Articles filed under Sports Events
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Lincicome: When sports are played so close to the ashes of terrorSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - The New York Yankees were the home team of 9/11, some several weeks later and in another World Series, fourth in a row. Maybe it was the only time anyone outside New Yor...
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Ryder Cup two weeks away at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis.Sep 07, 2021 1:00 am - KOHLER, Wis. - Patrick Cantlay dominated the PGA Tour's season-ending FedEx Cup Playoffs and the final PGA Tour cards were determined at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship...
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One thing's for certain - the Bears won't be 8-8 againSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Pick one. The Bears are (a) rebuilding (b) rearranging (c) repeating. A case can be made for all three, I guess, but common sense and history lean toward (c). The Bears ...
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Welcome to baseball and gambling ... with apologies to Charlie HustleAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Where to start? I guess apologies to Pete Rose is as good a place as any. To old Cub manager Leo Durocher, as well. Willie Mays. Mickey Mantle. Maybe Michael Jordan, too...
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Lincicome: Tim Anderson's walk-off homer wasn't exactly Hollywood on the farmAug 13, 2021 1:00 am - Baseball is not a movie but it wishes it was. That's why the White Sox and Yankees were playing in a pretend cornfield (the field, not the corn) the other night, trying ...
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Ed Sheeran to headline NFL's kickoff concert next monthAug 07, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Ed Sheeran will perform in a concert to kickoff the NFL season opener in Florida next month. The NFL announced Friday that Sheeran will headline a pregame ...
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Final curtain can't come soon enough for Tokyo GamesAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Testing one of the truisms of sports - that it is not over until the fat lady sings - I assume Tokyo 2020 will close with a 400-pound sumo wrestler belting out "Thanks f...
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Lincicome: The Cubs are right back where they belongJul 30, 2021 1:00 am - Characterizing the dissolution of the Cubs as the “end of an era” is generous and laced with irony. One World Series victory is a highlight, not an era, and playoff fail...
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Milwaukee's magical NBA championship something to celebrateJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - By all accounts, local and otherwise, we have just witnessed the "greatest moment in Milwaukee sports history." Lucky us. Luckier them. This is a boast best not shouted ...
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Lincicome: When it comes to the Tokyo Olympics, there's no place like homeJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - My first Olympics was in Montreal. I was billeted at the local university in a student dorm room so small I could touch three of the walls from my bed. I was happy to be...