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It’s a Friday. Soon students who have been on winter vacation will be returning to classes. For them, or anyone who has attended a school or who has taken a test, here is a little something. The educational services department at elliottharris.com promises this will be the last quiz of the year. For some reason […]
Thursday thoughts: The Indianapolis Colts (2-13) and Jacksonville Jaguars (4-11) meet Sunday in an NFL matchup of cosmic importance. Well, possibly to Colts and Jaguars fans. Although a Colts victory could cost them a shot at Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck and mean the Jaguars wouldn’t have to face him regularly in the AFC South, both […]
The Chicago Bears have seven victories and five Pro Bowl Players. The Green Bay Packers have 14 victories and seven Pro Bowl players. Meaning the Bears are better than the Packers in at least one category: Pro Bowl player per victory. If the mathematical department at elliottharris.com has this all figured out (and there really […]
Random thoughts while wondering whose fans are more concerned, those of the Los Angeles Lakers (0-2) or the Chicago Bulls (1-1) after losing games Monday night (and you can toss in the 0-2 Dallas Mavericks, the NBA’s defending champion, if you’d like): * If the Bulls have trouble in back-to-back games for the season’s first […]
The Chicago Bulls went west for their Dec. 25 NBA season-opening victory in Los Angeles against the Lakers. The Chicago Bears went north — to Green Bay — for their Christmas night game; followed by going south — as in out of the playoff picture — after losing to the Packers. It’s too early to […]
And so it came to pass. And run and punt and tackle and … well, you get the idea. There’s nothing quite like a full schedule of NFL games on a Saturday to throw some of us off our game. Such was the case this very Dec. 24 with a slate of 13 contests. Playboy […]
Back by popular demand (as always, the demand is to do this only once a year), it’s the 12th annual version of Holiday Tunes. The first 11 came as part of the Chicago Sun-Times Quick Hits column that I once wrote. For those who prefer, feel free to think of this as the first elliottharris.com […]
In case you were worried that you might have to spend too much time with friends and/or family on Christmas Eve and Christmas, there is good news for those of you who might be looking for an alternative: sports on television. OK, there is no guarantee you will be able to opt out of mandatory […]
Thursday thoughts: There is no question that Caleb Hanie deserves to be replaced as Chicago Bears starting quarterback. There is some question why it did not occur sooner. Josh McCown, who has not started an NFL game since 2007, will start at QB Sunday night against the Packers in Green Bay. “We’re really excited about […]
For those who were unable to attend the Chicago Bulls-Indiana Pacers exhibition (or, as the NBA likes to call them “preseason”) game Tuesday night at the United Center, the evening featured a rare highlight. OK, not so much the game as one of the timeouts. That’s when the Chicago Luvabulls performed their annual holiday dance. […]