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Random thoughts while wondering how many members of the McCaskey family watched the entirety of Monday night’s 31-15 Chicago Bears loss to the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field (voluntarily, that is): * Speaking of the Bears, their 5-9 season has reached the point where fans should be at the point of resignation rather than […]
Monday meanderings: In the Chicago Bulls’ 93-75 victory Sunday night at Miami, Bulls forward Mike Dunleavy had no points in the first or second quarters and three in the fourth. He led the team in scoring with 22. Pretty sure that means he had 19 in the third quarter. And that is how some of […]
Sunday smorgasbord: With what seems to have been a near-unanimous (if not totally unanimous or more) opinion that the Cubs won baseball’s Winter Meetings, does anyone know the date and location of the parade? Asking for a North Side friend. * Speaking of the Winter Meetings, there are some professional views that the White Sox […]
The great thing about this job (or whatever you care to call what your humble correspondent does here) is the ability to cover multiple events without leaving the comfort of the corporate headquarters (and, yes, that sometimes means the sofa). And so it was Friday with the Chicago Bears holding an afternoon press conference (conferences […]
So how do the Bears take away some of the media attention from the Cubs’ and White Sox’ wheeling and dealing at baseball’s Winter Meetings? By having a Chicago Tribune report that offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer apologized (with tears) to the offense for being the source of anonymous negative statements about quarterback Jay Cutler. Nicely […]
Thursday thoughts (or what passes for them around here) while wondering why neither the Chicago Cubs or White Sox made another major move Wednesday at baseball’s Winter Meetings: * No, I didn’t expect the Cubs or Sox to do much — if anything. Each team has made a splash with the Sox signing free-agent closer […]
Midweek musings: It is guaranteed that Jon Lester will take less time to say yes or no to pitches his catcher calls for than he did to decide which team to play for in 2015 and beyond. Which is good news for Chicago Cubs fans. Yes, the free-agent left-hander agreed to a deal late Tuesday […]
Random thoughts while wondering how much closer the Chicago White Sox are to contending for a postseason presence now that they have signed free-agent David Robertson to be their closer (oh, and trading for right-hander Jeff Samardzija, too): * Yes, the White Sox made the biggest splash Monday at baseball’s Winter Meetings by signing Robertson […]
Monday meanderings: With the Detroit Lions defeating Tampa Bay 34-17 Sunday, the Chicago Bears were mathematically eliminated from any NFL postseason possibilities. Just more proof of how bad at math some of us are. I could have sworn they were eliminated weeks ago. * Speaking of the Bears (and numbers), they are 5-8 and in […]
Sunday smorgasbord: Derrick Rose made a statement during warmups for Saturday night’s Chicago Bulls-Golden State Warriors game at the United Center by wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt. For those who might have thought that phrase was a commercial endorsement for an asthma relief medication, it is not. It refers to the death of Eric […]