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By Thomas Chambers
Nagy really said that. Trubisky has the smarts, just needs better footwork.
Pace presser. “Mitch is our starter.”
How many years ago? “Rex is our quarterback.”
Pace is ALL IN on Trubisky. So, 2020, going to go through the same losing motions again.
Posted on December 31, 2019
By Jim Coffman
No, Mitch, you’re not close.
The quarterback tried to make the case late Sunday afternoon that he and his team were close to success this year – that if a few plays in a few close games had gone differently, the Bears could have won 10 games and perhaps qualified for the playoffs as a wild card.
Posted on December 30, 2019
By Roger Wallenstein
I just love old sluggers. Guys getting long in the tooth who continue to do what they were born to do. They still can smash baseballs into the far reaches of stadiums across the land while perky little infielders they once played against and hard-throwing pitchers they once faced exited the scene years ago.
Guys like the Big Hurt, who at age 38, slugged 39 homers and drove in 119 for Oakland in 2006. He followed that up the next season in Toronto with 26 and 95. And Big Papi, who in his final four seasons averaged 35 round-trippers and 110 RBIs before finally calling it quits when he was 40.
Nicknames suffice for these two gentlemen. We all know who they are.
Posted on December 30, 2019
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Is that it for Trubisky, Pace? Plus: Has It Ever Been This Bad?; White Sox Making Moves, Starting Grooves; The Cubs Reckoning That Wasn’t; Brent Seabrook Is The Kyle Long Of The Blackhawks; Patrick Kane Apparently 11th Best Player Of The Decade; The Bulls Still Suck; The Redbox Bowl Is Still On For Monday; and DePaul Is Still Our Last Hope.
Posted on December 27, 2019
By Jim Coffman
We will not forget.
Bears fans will not forget that 90 percent (minimum) of the professional sports commentariat in this town promised us that Mitch Trubisky and Ryan Pace would be joined at the hip forever. That if Trubisky wasn’t good enough, Pace would be removed as general manager.
Posted on December 23, 2019
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
It’s grim and we’re bereft. Including: Bears Now Within Hail Mary’s Of Being Within Two-Point Plays Of Winning Games; Grievance Grievance; Every Bulls Worst Loss Yet Is Worse Than The Last Worst Loss Yet; Lovie’s Beard Has One Game Left This Year; Paul Reed Still The Man; and St. Edward High School’s Racist Taunts.
Posted on December 20, 2019
By David Robson/Mosaic
Few sports are as fast and furious as roller derby. The hour-long game unfolds in frenetic two-minute bursts as two teams race anti-clockwise around an oval track. Each team has a “jammer” aiming to pass four opposing “blockers,” and they score points for each opponent they lap.
Blockers can obstruct the path with their torso or push opponents off course with a swift nudge of their upper legs or upper arms. Jammers “juke” – a sideways dummy move – and “whip” – where a team member grabs their hand and swing them forwards ahead of the pack.
Fans are addicted to the ferocious drama of the competition, but, as you would expect for any contact sport, injuries are commonplace.
Posted on December 19, 2019
By Jim Coffman
Is Mitch Trubisky closer to Drew Brees or Jacoby Brissett?
Those two quarterbacks faced off on Monday night and not surprisingly the game was essentially over by the end of the first quarter. Future Hall-of-Famer Brees’s Saints blitzed the Colts 34-7. It wasn’t close to that close.
On their first three possession, the Saints drove down and scored to lead 17-0. Brees was on fire all night and finished with a ridiculous 29 completions in 30 attempts! That included four touchdown passes and they enabled Brees to move ahead of Peyton Manning for first on the all-time scoring strike list, 540-539.
Right behind both of them is Tom Brady (538). If he can get the Patriot passing offense cranked back up, he and Brees could alternate possession of the record on a week-to-week basis.
Posted on December 17, 2019
By Jake Johnson/Common Dreams
Rule changes proposed by the Trump administration last week could let banks classify investments in professional sports stadiums as aid to the poor, and then give the financial institutions a significant tax break for their efforts.
The changes are part of an Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) plan to overhaul the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, which requires banks to invest in low-income communities.
Both bank regulators are run by appointees of President Donald Trump.
Posted on December 17, 2019
By Thomas Chambers
I can’t wait for the year-end/decade-end lists to, well, end.
Next month, we’ll be seeing, like clockwork, the Hot Toddy list, and the hard sell disguised as warm, compassionate advice. Mary Schmich was in the bullpen tipping her pitches in November, so it’s a lock she’ll have that slurve dropping off the table by January’s Polar Vortex.
Then there’s the refugees from warm weather whining about how the Chicago winter hit them like 12 rounds with Sugar Ray. You know: “I hate the winters here, but Chicago is such a World Class City.”
Posted on December 13, 2019
