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What's In Your Bears Glass?
October 18, 2007 by
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The Bears season has been a disappointment so far, with the team sitting at 2-4 and the pain of a tough divisional loss to the Vikings still lingering. That said, there are ten games remaining. So is your Bears glass half empty or half full?
Chasing the Trophy with the Flags of All the Teams
October 18, 2007 by
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The Fall Classic is an annual dance with the highest of stakes - the winners are exalted, the losers forgotten. It's the culmination of the longest, most arduous season in professional sports and it's finally upon us.
Struggling Seminoles, Hapless 'Huskers
October 18, 2007 by
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Obscured somewhat by an upset-filled, parity-driven season of college football is the continuing collapse of two of the greatest programs of the 1990s, if not all-time. Bobby Bowden's Florida State team and the Bill Callahan-led Nebraska squad have both fallen from the heights...
Big Ten 2007 - Year of the Underdog
October 17, 2007 by
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Though the Big Ten was much-maligned after Michigan's early-season loss to Division I-AA Appalachian State, the traditionally weak teams in the conference are actually much better than usual. What does the sudden relevance of programs like Illinois do for the Big Ten as a whole?
Ins and Outs for the 24th Breeders' Cup
October 16, 2007 by
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Now less than two weeks away, the fields are beginning to take shape for the 24th Breeders' Cup, and Greg Melikov is here to tell you who's in and who's out - for now, anyway.
Reggie Might Soon Sound Like Marion
October 13, 2007 by
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More and more evidence trickles out about Reggie Bush and his family's involvement in illegal - at least by NCAA standards - activities surrounding the house they lived in during his USC career. As Bush continues to deny any wrongdoing, this story is starting to resemble the twisted...
Five Under the Radar
October 12, 2007 by
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It's easy to pick on the big names at the skill positions - Benson and Griese need to improve, Bernard Berrian needs to hold onto the ball - but there are a lot of lower-profile players whose performance is critical to the Bears' success. Here's five guys at the top of that list.
Rushing Illini
October 11, 2007 by
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What is the point when a school goes from 'nice story' to 'serious title contender'? Is it when they sign their first blue chip prospect? How about when a player on the roster starts showing up on several different Heisman Trophy watch lists? Or could it be when the...
Greg Oden's Master Plan
October 10, 2007 by
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As everyone reading this knows by now, Greg Oden - the top pick in this year's NBA draft - will miss his entire rookie season following microfracture knee surgery. Oden has had poor luck with injuries: an injured wrist forced him to miss the first seven games of his college career...
"We Got Wo..!" Oh, Wait. No We Don't.
April 04, 2007 by
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Nothing was as it seemed in Major League Baseball in 1998. Greg Vaughn, who sucked, hit 50 home runs. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were suddenly the greatest sluggers in history, and by orders of magnitude. Barry Bonds discovered the pleasures of veterinary-grade hormones. And Kerry...
The Race Against Barry Bonds
April 04, 2007 by
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Bulletin: Barry Bonds needs only 22 home runs to break Hank Aaron's all-time career mark.
Bulletin: Some people aren't too happy about this.
Ty'd to Success
April 04, 2007 by
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The locker for No. 24, Tyrus Wayne Thomas, sits in the back left corner of the square, gray carpeted Chicago Bulls locker room. Occupying the locker to the right is that of Michael Sweetney, a massive, quiet professional equally suited for an NFL locker room, where his locker might...
Worse Than Their Record?
March 28, 2007 by
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If you look at this motley collection of spare parts and never-will-be's, it's almost safe to call the '98-'99 Bulls a bunch of over-achievers. Too bad they won 13 games.
Fluffy Daydreams Are No Match For Bitter Truth
March 28, 2007 by
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To satiate the appetite of everyone who was too scared to approach the superfluous-appendaged man even though he bore a striking resemblance to a certain Fantasy Baseball Expert, let's play a little "Fantasy vs. Reality" for the upcoming baseball season.
Cubs: Kings of Mediocrity
March 28, 2007 by
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As we all know by now, the Cubs this past winter doled out roughly $300 million in guaranteed player salaries, thereby energizing an easily inspired fan base.
For all their efforts and dollars, though, the Cubs aren't a great team. Heck, they're not even a particularly good...
White Sox: Will It Be Enough?
March 28, 2007 by
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More so than perhaps any other GM in the game, Kenny Williams has evolved and grown in his seven years in Chicago. It started with a series of "look what I can do" headline trades that inevitably didn't pan out. He was ultra-aggressive, with every move coming with a high...
A Happy Ending for Wood, Prior & Cubs?
March 14, 2007 by
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Though they care not to admit it, the Cubs' fortunes are once again tied to Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, these two prodigal sons who were expected to be the cornerstones of the team's pitching staff for years to come.
They were to be Chicago's own version of Koufax and...
Does the NBA Scare White People?
March 14, 2007 by
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You could make a pretty damn good argument that, on the court, these are the best days in the history of the NBA. Shaq, Kobe, KG, Duncan and Iverson are already among the realm of "best players ever." Wade, LeBron, Nash and Dirk could eventually join them.
So why isn&...
Cuban-Owned Cubs a Futile Fantasy. Here's Why.
March 07, 2007 by
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Even if the rumors were true -- even if Cuban had offered $625 million for a team that Forbes last year valuated at $448 million -- it would still be wish-casting on the part of Cubs fans. That's because even this hypothetical Cuban, the one sufficiently capitalized and willing...
Top All-Time Blog-Driven Stories
March 07, 2007 by
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Blogging is a natural extension of the sports-watching experience, no different from the Monday morning quarterback sessions in the break room at work, just with wider reach. Sports blogs also have a knack for creating their own stories, memes, and running jokes.
Bending the Rules
March 02, 2007 by
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One of the fundamentals of sport is fairness. The games we play and watch must operate with consistent rules and structure, otherwise we have little reason to trust what happens on the field. We want the rulebook to be unfailingly adhered to, we demand that officials and caretakers...
Straight Shooter
March 02, 2007 by
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I want to talk to LZ Granderson, but his cell number is busy.
America's favorite gays-in-sports commentary hotline is locked up like the H&R Block help-line on April 14th. Well, it's not busy, actually. The phone number is no longer receiving calls. Has Tim Hardaway...
The Great Unraveler
February 21, 2007 by
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KC Johnson is a 38-year-old bowtie-wearing Brooklyn College professor with a Harvard degree. He has a passion for American history, and he enjoys the classroom. And due to his own peculiar mixture of annoyance and curiosity, he might be the most oft-cited source for those looking for...
Advance Copies
February 21, 2007 by
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Alex Rodriguez recently came out with his own children's book. Here are advance copies of several other's...
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