:01 am - Tom Ricketts was excited Friday morning. The Cubs' chairman made his media rounds in anticipation of the club's home opener. Hope was in the air and his voice. Then this...
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Big names like Kaminsky keep leaving IllinoisApr 02, 2014 12:01 am - Look up if you want to know what's wrong with the state of college basketball in this state. Look up to the heights of this weekend's Final Four. Look up to Illinois' ne...