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The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

“If you study the history and crunch the numbers, you start to get a clearer picture of the challenge facing your Tampa Bay Lightning,” John Romano writes for the Tampa Bay Times.
“Technically speaking, the team is toast. Give or take a miracle. At least that’s the pessimistic interpretation of the statistics in front of me. Since the National Hockey League went to its best-of-seven format in the Stanley Cup final, the team leading after five games has gone on to win the series 78.3 percent of the time. That’s disturbing. In fact, if you’re a Lightning fan, it’s downright depressing. And, heaven knows, depressed and disturbed is no way to start a new week. So we’re here to offer five reasons why you should tell hockey historians to go shove it today.”
You’ll have to click through to find out what those mildly persuasive at best reasons are.


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This Chicagoan might have a rough week.


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How New York Times writer Monica Davey bonded with her father over the Blackhawks when they were lousy.
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Cubs Bracing For Wild Night Inside, Outside Wrigley.


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In Case Of Stanley Cup Victory: Don’t Break Glass.
At first I thought this read “In Case Of Stanley Cup Victory: Break Glass” and was going to honor it as an inspired headline. They went a different direction.
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Even The Stanley Cup Goes Through Airport Security.
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Tampa Tribune: Chicago Newspapers’ Cup Coverage Overflows With Hope.
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The Cub Factor: Hawk-Like
Not quite. Yet.
The White Sox Report: We Should Know Better
Tyler Flowers uber alles.
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Chicagoans’ Worst Nightmares
Most of ours have already happened.
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Wire, St. Vincent, Chives, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, White Lung, Heart, Dennis DeYoung, Skrillex & Diplo, Buddy Guy, Syl Johnson, The Dreaming, Rush, Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley, The Rebirth Brass Band, Michael Zerang & the Blue Lights, The Great Fusilli, Richard Thompson, and mewithoutYou.
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House Party!
At AnySquared Studio, which houses Beachwood Media.
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BeachBook
* The Sunday Times’ Snowden Story Is Journalism At Its Worst.
* Exclusive: Inside Washington’s Quest To Bring Down Edward Snowden.
* Six Drone Facts From New History Sudden Justice.
* Historic Chicago Subdivision In Decay.
* How The ‘Black Tax’ Destroyed African-American Home Ownership In Chicago.
* United To Pay Over $1 Million To Settle Disability Lawsuit.
* Passengers Aboard Diverted United Flight Spent Night In Unheated Military Barracks.
* Jury Deciding Reputed Mob Associate’s Fate In Chicago Extortion Trial.
* One Day At A Time: Chicago Rendezvous.
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A sampling.


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Posted on June 15, 2015