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Caleb Williams' doubts about Bears a non-issue, but still a story
It's a generalization, but I don't think it's inaccurate: Bears fans have unusually guarded optimism following the hiring of Ben Johnson...
Mark Potash
May 233 min read
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Why are NBA teams fouling up 3 — with 10+ seconds left?
I don't watch nearly as much NBA basketball as I used to, so this kind of snuck up on me: When did fouling while up three points with 10...
Mark Potash
May 223 min read
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Sell or hold? The CGC dilemma
To-sell-or-not generally isn't a critical decision with vintage collectibles. With a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle or a 1968 Topps wax pack,...
Mark Potash
May 223 min read
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Bears extend All-Pro guard Joe Thuney — such a deal?
For a 32-year-old at a career peak as one of the best guards in the NFL, Joe Thuney didn't even hint at being anxious about a contract...
Mark Potash
May 204 min read
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The new Halas Hall m.o.: 'No harm, no foul'
The Bears' quest for a new stadium has had all the earmarks of a Halas Hall production. After outgoing team president Ted Phillips...
Mark Potash
May 194 min read
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Happy Birthday, ex-White Sox All-Star Carlos May
Though he was a two-time All-Star, Carlos May wasn't the most famous White Sox player even in his hey-day, but every Sox fan knows his...
Mark Potash
May 174 min read
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The Caleb/Carl Williams saga — a moot issue, or a red flag?
Ben Johnson is supposed to be a firewall against Bears dysfunction. He's the hot coordinator that everybody else wanted. He has a winning...
Mark Potash
May 163 min read
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The Legend of Shoeless Joe Jackson gets new life
Pete Rose was the focus of baseball commissioner Rob Manfred's edict that a lifetime ban from baseball ended when that player died. But...
Mark Potash
May 153 min read
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NFL Twitter has the Bears going 1-16 ...
Apparently, the rest of the NFL isn't as impressed with Ben Johnson/Caleb Williams and the Bears' fortified offense with guard Joe...
Mark Potash
May 141 min read
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A game-by-game look at the Bears' 2025 schedule ...
Week 1 Mon., Sept, 8 7:15 p.m. vs. Vikings Ben Johnson averaged 30 points a game against the Vikings as the Lions offensive...
Mark Potash
May 143 min read
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Pete Rose and 'Shoeless Joe' Jackson for the HOF — better late than never?
Removing Pete Rose, 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver and others from Major League Baseball's permanently ineligible list seems more...
Mark Potash
May 133 min read
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Heads you win, tails I lose ...
The basketball gods twisted the knife on the Bulls on Monday night. By losing the coin-flip with the Mavericks for the No. 11 pick in the...
Mark Potash
May 125 min read
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May 12, 1970 — Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
Ernie Banks still had it when the 1970 season opened, but he was losing it. Banks hit 23 home runs and had 106 RBIs (fifth in the...
Mark Potash
May 124 min read
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In relief, Cade Horton off to a good start
Cade Horton made it to the big leagues — by that modest accomplishment alone, he's better than most Cubs pitchers drafted in the first...
Mark Potash
May 124 min read
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Flea market find: A rare success in the search for Sports Illustrated magazines
Finding vintage newsstand Sports Illustrated magazines has — predictably — become more and more difficult with the popularity of sports...
Mark Potash
May 82 min read
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Shades of '85? With Steele, Shota out, Cubs rotation needs a boost
The Cubs have lost three of their last four games and now begin their first full pitching rotation without Justin Steele and Shota...
Mark Potash
May 84 min read
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Another moment of truth for the Tom Thibodeau Effect
Tom Thibodeau’s old-school coaching m.o. has been pretty clear since his first head-coaching job with the Bulls in 2010-11. He conditions...
Mark Potash
May 73 min read
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A 1952 Topps Mantle rookie for $850? A look back at 1983
The baseball card boom was still a few years away in 1983, but that wasn't exactly the stone age of collecting. Fleer and Donruss...
Mark Potash
May 53 min read
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Kudos to Peter DeBoer, the king of Game 7 — with a nod to Joel Quenneville, the king of Game 6
Maybe because it's been 10 years since the Blackhawks won the last of their three Stanley Cups in the Jonathan Toews/Patrick Kane era,...
Mark Potash
May 43 min read
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The Kentucky Derby — a touch of glass
The mint julep has been a part of the Kentucky Derby since the very first one in 1875, but the souvenir Kentucky Derby mint julep glass...
Mark Potash
May 22 min read
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