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Monday meanderings: So there’s nowhere but down for Marc Trestman. Unless the first-year Bears coach can guide his team to an unbeaten season capped by a Super Bowl victory. It’s tough to improve upon perfection, and the Bears are as perfect as can be — as far as a won-lost record: 1-0. The season-opening 24-21 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Bengals is proof Trestman can coach and proof quarterback Jay Cutler can listen and even follow instructions as well as he is able to throw a pass. Whether this trend continues, well, you might want to check back after Week 2.
What’s better than being 1-0? Being 1-0 with cheerleaders. This young lady is from the St. Louis Rams cheerleading team.
* With Green Bay losing at San Francisco, the Bears are in first place and the Packers in last in the NFC North. Only a fool would draw conclusions after the first week of the season. No conclusions will be drawn here. Which doesn’t mean the creative soul guy pounding this keyboard is not a fool.
* Someone at the NCAA might want to inform the Packers and tell them they have no shot at a national championship. Oh, wait; that call goes to Notre Dame after losing its season opener at Michigan. In case anyone was wondering why interest — other than for gambling purposes — remains strong for much of the season in the NFL for even teams with mediocre records harboring hopes of a Super Bowl crown. Then again, if a college team is going to lose a game and maintain title hopes, do it early. Because for some unknown reason — other than perhaps for folks’ memories — late-season losses seem to carry more weight in dragging a team down.
* Speaking of championship dreams, the Chicago Sky (22-9) continued its march to the postseason with a 93-79 victory over the host Washington Mystics. Elena Delle Donne had 22 points and Epiphanny Prince 21 for the Sky, whose next home game is Wednesday against the Phoenix Mercury. Depending on your perspective, the main attraction will be 2013 No. 2 overall draft pick Delle Donne and No. 1 pick Brittney Greiner or the Chicago Luvabulls (who are to perform at the game).
* And, yes, meaningful baseball games are being played. Just not by the Cubs or White Sox — unless perhaps staying out of last place is your definition of “meaningful. Scott Baker made his first start of the season for the Cubs after being out with injury and pitched five scoreless innings. Which meant he qualified for a no-decision after the Cubs lost a 1-0 lead in what became a 3-1 defeat. It is that time of year when a computer pretty much can provide an opening paragraph to a Cubs game story with “[fill in the name here] [pitched/batted] brilliantly but the Cubs lost to the [fill in the name of the opposing team] [fill in the final score].” And to think, some of us actually went to journalism school.
* The visiting White Sox beat Baltimore 4-2, as Adam Dunn hit his 31st home run and struck out his three other at-bats. Meaning he pretty much can claim the team title in both categories for this season.
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