By Steve Rhodes
For completists, there was no column on Friday.
How To Avoid The Flu At Super Bowl Parties, via WLS-TV.
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Ha, ha, they missed the best advice of all: No double-dipping.
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Beachwood Super Bowl coverage . . .
Beachwood Sports Radio: The Super Bowl Is Trolling Us
Zip lines, fedoras and Justin Timberlake. Plus: The Mirotic Miracle; Sad Saad; Oscar Gamble Was More Than Just The Game’s Greatest Afro; Willson Contreras To Catch Every Game; Being Mark Appel; Foxy Friend Rips Ryan; Ramblers Off; and Testify For Basti.
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The 10th Annual (More Or Less) Beachwood Super Bowl Halftime Show Prop Bet: Justin Timberlake Edition
What better way to vanquish the sublime memory of last year’s Lady Gaga tour-de-force than with the weaselly little fucker who ripped off Janet Jackson’s bra cup? Time’s up, #MeToo!
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Talent Doesn’t Explain The Success Of The Patriots And Eagles
Because talent goes only so far, it’s important to evaluate a team’s structure and mindset to determine its true strength.
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Highly recommended:
He played in two Super Bowls.
The search for Jackie Wallace https://t.co/kotVF3KLpM
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 4, 2018
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Super Bowl coverage from the Beachwood vault:
* The Super Bowl Is Decadent And Depraved.
* Dear Football: I’m Breaking Up With You.
* The Trews About Those Super Bowl Ads.
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See also, from suburban Chicago reporter Bob Cook writing at Forbes: Super Bowl LII Hype Muted By Football’s Accelerating Participation Decline.
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New on the Beachwood today and since Thursday . . .
The Catalog Of Missing Devices
“[G]adgets that could and should exist, if not for bad copyright laws that prevent innovators from creating the cool new tools that could enrich our lives.”
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Area Housing Centers Sue Deutsche Bank
Evanston, Wheaton and Homewood join action after three-year investigation.
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On This Day . . .
2011: Obama Broke Pledge To Force Banks To Help Homeowners.
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2015: Chicago Weather Babies.
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2016: Stuck With Michael Ferro.
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2017: Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away.
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2012: Six More Years Of Shadowy Government.
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
“Attack From Mars” Limited Edition Remake By The Chicago Gaming Company.
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Weekend TweetWood
Nails it. https://t.co/gvFD7RSIPh via @HuffPost
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 4, 2018
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Stop what you’re doing immediately and watch @RachelParris‘s GENIUS take on @PiersMorgan‘s interview with @realDonaldTrump… 😂 #TheMashReport pic.twitter.com/uOj0XPhCji
— BBC Two (@BBCTwo) February 2, 2018
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Horrible track record earns Punxsutawney Phil cable-news gig.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 2, 2016
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The Weekend Desk Tronc Line: Trawling.
Posted on February 4, 2018