Mike Imrem
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Two books well worth the readDec 26, 2012 4:37 am - OK, it’s time to take those Christmas gift cards and head toward your friendly neighborhood bookstore. Sitting here on a desk in front of me are two examples of outstand...
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There might be ways to make Lovie just leaveDec 24, 2012 4:37 am - Ah, here we are, waking up to another Christmas without Bears head coach Lovie Smith’s firing under the tree. Smith’s job scenarios remain nearly as diverse as the Bears...
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Smith, Bears can survive with a little helpDec 23, 2012 4:37 pm - What a weekend! The world, the Bears’ playoff hopes and Lovie Smith’s coaching tenure all survived. All of this was predictable regardless of what the Mayan calendar bla...
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Enough is enough: Time to send Smith packingDec 16, 2012 4:00 am - Maybe it was the play that finally gets Lovie Smith fired. Beautiful Sunday afternoon. Soldier Field. Rivalry game. Division lead in the balance. Score tied late in the ...
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Nice to see Bears’ Marshall gets Packers rivalryDec 13, 2012 4:37 am - Maybe Brandon Marshall really does get it just 13 games into his career as a Bears wide receiver. “I don’t like the Green Bay Packers,” he said Wednesday afternoon in an...
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500,000 coats later, Bears drive is still going strongDec 12, 2012 4:00 am - Gary Haeger started coat drive in 1988
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Lovie or leave it: Smith’s here to stayDec 11, 2012 4:30 am - Lovie Smith is difficult to bear even when the Bears are winning. When they’re losing, his gibberish becomes insufferable … impossible … intolerable. The Bears are losin...
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Deshaies looks like good fit for Cubs’ TV boothDec 06, 2012 5:00 am - New Cubs television analyst Jim Deshaies was terrific during his introductory news conference Wednesday morning. Funny, self-effacing, reverent, relevant. Deshaies also ...
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And now what for Brian Urlacher, Bears?Dec 05, 2012 4:00 am - The possibility loomed that Dec. 16 would be Brian Urlacher's final home game with the Bears. Now the possibility looms that Sunday's was. Neither might be because Urlac...
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Talking heads’ outrage better served on bigger issues than NIUDec 04, 2012 4:30 am - The problem with sports is there’s no sense of humor anymore. Just about every ESPN college football analyst described Northern Illinois’ berth in the Orange B...