Mike Imrem
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Cubs would never go for this win-win-win solutionApr 08, 2013 5:00 am - Oh yeah, almost forgot, baseball also was played at Wrigley Field on Monday. The real game, however, continued to be Cubs ownership's ongoing attempt to negotiate an agr...
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Wrigley Field deal fine as long as fine print is tooApr 07, 2013 5:37 am - No matter how many notes my nanny pins to my jacket, I still might drive to Rosemont by mistake Monday. The Cubs are scheduled to play their home opener Monday afternoon...
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Maybe it's time to let the athletes run thingsApr 03, 2013 5:00 am - The mess at Rutgers is another indication of what is wrong with big-time college athletics. Adults, that's what. Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice was fired Wednesday a...
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Believe it: Northwestern can be a factorApr 02, 2013 5:00 am - Northwestern can have a quality basketball program. Really, it can. National championships? Whoa! Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. But the Wildcats can be in ba...
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Cherish Konerko’s class and dignityApr 01, 2013 5:37 am - Paul Konerko was there again Monday morning, at his locker in the corner of the White Sox clubhouse. This was the start of Konerko’s 15th Opening Day with the Sox, makin...
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Imrem opens with some baseball predictionsApr 01, 2013 5:00 am - Oddsmaker Bovada has the White Sox at 40-1 (17th in the major leagues) to win the World Series this season and the Cubs at 75-1 (23rd). On that optimistic note, here are...
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Bulls show us anything’s possibleMar 27, 2013 5:36 am - Now that the Bulls beat the Heat on Wednesday night, there are few things all of us should do. Ride Florida Gulf Coast all the way into the Final Four. Bet a three-legge...
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Athletes, fans just look at things differentlyMar 26, 2013 5:37 am - Blackhawks winger Patrick Kane became the latest person to comment on whether Bulls point guard Derrick Rose should return to play this season on a surgically repaired k...
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Te’o and the meaning of a 40-yard dashMar 26, 2013 5:37 am - A song lyric asks, “What’s love got to do with it?” The football version could be, “What’s the 40-yard dash time got to do with anything?” Manti Te’o might be able to pl...
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Now the real work begins for Groce, IlliniMar 24, 2013 10:00 pm - During my first year studying at the University of Illinois in Champaign — or at least being enrolled in classes — the Fighting Illini football team won the Rose Bowl. C...