Roman numerals and Super Bowls lead to number of questions
The exclusion of the Roman numeral from this Super Bowl pains those of us who have gone to all the trouble of recognizing MMXVI when we see it in movie...
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Tampering turmoil in tennis? Say it isn’t so
You cannot, as a famous tennis player once insisted, be serious. Word arrives that tennis is in turmoil, when the dateline insists tennis is in Australia, not that the two...
Super Bowl champ Bears: sweet mix of greatness and farce
After all these years, the notion still nags. There should have been more. One was not enough. And yet the one that was subdues regret. A reminder of my column...
Tom Brady or Peyton Manning? Trying to answer will get the best of you
And the winner is ... All the essential questions of the age beg to be answered. Cash or credit, paper or plastic, boxers or briefs, Beyonce or Lady Gaga? And...
Rams’ callous abandonment of St. Louis fans a familiar tale of woe
Hard, ain't it hard, ain't it hard, to love one who never did love you? — Woody Guthrie Sports fans are suckers. Sports fans are wallpaper. Sports fans are irrelevant....
Ahh, the serenity of another Bears-less postseason
Pro football has arrived, as it invariably does, at that part of the year known as the NMB playoffs. That, of course, stands for No More Bears, a time of...
The Bernies: Jay Cutler’s ‘surge,’ Cubs worshippers, Blackhawks’ melted ice
Tradition demands a return to the once-coveted "Bernies," the annual awards given to those who best demonstrated just what kind of year it was in the wide, wonderful world of...
After all, what’s in a name? If it offends, send it on its way to ignominy
This column is entirely gluten free. It is guaranteed organic and purely natural. It contains no hashtags or emojis or pesticides. It is tamper resistant and chewable. It is childproof...
Stephen Curry is very good, but Michael Jordan he’s not
Persistently and without blushing, the Warriors pretend to be the Bulls, the real Bulls, not the recent ones. The Warriors are aiming at the Bulls' NBA-record 72 victories and are...
Every sport is hazardous — that’s a large part of the appeal
I can recall the number of times I have been concussed. Being able to recall means, I suppose, there has been no lasting damage. Readers of my column may disagree....