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Is Braxton Jones nothing to worry about?
The NFL owners meetings in Palm Beach, Fla. this week predictably fueled the Bears’ offseason momentum following the hiring of Ben...
Mark Potash
Apr 3, 20254 min read


The ultimate test of McCaskey ownership
When Bears chairman George McCaskey was asked after the 2024 season about Bears fans’ loud-and-clear “Sell The Team” chants at the final...
Mark Potash
Apr 2, 20254 min read


My short-lived love affair with Air Jordans
Gym shoes were pretty simple when I was growing up on Chicago’s South Side in the ‘60s — P.F. Flyers, Red Ball Jets … then Converse...
Mark Potash
Apr 1, 20252 min read


Jon Scheyer has Duke in the Final Four — his success is not a coincidence
The first time I saw Jon Scheyer play — when he was a touted 15-year-old freshman on the Glenbook North varsity at the Proviso West...
Mark Potash
Mar 31, 20254 min read


The NCAA tournament is all chalk, and still as entertaining as ever
How’s your bracket doing? Pretty good, probably, with chalk dominating the 2025 NCAA tournament. Just three years after the most...
Mark Potash
Mar 29, 20252 min read


Must watch TV? Winning teams are the solution to CHSN-Comcast impasse
The standoff between Chicago Sports Network and Comcast cable is regrettable, but I do like one aspect of it: The Bulls, Blackhawks and...
Mark Potash
Mar 28, 20253 min read


Willie Smith, Carlton Fisk — and other Opening Day memories
I threw out the ceremonial first pitch at White Sox opening day at Comiskey Park in 1977 — along with probably 20,000 or so other fans...
Mark Potash
Mar 27, 20254 min read


Zach LaVine — a mystifying Bulls addition by subtraction
So the Bulls are better without Zach LaVine? That uncomfortable reality seems to be coming into focus now that the dust has settled on...
Mark Potash
Mar 26, 20253 min read


A fine line for Ryan Poles' 2025 offseason acquisitions
Bears general manager Ryan Poles was more aggressive in free agency in 2025 than he had been in his first three seasons. But with...
Mark Potash
Mar 25, 20259 min read


End of Act II
I like to joke that I was “classically trained” at the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism, but the reality is that when I was...
Mark Potash
Mar 17, 20253 min read
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