Bernie Lincicome – Page 10

At left, in a March 13, 2016, file photo, Miami Marlins' Ichiro Suzuki bats against the New York Mets in an exhibition baseball game in Jupiter, Fla. At right, in a June 10, 1981, file photo, Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Rose matches Stan Musial's 3,630th career hits in a baseball game against the Houston Astros in Philadelphia. With two hits Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Suzuki reached 4,257 in the Japanese and North American major leagues, surpassing Rose's total in Major League Baseball.

No matter Pete Rose’s disgrace, big-league hits total can’t be displaced

May 23, 2019 at 7:16 p.m.

Friends, ladies and millennials, I come to praise Ichiro Suzuki, not to remind you who he is. Well, OK, that too because it appears that a bit of a dispute...

Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis walks past fans holding Radiers signs as he arrives at a Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee meeting at UNLV on April 28, 2016, in Las Vegas. Davis told the committee he is willing to spend $500,000 as part of a deal to move the team to Las Vegas if a proposed $1.3 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium is built.

Las Vegas and NFL deserve each other as match made in … well, not heaven

August 6, 2019 at 3:29 p.m.

The last time I saw Paris, it was in Las Vegas. New York was too. And Venice. Why not the NFL? I can see a giant Lombardi Trophy Hotel built...

Cavaliers fan Samuel Williams, of Cleveland, reacts outside the arena during the final moments of the 105-97 loss to the Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in Cleveland.

For all of us, here’s to Cleveland, undisputed champion of frustration

May 23, 2019 at 7:16 p.m.

A word about Cleveland. Thanks. Thanks not just from Chicago, but from Detroit and from Philadelphia and from San Diego and Atlanta and even Buffalo, three of the saddest syllables...

In this Dec. 11, 1981 file photo, Muhammad Ali takes a punch from Canadian Trevor Berbick during the first round of their 10-round bout in Nassau, Bahamas.

Muhammad Ali’s final fight certainly not a pretty sight

May 23, 2019 at 7:16 p.m.

This is from an unfinished book, "Last Call," that comprises recollections about the end of the careers of sports icons written in real time. This excerpt recalls Muhammad Ali's final...

A Hello Kitty doll lays amid garbage scattered in Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 31, 2015.

Olympics worries, as always, make weary world wary

May 23, 2019 at 7:15 p.m.

Rumors persist that there will be another Olympic Games this summer, the ones that might have been in Chicago, and the world is wary. Anxiety is a normal condition at...

Warriors' Stephen Curry as confetti comes down after a 118-91 win over the Thunder in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, in Oakland, Calif.

Stephen Curry unanimous NBA MVP? One’s duty is to dissent

May 23, 2019 at 7:15 p.m.

As the designated Stephen Curry doubter, it falls to me to cough quietly behind my hand at the news that the little darling is the first unanimous Most Valuable Player...

Jordan Spieth walks on the ninth hole during the second round of The Players Championship at the TPC Stadium course on Friday May 13, 2016, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Jordan Spieth’s Masters collapse as integral to golf as heroic victories

May 23, 2019 at 7:15 p.m.

As long as golfers play for other people's money, nothing truly bad can happen to them. The scars of Jordan Spieth's self-inflicted wounds at the Masters already have toughened. Golf...

5:46 p.m. -- From left, Estephanie Obregon and Joel Gonzalez walk to U.S. Cellular Field from the Sox-35th CTA Red Line stop before the Chicago White Sox play the Minnesota Twins Friday, May 6, 2016, in Chicago.

Cubs, White Sox and the inconvenience of winning

May 23, 2019 at 7:14 p.m.

The inconvenience of winning will end, like road repair or dental work, leaving us the better for the trouble. In the meantime, the White Sox and Cubs thoughtlessly carry on...

Cubs manager Joe Maddon argues with home plate umpires Bill Miller and Todd Tichenor after being ejected in the seventh inning during a game against the Nationals at Wrigley Field on Aug. 10, 2018.

Putting the fun back in baseball, as if it ever lost it

May 23, 2019 at 7:14 p.m.

It has come to my attention baseball needs to be made fun again, and, I'll be honest, I don't know when it was not. But would truckers' caps and T-shirts...

President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro take their seats before a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

Politicians and sports figures odd birds of a feather

May 23, 2019 at 7:13 p.m.

It is safe to conclude Mike Ditka is an endearing old coot, as harmless as the hair in his ears. Considering him in any other way is an empty activity,...

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